The Pulse Archive

Dentistry can be a lucrative career, but some say rising tuition costs mean massive loans to pay off in a changing market for care.

Being a dentist can be a lonely job. Your patients don’t want to be there — and even if they did, it’s not like they can talk with ...

The company aims to disrupt by straightening teeth with cheaper mail-order aligners. Professional dental groups say it cuts corners, endangers patients.

The issue has divided nurses, confounded voters, and prompted a multimillion-dollar backlash by the hospital industry. Even research on the impact of ratio laws has been split

School nurses now have to add shooter drills and concussion protocols to the day-to-day responsibilities that come with tending to the health needs of students.

The roles of nurses have changed and expanded a lot in recent decades. Nurses are highly specialized, they have branched out into new are ...

Growing up, my friends and I took for granted that we would always see each other the night before the holiday. Until we couldn’t.

Thanksgiving usually means we’re going big — way over the top. Twice as much turkey as we could possibly eat; more side dishes than ...

Cranberry farmers in the Pine Barrens must strike a balance between productive farming and protecting a beloved ecosystem.

Gratitude journaling, it turns out, transformed the neuroscientist’s grief — and likely his brain

What works in policing high-crime areas, and what doesn't?

Philadelphia and other cities saw domestic violence reported more often, and repeat incidents reduced when more female officers were added to the force.

Police forces in democratic societies are supposed to safeguard the rights of citizens, and protect their lives and well-being. We think ...

Intimidation and police force enraged protesters in Hong Kong. Is there a different way to manage masses of people?

We look at things that are hard to measure and the different approaches that we take to get those measurements correct.