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Are the health benefits of a gluten-free diet fact or fad?
Dr. Stephanie Moleski, a gasteroenterologist at Jefferson Hospital, gives her take on gluten sensitivity.
As a gasteroentero
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ListenGoing gluten-free is bad enough; try explaining it to your Italian grandma
In this Patient File, Valerie DiMambro talks about the year she got divorced, found bed bugs and got diagnosed with celiac disease.
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What’s eating our evergreen trees?
Local evergreens have a tiny enemy in the wild, and researchers are enlisting citizen scientists to battle the bugs.
The balsam fi
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How to see through sound with Philadelphia’s Austin Seraphin
A look at echolocation and how some people in the blind community are navigating through life on sounds alone.
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ListenHow did birth move from the home to the hospital, and back again?
Margaret Marsh, professor of history at Rutgers University takes us through the timeline of home birth.
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‘Fine’ is a matter of definition. Do surgeons downplay recovery times?
“How long until I feel normal again?” In this week’s “Pain in the Neck” segment, we attempt to interpret do
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On The Pulse this week, we take a look at a new law in the state of Delaware that calls for stiffer penalties for non-nurse midwives
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Air Date: December 13, 2013
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Chester County sustainable mushroom farm takes a dirt-free approach to mycology
Instead of strolling through pastures, let’s go down into the basement — a very spotless and sterile basement — to tour Woodlan
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Lettuce, the new secret weapon for making vaccines cheaper in the developing world?
One scientist’s quest to make vaccines and other medications more available in developing countries leads him to turn over an unlik
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This week in science: Dyslexia, Mars & Alzheimer’s
The Scientist’s Kerry Grens tells us about new dyslexia findings, a lake found on Mars and a possible link between lead exposure an
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The MRI is a source of anxiety — and musical inspiration
It’s claustrophobic; it’s noisy. Having an MRI causes some folks anxiety. But many have found ways to cope with the test thro
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This week on The Pulse, we look into why medical bills are so expensive and hard to understand.
We also hear one man’s excr
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Air Date: December 6, 2013
ListenTips on how to navigate this region’s health insurance exchanges
If figuring out how to navigate the new health insurance exchanges has your head spinning, know this: You have lots of company.&nbs
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10 years ago
Philly-area firm leads the hospital-bill fight vs. the $500 Tylenol
Medical bills are expensive and really hard to understand. The Pulse talks with a few people who are trying to change the way it’s
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10 years ago
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The Obamacare rollout: Scenes from a very bumpy ride
The Pulse’s Elana Gordon sat next to some local folks as they tried to sign up for health insurance through HealthCare.gov. It wasn
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10 years ago
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