The Pulse Archive

Hate to break it to you, but your fitbit is old news. Electronic brain stimulation (think battery-powered headbands that help improve the ...

WHYY-FM’s award-winning health and science program turned one this month and its team celebrated with a one hour, in-studio perform ...

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 ...

WHYY’s The Pulse celebrates its first birthday this week, capping off a yea ...

Pretty much everyone is familiar with ecology, but it’s a broad term and it covers a lot of territory.   For our segmen ...

A 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 ...

New treatments for a stigmatized group of patients emerge. Berta Britz hid the voices she’s heard for a long time, spending ...

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 ...

Slosh a little salty water into your nose, and it’s like a satisfying kick in the sinuses. For some people, nasal irrigation ...

Everyone itches, and when we scratch, the itch always seems to come back even stronger. But why?  Dr. Bethany Brookshire, a s ...

Sanosil International and other companies that produce foggers say their tools can be more effective than traditional methods.  ...

WHYY’s The Pulse celebrates its first birthday this week, in a celebration ...

WHYY’s The Pulse celebrates its first birthday this week, in a celebration ...

How is this for a headline sure to catch your attention: “ ...

A scientist who studies brain development in children, and is also the mom of two small kids is sure to have a lot of inner dialogue revi ...