The Pulse Archive
Penn doctor releases fictional encyclopedia of imaginary diseases
Imagine a kind of amnesia wherein everybody forgets about you (Amnesia inversa). Imagine a disease that causes you to contract the infirm ...
11 years ago
ListenHow doctors are framing the flu conversation, after strain mutation
After the big announcement that this year’s flu vaccine may offer less protection than expected, some doctors are scrambling for th ...
11 years ago
ListenHate to break it to you, but your fitbit is old news. Electronic brain stimulation (think battery-powered headbands that help improve the ...
Air Date: December 10, 2014
ListenThe Pulse celebrates 1 year with live studio production
WHYY-FM’s award-winning health and science program turned one this month and its team celebrated with a one hour, in-studio perform ...
11 years ago
With big money comes big questions for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
When a breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug with a sticker price of more than $300,000 per year hit the market two years ago, the cost raise ...
11 years ago
ListenThe Pulse: Things that made us go ‘Hmmm…’
WHYY’s The Pulse celebrates its first birthday this week, capping off a yea ...
11 years ago
Getting her hands dirty is part of the job, and the fun, for environmental scientist
Pretty much everyone is familiar with ecology, but it’s a broad term and it covers a lot of territory. For our segmen ...
11 years ago
ListenA quick ethics test: Should a not-for-profit foundation make $3.3 billion selling royalty rights for a drug that treats its own donors an ...
Air Date: December 4, 2014
ListenBargaining with the voices in our heads
New treatments for a stigmatized group of patients emerge. Berta Britz hid the voices she’s heard for a long time, spending ...
11 years ago
ListenStranger than fiction: Star Trek’s ‘tricorder’ could soon be a reality
The tale of a high-stakes medical device competition inspired by a sci-fi classic and a local team boldly going into the finals. I ...
11 years ago
ListenIs your neti pot routine safe, effective?
Slosh a little salty water into your nose, and it’s like a satisfying kick in the sinuses. For some people, nasal irrigation ...
11 years ago
ListenThis week in science: Pain’s relation to itch, sex equality in research and white-nose syndrome
Everyone itches, and when we scratch, the itch always seems to come back even stronger. But why? Dr. Bethany Brookshire, a s ...
11 years ago
ListenCould fog disinfectant machines help fight the spread of Ebola?
Sanosil International and other companies that produce foggers say their tools can be more effective than traditional methods. ...
11 years ago
ListenThe Pulse: Because science is all around us, and man is it cool
WHYY’s The Pulse celebrates its first birthday this week, in a celebration ...
11 years ago
The Pulse: The science of five everyday things
WHYY’s The Pulse celebrates its first birthday this week, in a celebration ...
11 years ago
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