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2015 Philadelphia Science Festival kicks off this weekend, Pulse fans gear up for science challenge
Dr. Frederic Bertley, senior vice president of science/education at the Franklin Institute, gives us a quick preview of the 5th annual ev ...
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ListenOne couple’s strategy for waging a personal, public health campaign
For two Bucks County physicians, a private battle becomes a public fight. What does it take to challenge the U.S. Food and D ...
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ListenFor breast cancer research, Apple delivers strength in numbers approach
Apps will allow study participants to submit health data from their iPhones. Apple products, as the saying goes, solve problems we ...
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ListenHow crashing into an undercover cop car saved my life
The Broad Street accident set in motion a series of events that ended up saving Albert Leva’s life, and that of his brother. ...
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ListenThe science behind our sickbed cravings
WHYY conducted a highly un-scientific survey of what people ate when they had the sniffles as kids, and tried to uncover whether there is ...
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The Poetry Man Art of Life — Produced by Karen Smyles Frank Sherlock is Philadelphia’s second Poet Laureate, su ...
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Discussions on the impact of obesity usually circle around health issues – diabetes, heart disease, or they hit on the medical cost ...
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ListenMoore’s Law has accurately predicted the trajectory of Silicon Valley’s exponential influence in the world, but the law might ...
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ListenWhen an M.D. is not enough, add an MBA
The rise of the business-savvy doctor. For some, it’s a hedge against an uncertain healthcare landscape. For others further ...
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ListenPhilly Tech Week kicks off with Arcade @ Dilworth
Philly Tech Week — actually nine days of events throughout the region — kicks off Friday. The opening event is Arcade @ Dilw ...
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ListenA love of pro wrestling greater than the fear of cancer
Imagine you have one all-consuming passion in life. The thing you can’t live without. And suddenly, an illness threatens to take th ...
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ListenResearchers explore potential link between depression and inflammation
An ongoing study is finding that there may be a connection between depression and inflammation in the peripheral blood and the brain. ...
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ListenConference for people with cancer promises community
Making the most of a life interrupted by illness is the focus of the Cancervention Conference in Philadelphia. NewsWorks Tonight host Dav ...
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ListenHuman-scale stories on tackling climate change
For the 45th anniversary of Earth Day observations, Alex Chadwick, long-time public radio reporter and host of the podcast “Burn, A ...
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ListenPredicting the sick through personal trails of health data
How Independence Blue Cross is using algorithms to better target care. The first thing out of John Iovine’s mouth is a ...
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