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A look at the development of vitamins and our unabated obsession with them
What exactly is a vitamin? How many vitamins are out there? And why do we believe vitamins are so good for our health? In he ...
12 years ago
ListenGrassROOTS aid for a Germantown school
DJ Rich Medina talks with Dr. James Peterson about his involvement with the GrassROOTS Community Foundation and its annual fundraiser, wh ...
12 years ago
ListenIs your toaster making you fat?
Brian Wansink of Cornell University’s Food and Brand Lab on helpful tips to reconfigure your kitchen and drop some pounds in the pr ...
12 years ago
ListenThe health risks of high radon levels in your home
If there’s mold in the basement, that’s hard to ignore. When the roof leaks, you fix it. But a radon problem in your house is ...
12 years ago
ListenSmithsonian recalls ‘the legend of Lead Belly’
The Smithsonian Institution has mined its archives to produce a television documentary ...
12 years ago
ListenWorking from their couches, amateur astronomers make real scientific contributions
As data from large telescopes becomes more and more readily available to everyone, hobby astronomers are helping make true contributions ...
12 years ago
ListenMy 10 days in the ‘concussion cave’
A blow to the head left NPR producer Theo Balcomb with a minor traumatic brain injury and a deep need to sleep and heal. Her sister took ...
12 years ago
ListenLosing weight at home, with the help of a video game
Paul Ballas has struggled with lifelong obesity. But using his Xbox fitness to work out at home, Ballas has dropped close to 60 pounds in ...
12 years ago
ListenHow long is too long for post-concussion recovery?
Ten days, a dark room, no cell phone and no television – that’s how ...
12 years ago
ListenHow emotions, ideas and senses influence our color perception
In the 1950s, the DuPont chemical company, based in Delaware, came out with a product that might have made the biggest impact on how you ...
12 years ago
ListenThe abstract art of Charles Burwell
Art — Produced by Michael O’Reilly We pull up into a hidden lot behind the Liberty Market on Front St. As the Market Frankfo ...
12 years ago
Getting home from the hospital, and staying there
Shadowing a nurse as she follows patients out of the hospital reveals a complex health system both struggling and working to help patient ...
12 years ago
ListenMexican immigrants find a home at Norristown church
The documentary “Adelante” focuses on the distinct cultures, traditions, and personalities of the parishioners who have colla ...
12 years ago
ListenValentine’s Day weddings a big deal in DelCo boroughs
Want to make that Valentines date official? On a budget? Borough mayors in suburban Philadelphia have been helping people get hitc ...
12 years ago
ListenWhat’s next for the FDA, after Commissioner Hamburg steps down in March?
Last week, U.S. Food and Drug Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg announced she would step down at the end of March. Hamburg, one of ...
12 years ago
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