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Virgin Galactic is preparing to take its first round of passengers on a suborbital space flight on SpaceShipTwo (pictured above) later this year. (AP Images)
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Virgin Galactic shoots for 2015 commercial flight launch

Would you pay $250,000 for a suborbital ride through space? That’s how much tickets are selling for aboard Virgin Galactic ...

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Stephen Weisser serves as chaplain at Paul's Run
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Surviving a rare disease gives chaplain a unique outlook on life

In this week’s Patient Files, pastor Stephen Weisser talks about beating the odds to survive a rare chronic disease.  ...

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At the Franklin, a tour of ‘Your Brain’

Pondering how you ponder, with the help of the Franklin Institute’s brand-new brain exhibit. There’s a brand-new build ...

12 years ago

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In May
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Talking zoonoses with Philadelphia’s Public Health Nerd Club

A look at how infections can leap from animals to people and how public health officials prepare for the next possible pandemic.  ...

12 years ago

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Is gluten sensitivity fact or fiction?

Australian researcher Peter Gibson recently conducted a study, which seemingly contradicts his own earlier research that found gluten to ...

12 years ago

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(Tony Auth/for The Pulse)
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The return of the house call?

A little-known corner of the Affordable Care Act could usher home visits  by doctors back into the medical mainstream. A long ...

12 years ago

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(Photo courtesy of breastcancer.org)
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How one breast oncologist faced her own diagnosis

Dr. Marisa Weiss had been treating breast cancer for over 20 years when she got her own breast cancer diagnosis four years ago.  ...

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The Pulse – May 23, 2014

On this special edition of The Pulse, we take a close look at waiting, from medical offices to a local produce market and a research lab. ...

Air Date: May 23, 2014

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A student writer  and interviewee Jim Ellis sign a  copy of the book. (J. Woods/Newsworks)
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New book by student journalists celebrates community health leaders

On Tuesday night, elementary and middle school student authors had a book launch for their 2014 publication Leading Healthy Change in ...

12 years ago

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The Pulse – May 16, 2014

The Philadelphia region is a hub for the pharmaceutical industry. In fact, some of the drugs that have transformed medicine have been dev ...

Air Date: May 16, 2014

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What next for region’s displaced pharma workforce?

Big pharma is restructuring, downsizing, leaving thousands of smart displaced workers trying to figure out next steps. The room is ...

12 years ago

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A view into the 120-meter long linear accelerator at GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research in Germany
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Element 117: A step closer to the mythical ‘Island of Stability’

Physicists create a new superheavy element with some enlightening side effects. Physicists recently used a particle accelerator to ...

12 years ago

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ProPublica launches online tool to track your doctor’s billing patterns

The investigation is part of a push to spotlight doctors who may be sending inflated bills to the government. A new ...

12 years ago

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In this week's Patient Files
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How treating my sudden death syndrome left me at risk of sudden death

In this week’s Patient Files, Michael Downing tells us about his harrowing set of medical encounters related to hypertrophic cardio ...

12 years ago

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Inside Amtrak’s new fleet of high-tech train engines

Sophie Reid climbs aboard one of Amtrak’s new ACS-64 City Sprinters to uncover the science behind the new fleet of locomotives. ...

12 years ago

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