The Pulse Archive
A love of pro wrestling greater than the fear of cancer
Imagine you have one all-consuming passion in life. The thing you can’t live without. And suddenly, an illness threatens to take th
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Researchers explore potential link between depression and inflammation
An ongoing study is finding that there may be a connection between depression and inflammation in the peripheral blood and the brain.
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Predicting the sick through personal trails of health data
How Independence Blue Cross is using algorithms to better target care.
The first thing out of John Iovine’s mouth is a
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In 1781, just as colonial soldiers won the battle of Yorktown, which cinched American independence from the British, Thomas Jefferson too
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College students around the country are demanding that their schools divest from fossil fuels. That would mean selling off investments in
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Air Date: April 9, 2015
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Brontosaurus stages giant comeback
The Brontosaurus is back… and it’s the only dinosaur known to go extinct twice, if you will.
The long-necked, lo
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Why you see Jesus and other faces in toast, cinnamon buns and ultrasounds
Have you ever looked up in the sky and seen a bunny in the clouds? Or what about a man in the
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Entering adulthood with autism and not much else
A generation of autistic children have grown and entered adult life, but without the support they got as kids, what will their futures ho
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10, 50, 100: Why do we find comfort in round numbers?
Numbers have mattered to humans since the earliest civilizations…but some have mattered more than others.
There are certain
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Students waiting for change where the divestment movement was born
Swarthmore College may be the birthplace of the movement to strip fossil fuel company stocks from university investment portfolios, but s
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Correcting life-threatening birth defects in utero
This month’s PBS mini series “Twice Born,” takes viewers inside an intense surgery unit at the Children’s Hospita
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They’re really common screenings, especially for people who are over 50. More than
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Electronic cigarettes are a booming business with a growing customer base. Some see them as a great hope for smokers who want to quit, ot
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Air Date: April 3, 2015
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Could better health be just a hug away?
New research links embracing with better health outcomes.
Being hugged may help reduce the harmful effects of stress on the body,
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As the federal government considers regulation for e-cigarettes, a debate wages
More research is on the way on the benefits, risks of e-cigs.
Public health experts say they are just beginning to untangle
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