
The Pulse Archive
Hold the PowerPoint slides – a different approach to medical education
Two Jefferson University Hospital doctors are offering fellow physicians a different way to learn – and their approach was inspired ...
11 years ago
ListenThe science of a healthy career for the hard-living Broadway singer
How do Broadway singers belt out eight shows per week and keep their voices healthy? I’m sitting backstage with the Broadway ...
11 years ago
ListenTeaching men to be better fathers – does dad training work?
Each week, a group of fathers meet at the West Philadelphia YMCA to work on their parenting skills. From self-esteem to beha ...
11 years ago
ListenThis week in science: Young mouse blood, white nose syndrome and penguin flu
The Scientist‘s Kerry Grens explains new research on young blood in mice, whit ...
11 years ago
ListenJefferson Hospital pediatrics resident wins 2014 Medelita H.E.R.O. award
Dr. Kanani Titchen, this year’s award recipient, tells us about her research in child sex trafficking. Resident physic ...
11 years ago
ListenWhat do we mean when we say that a patient is “brain dead”? Surprisingly few medical students can answer that question, so a ...
Air Date: May 2, 2014
ListenA digital comeback for an old-fashioned science toy — just not here
A science non-profit’s new iPad app has created a small dose of international mystery. The Chemical Heritage Foundation want ...
11 years ago
ListenHow 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 ...
11 years ago
ListenLet’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. ...
11 years ago
ListenAllergy 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. ...
11 years ago
ListenPaying 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. ...
11 years ago
ListenPhiladelphia ‘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 ...
11 years ago
ListenWhen we think about women drinking too much, many of us conjure mental images of Girls Gone Wild, college parties, and Hollywood starlets ...
Air Date: April 25, 2014
ListenAn 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 ...
11 years ago
ListenWhy 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 ...
11 years ago
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