AltWeeklies Wire
How the Health Care System Brought Me to the Brink of Madness and Bankruptcynew
Like many Americans, my fiance, Dan, and I, have been silently destroyed by the behemoth known as the American health insurance industry. And if wanting affordable, quality health care makes us communists, socialists or flag-burning anti-patriots, then so be it.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Carrie Ann Eldridge |
10-26-2009 |
Science
The Secret Face of HIVnew
HIV/AIDS is the No. 1 killer of black American women between 25 and 34. But the fastest growing segment of HIV incidence is among black women in their 50s and 60s. Yes, Grandma has AIDS.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kellie C. Murphy |
11-17-2008 |
Science
A Look Inside the Complicated Politics of Lyme Diseasenew
Lyme, the most politicized and contested disease since the emergence of AIDS, is also the fastest-growing infectious illness since AIDS. The medical establishment debates over almost every aspect of Lyme, and of course the wars rage on two levels: There are white-haired dudes pushing paperwork in offices, and there are the people in the trenches who deal with the fallout.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Tara Murtha |
06-23-2008 |
Science
Superbugging Outnew
MRSA has been around for years -- why are we panicking about it now?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Erica S. Brath |
12-03-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Helping Gunshot Victims See the Lightnew
Temple University Hospital's trauma outreach coordinator Scott Charles wants to do everything for young gunshot victims -- keeping them from returning to the emergency room is a good start.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
06-04-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Changing the Mental Health Procedures Actnew
Pennsylvania Senate Bill 226 would compel some people with severe, disabling mental illness to receive outpatient assisted treatment -- it isn't forced hospitalization, but it is forced treatment.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Liz Spikol |
05-21-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Tobacco Companies Still Targeting Blacks in Philly's Poor 'Hoodsnew
As communities look for ways to combat the death and destruction that cigarettes wreak upon them, the tobacco companies have gotten only more sophisticated in marketing to those they believe are most likely to become addicted.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jeffrey Barg |
04-30-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Come on, Get Happy, Says Positive Psychology Foundernew
A Penn psychology professor thinks the oft-overlooked key to preventing depression is promoting joy.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
04-03-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Gardasil Still Eludes Menew
For the last four months I've been trying to get vaccinated with Gardasil, which got the FDA's stamp of approval early last summer and is nearly 100 percent effective in preventing four strains of HPV, two of which cause 70 percent of cervical cancer cases. So far, no luck.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
03-12-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Prevented Medicinenew
A life-saving new vaccine for cervical cancer is out of reach to most who need it.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
02-05-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
'What Is This, Fucking Kafka?'new
A man gets lost in the Philadelphia health system and lives to tell about it.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Steven Wells |
06-26-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
