The Pulse Archive

What can our genes tell us about our health risks?  This week on The Pulse, we take a look at the prospects and possibilities of pre ...

The Pulse’s Maiken Scott and Taunya English discuss lingering myths surrounding the organ transplant system—and some possible fix ...

Imagine waiting seven years for a call that could promise new life.  About 6,000 people in the Philadelphia tri-state area ar ...

On today’s show… we wait. We’ll wait at doctor’s offices, we’ll sit with patients who are waiting for organ ...

A former designer of waiting rooms for hospitals and medical offices shares the secret to a good waiting room.  Natural light ...

The concept is called advanced access, and it encourages providers to get rid of the backlog by doing away with long-term scheduling book ...

A look at the systems one medical emergency department uses to keep from getting bogged down. Einstein Medical Center’s Nort ...

Dr. Gearhart of Penn Ob/Gyn and Midwifery walks us through the complicated shuffle of his daily appointment routine.  Wait ti ...

Theresa Christy, a mathematician and Otis Elevator Research Fellow, explains the science behind your elevator experience.  So ...

Scientists study the impact of pollution on peat for clues about the future of Earth’s climate. You may be familiar with pea ...

Would you voluntarily give up sex for a full year? One woman did and decided to share her story with The Pulse.  Waiting can ...

Where do you get your weather forecasts? TV news channels?  Maybe you use the web? Or the local paper? The Farmers Almanac? No matte ...

Everybody loves talking about the weather. But how do we know what numbers to fret about in the first place? Remember ...

An end-of-winter reminder on the science and wonder of snowflakes. Dirty snowdrifts and hard-packed piles can make it hard to appr ...

Using algorithms to predict when each cold and flu season will hit and what medicines customers will buy.   It’s a ...