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The Pulse – April 4, 2014

We all want our doctors to be sharp as a tack, laser accurate, and confident enough to trust themselves with our lives. But we also want ...

Air Date: April 4, 2014

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Linda Hines-Gordon (left) and Amelia Breyre recently completed Penn's LEAPP program
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A lesson in the ‘patient experience:’ Program requires med students to follow patients over time

A medical student learns about chronic health issues through the lens of a patient in an 18-month intensive course requirement at the Uni ...

11 years ago

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Brooklyn artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh created the series Stop Telling Women to Smile
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Local activists call for an end to street harassment

Have you been the target of whistles and catcalls by strangers on the street?  You’ll want to hear how these artists and activ ...

11 years ago

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Simon A. Levin
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Princeton professor wins prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

Professor Simon Levin, explains his work aimed at understanding and, hopefully, preserving delicate environment. What does math ha ...

11 years ago

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Cardiologist Daniel Mascarenhas says life saving items like pacemakers cost $6
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One doctor’s mission to recycle pacemakers for patients in India

A Pennsylvania doctor is turning medical trash into life-saving gold. It’s not every day that I discuss the best way to evad ...

11 years ago

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Mohammadreza Hojat Ph.D. discusses teaching empathy to medical students at Jefferson Medical School. (Nathaniel Hamilton/For Newsworks)
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Bedside manner matters, but maintaining physicians’ empathy levels requires some TLC

What do patients want from physicians? Skills? A laser-sharp brain? A steady hand? Sure. But – they want something else, too.  ...

11 years ago

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A researcher holds a brown bat that she is rehabilitating. (AP file Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
The Pulse

This Week in Science: The loudest bat gets the worm and surprising reproductive abilities of naked mole rats

Pulse contributor Bethany Brookshire shares the latest findings on bat calls and milk production among naked mole rats.    ...

11 years ago

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The Pulse

The Pulse – March 28, 2014

 Allow us to reintroduce ourselves… This week on The Pulse, we r ...

Air Date: March 28, 2014

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(Illustration by Tony Auth)
The Pulse

What can our genes tell us about our health risks?

A look at precision medicine and how genetics and genomics play a key role in understanding our health.  Some doctors now exa ...

11 years ago

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The Coriell Institute in Camden
The Pulse

Exploring the reality and promise of genetic testing

Randy Scott, CEO of Invitae, which offers genetic tests through physicians, speaks with The Pulse’s Taunya English about the promis ...

11 years ago

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Graduate student Bahareh Jalali places tissue specimen onto Villanova University’s high-speed imaging cryomicroscope. (Photo courtesy of Paul Crane/Villanova University)
The Pulse

Is freezing the key to preserving engineered organs and tissues?

Villanova’s Jens Karlsson tells us about his work trying to determine the best methods for freezing tissues and human organs.  ...

11 years ago

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A small humanoid robot leads Dr. Michelle Johnson
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A robot’s emerging role in rehab

Dr. Michelle Johnson takes us inside her rehabilitation and robotics lab at Penn Medicine to show us how robots can assist stroke victims ...

11 years ago

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Artist Diane Burko shows the changing landscape of the Nunatak Glacier in Alaska. (Image courtesy of Diane Burko)
The Pulse

Documenting climate change through art

Artist and photographer Diane Burko uses art to depict what scientists struggle to explain about climate change.  Artist and ...

11 years ago

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(Illustration by Tony Auth)
The Pulse

How to get involved in citizen science this spring

If you’re interested in counting critters, measuring rain and seeking out cherry blossoms, these projects are for you. As ev ...

11 years ago

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 (AP Photo/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
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Outreach groups ‘hit the pavement’ as health insurance deadline nears

With the March 31 enrollment deadline approaching, government leaders and health advocates are pulling out all sorts of tricks to get the ...

11 years ago

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