The Pulse Archive
How doctors talk about brain death
When physicians declare a patient as dead, what exactly do they mean?
“Hi Mr. Smith, I’m Dr. Goldberg, I’m the t
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Let’s put a stop to parents opting out of vaccinations for their kids
In 2014 so far, 129 Americans have fallen ill with measles, and many public health officials are pointing their fingers at parents.
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Allergy sufferers flock to local honey, but does it work?
Local honey has been gaining traction among allergy sufferers around the region, but evidence on its effectiveness is hard to find.
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Paying tribute to the women who helped integrate Pennsylvania’s health care system
Alumnae from the Mercy-Douglass School of Nursing returned to Philadelphia recently to remember their time together in the 1940s and 50s.
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Philadelphia ‘pumping party’ trial to begin next week
Why are “pumping parties,” or underground silicone-injection parties, cropping up across the country, and what are the health
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When we think about women drinking too much, many of us conjure mental images of Girls Gone Wild, college parties, and Hollywood starlets
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Air Date: April 25, 2014
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An intimate look at the modern female alcoholic
Ann Dowsett Johnston shares her personal experience with alcoholism in her book “Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alc
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Why alcohol marketing targeting women has public health researchers concerned
The liquor cabinet in David Jernigan’s office is fully stocked—mostly with flavored, fruity, carbonated and pink-labeled–ad
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Bedside manner 101 for Drexel med students
Med students learn biology, chemistry, and physiology, but what about bedside manner? In a modern medical education, there are exams for
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From near extinction to internet sensation: the remarkable comeback of Pennsylvania’s bald eagles
A look at the budding bald eagle obsession in Pennsylvania.
For decades, Pennsylvania’s bald eagles and those around the co
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Dealing with mom’s baggage after decades of hoarding
One woman shares her story of cleaning up years’ worth of newspaper clippings, cassette tapes and other memories from her mother
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Temple scientists hit Gulf of Mexico to explore human-generated deep-sea acidification
Temple University scientists are embarking on a three-week cruise to search for clues on ocean acidification and its impact on deepwater
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Germs in space! NASA launches WHYY microbe to observe in microgravity
A microbe collected at WHYY was one of 48 samples recently sent to the International Space Station to test how microbes grow in space.&nb
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How much sleep is enough? Researchers will evaluate national guidelines
What’s the right amount of sleep, where we feel rested, good, and our brains function at their best? A group of researchers is goin
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A happy marriage, children, a good life…then illness changes everything. Sixty-five million Americans care for an ill or elderly lo
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Air Date: April 18, 2014
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