http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=195452&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fhealth_science%2F Inquirer health and science en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z en-us http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166731&44=70734237&32=3796&7=195452&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fhealth_science%2Fdaily%2F20091122_Seismic_rumbles_in_the_forests.html RENOVO, Pa. - For decades, natural-gas drilling has been part of the landscape in Sproul State Forest, a vast timberland in northern Pennsylvania pocked with hundreds of shallow wells and crossed by pipelines. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 31bb90ba6a561899a7b2cd7afdd50320 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166731&44=70734417&32=3796&7=195452&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fhealth_science%2Fdaily%2F20091122_Stimulus_funds_finally_flowing_to_weatherization.html After getting out of the Army in 2006, Brian Smith kicked around from job to job. He worked as a security guard. He was a retail supervisor. He spent some months at a warehouse. Nothing seemed to last. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 2100654526ed9ea2c9d965e024bf01fa 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166731&44=70734232&32=3796&7=195452&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fhealth_science%2Fdaily%2F20091122_Practices_devote_costly_hours_to_insurance_dealings.html At Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia, one of the region's largest specialty physician groups, the expensive quest to get paid by dozens of insurance companies begins days before a patient shows up for an appointment and can take weeks or months. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT ecdeb436891ed6837978525c812fee43 2009-11-22T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166731&44=70687227&32=3796&7=195452&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fhealth_science%2Fdaily%2F20091121_Karen_Heller__A_false_promise_of_help.html With the passage of Act 62 in July 2008, Pennsylvania appeared primed to become a leader in the treatment of autism, offering parents of autistic children up to $36,000 in annual health insurance benefits. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 6cbeb2ca99dd2ea492c39d227a6619e4 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166731&44=70687017&32=3796&7=195452&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fhealth_science%2Fdaily%2F20091121_Senators_vote_today_on_fate_of_health_bill.html WASHINGTON - The Senate is poised to approve today the start of a historic debate over health-care legislation aimed at making coverage easier, less expensive to obtain, and harder to lose. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT d3a99b305b98dfa719a671eafdb88aa6 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166731&44=70687247&32=3796&7=195452&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fhealth_science%2Fdaily%2F20091121_Flight_to_Ohio_rescues__puppy-mill__dogs.html When a Philadelphia animal-welfare activist heard that nearly 400 Lancaster County dogs had been trucked to an auction in Ohio last month, he saw it as a chance to call attention to animal abuse in Pennsylvania. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT 7528102ff423ac48f000354fb12599a7 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166731&44=70687222&32=3796&7=195452&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fhealth_science%2Fdaily%2F20091121_Delco_refinery_is_fined_for_air-quality_violations.html The ConocoPhillips refinery in Delaware County has been fined $38,137 for air-quality violations. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, which announced the fine yesterday, the refinery failed to report emissions, incorrectly reported emissions, and exceeded emission limits. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT fa3b1291fd755f4f11d82fcb902c81e5 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166731&44=70687112&32=3796&7=195452&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Fhealth_science%2Fdaily%2F20091121_Amid_debate_on_mammograms__Pap_advisory_less_controversial.html WASHINGTON - First mammograms. Now - in an apparent coincidence - Pap smears. New guidelines by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists say most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually to catch slow-growing cervical cancer. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:01:00 GMT c473103c0ee6772f4dab001366cfcbd2 2009-11-21T08:01:00Z