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Upper Dublin dad reprimanded for picking up daughters on riding mower
Montgomery County dad Christopher Malloy wanted to give his three young daughters a memorable experience last week, so he hitched a coupl ...
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ListenFewer black men applied to medical school in 2014 than 1978
Turns out, doctors who look like us tend to help keep us healthier. So what does it mean when a particular racial segment of society prod ...
11 years ago
ListenTaking the pain out of surgery
Every day, the same scene plays out in thousands of hospitals around the world. A patient is wheeled into an operating room and prepped f ...
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Harnessing folk remedies to improve modern medication
Researchers are studying Cajun and Creole folk medicine to see if it could be used in modern medicine, which begs the question — can me ...
11 years ago
ListenPa. Supreme Court can’t stay out of the headlines — here’s another one
The Philadelphia mayor’s race is the one getting all the attention in the region, but the biggest race no one is watching is the contes ...
11 years ago
ListenWhat medicine could learn from Facebook stalking you
If you look at your social media feeds, how many of your friends are quite forthcoming about their aches and pains, and experiences with ...
11 years ago
ListenProducer’s Cut: Outdoor Stories
Friday Arts goes outdoors with Diner en Blanc, an Invisible River performance, and Museum Without Walls. ...
11 years ago
ART OF FOOD – PRODUCED BY MONICA ROGOZINSKI Jazz Age on the Delaware is the first annual event that takes place a ...
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Looking for technological solutions to gun violence
With policy makers at a stalemate over how to keep Americans safer from gun violence, entrepreneurs try their hand at a fix. Omer ...
11 years ago
ListenWhy some women don’t like the term breast cancer ‘survivor’
As the world around us turns pink in October, thousands of people will take to the streets to raise money, to urge women to get mammogram ...
11 years ago
ListenDismantling the stigma behind black mental health
According to the federal government’s Office of Minority Health, African-Americans are 20% more likely to experience serious mental ...
11 years ago
ListenBlack Men Run, too; chasing good health despite stereotype
How a running club aims to improve health and participation in a traditionally white sport. Each Wednesday at 7 p.m., rain or shin ...
11 years ago
ListenHow to spot a cougar at the bar: the vaccine that left a scar
This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and scie ...
11 years ago
ListenFrom marching at Stonewall to dancing at White House: Gay rights activist Mark Segal reflects
Mark Segal, the publisher of the Philadelphia Gay News and one of the foremost activists for ...
11 years ago
ListenGood vibrations! These bugs do their sexting via plant stem
On a warm summer night, it can sound like there are insects all over the place, calling out from every lawn, bush and tree branch. B ...
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