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Nearly killed by kindness: Donated food hurt monks’ health
Phaithoun Feuachanthala looks like a man at peace when he’s chanting. He’s sitting at the feet of a big Buddha statue. His ro ...
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Where’s the oversight of psychiatric meds for Pa. youth offenders?
Other states have systems in place to track and control prescribing of powerful mood-altering medications. Pennsylvania is lagging ...
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Marking the birthday of Tourette syndrome’s namesake
Few neurological disorders are as widely known and misunderstood as Tourette syndrome. Few neurological disorders are as widely kn ...
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The rituals and reasons behind laying the dead to rest
Buried, burned…eaten by birds. We are defined by our final resting place. Every culture has their own unique ways of dealing ...
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Producer’s Cut: Uncommon Philadelphia
Friday Arts explores uncommon sights in the city with The Wagner Free Institute of Science, The Berley Brothers, and The Divine Hand Ense ...
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Breast density laws, for better or worse
To notify, or not to notify? Cindy Olmstead was about to have major surgery. She had found a cancerous lump in her breast and sche ...
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When the water is unstoppable, just move, right? Every year the residents of Newtok, Alaska observe the two rivers surrounding the ...
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Historic Virginia island fights for its future amid rising seas
A historic community on Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay may be underwater in 50 to 100 years. With increasing competition for money ...
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How one hospital balances fewer C-sections, more risk
The obstetricians at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, California, had a choice to make: cut the number of C-sec ...
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Three years after Sandy, a fight over coastal protection
After Superstorm Sandy left the New Jersey coastline in ruins three years ago, residents and officials were left with two big questions.< ...
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First release of PARCC scores shows fewer students make the grade
The wait finally over, the Christie administration yesterday started rolling out the sobering results of the new PARCC testing. It ...
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As Pa. budget standoff continues, nonprofits in limbo
As lawmakers bicker over the state budget, many Pen ...
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A fight for gender equality that ended with a Nobel
Since 1901, only 49 women have received a Nobel Prize. This is the story of Gerty Cori, who fought to be recognized as an equal to her hu ...
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Nine months pregnant, and facing her biggest fear
Giving birth to a child for the first time is a big step into the unknown. You can prepare for it, do breathing exercises and take birthi ...
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