
The Pulse Archive
We often think of trauma as the result of a singular negative experience, but many, who spend their entire lives in environments plagued ...
Air Date: February 28, 2014
ListenChilean ‘chicken butt’ researchers make birds walk like dinosaurs
Guess what? Chicken butt!! Research involving chicken butts recently got the attention of regular Pulse contributor ...
11 years ago
ListenLife after losing, and regaining, a sense of smell
Mount Airy resident Anndee Hochman is smelling the Friday-night challah again after living for years without her sense of smell. B ...
11 years ago
ListenEmbracing and challenging the true storytellers in adults with autism
We visit a writing workshop in Norristown, Pa., that guides adults with autism through the playwriting process. The lobby of ...
11 years ago
ListenAsking a key question to understand puzzling behaviors
‘Trauma-informed care’ encourages mental health providers to look at behaviors as clues – as connecting dots to a bigge ...
11 years ago
ListenCan researchers re-ignite someone’s sense of smell through nasal stem cells?
Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center are searching for new ways to treat smell-loss. Researchers at the Monell C ...
11 years ago
ListenUnderstanding the ice surrounding us and why, exactly, it makes us slip. In this winter of our discontent, traction has become a f ...
11 years ago
ListenSchizophrenia treatment approaches, challenges and the importance of early intervention
An interview with clinical psychologist Kim Mueser about new approaches to schizophrenia treatment. Schizophrenia is often v ...
11 years ago
ListenOne man’s mission to change perceptions of people with schizophrenia
Psychologist Frederick Frese explains how his experience with schizophrenia shaped his passion for helping others with mental illness.&nb ...
11 years ago
ListenIn the world of cheesesteaks, Geno Vento stands head and shoulders above the crowd. But a lifetime spent around this delicious, but fatte ...
Air Date: February 21, 2014
ListenThis Week In Science: Diseased bumblebees, genetically modified potatoes and OCD in dogs
Wild bumblebees, blight-reistant potatoes and dogs with obsessive compulsive disorder. Kerry Grens, an associate editor at T ...
11 years ago
ListenFamilies facing deportation find support in local congregations
How one group is addressing the mental health needs of undocumented immigrants facing deportation. By the time Pedro Avila a ...
11 years ago
ListenSouth Philly pilot program takes environmentally-friendly approach to cooking oil disposal
When we think of the damage oil can do, we often think of the large spills at sea. But the kind of oil problem we’re talking about ...
11 years ago
ListenBreaking down the basics of bariatric surgery with Penn’s David Sarwer
Even with surgery, there’s no magic bullet for weight loss. To find out about the challenges of getting a successful weight- ...
11 years ago
ListenWhen you’re named after a cheesesteak, slimming down is hard to do
Imagine spending your whole life, from childhood, fighting temptation inside what one might describe as the belly of the beast. Im ...
11 years ago
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