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Holding a human heart and other surprises of anatomy lab, day 1
To many a bright-eyed first year medical student, there’s one experience that marks a real turning point or ‘rite of passage& ...
11 years ago
ListenAvance Art of Food — Produced by Monica Rogozinski Avance is French for advance. And advance is what Chef Just ...
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Camden schools chief: safety is top priority
Impoverished and crime ridden are descriptives that first come to mind for many who consider Camden, New Jersey, and beleaguered is an ad ...
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ListenPhiladelphia considering a ban on indoor electronic-cigarette use
There’s a bid in Philadelphia to ban electronic-cigarette use indoors. Councilman Bill Green introduced the proposal that would prohibi ...
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ListenRemembering how Jews lived, now just how they died
Today is the United Nations’ designated International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It’s also the 69th anniversary of the ...
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ListenReporter’s Roundtable: derailed train, frigid temps
Tom MacDonald reviews Philadelphia’s response to this week’s major snowfall and plunging mercury, and Katie Colaneri updates ...
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ListenThe inspiration behind Cynthia Baum-Baicker’s lifelong career in behavioral health
When Philadelphia-based clinical psychologist Cynthia Baum-Baicker runs a therapy session, she listens with the ears of a musician and so ...
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ListenArt of Food — Produced by Monica Rogozinski Visit the first craft distillery to open in Philadelphia since before prohibition. ...
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Is this really a do nothing congress?
NewsWorks Tonight Host Dave Heller discussed the effectiveness of Congress with Rutgers University Political Science Professor Ross Baker ...
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ListenPhilly region honors MLK with 1,500 service events
For 19 years, the Philadelphia region has been celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King with a day of service. About 5 ...
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ListenThe U.S. Health System: a complicated web of government and private industry relationships
What do you do when you’re a health policy professor? In the case of Robert Field, health policy professor at Drexel University, yo ...
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ListenUnderstanding the mechanics of anesthesia
Anesthesia drugs are used in millions of patients every year but do doctors really know how they work? On a recent Monday mo ...
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ListenWhat role do maps play in solving medical mysteries?
A simple black-and-white street map made a Victorian physician a ‘legend.’ There’s plenty of disagreement about ...
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ListenCouncilman Bill Green tapped for School Reform Commission Chair
The beleagured Philadelphia School District is still reeling from closures and cutbacks in response to the 304 million dollar budget defi ...
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ListenPhiladelphia’s deep and tumultuous battle with the bedbug
Are bedbugs making a comeback in places like Philadelphia? Its scientific name is Cimex lectularius. But it’s commonly ...
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