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The Pulse – February 28, 2014

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

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Chilean researchers attached tails to chickens to see if they could replicate the walk of dinosaurs. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY FILE)
The Pulse

Chilean ‘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

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At Market Blooms in Reading Terminal Market Anndee Hochman attempts to smell the aromas of lilac and eucalyptus. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
The Pulse

Life 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

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Jason Halberstadt (right) works with actor and teaching artist Clare O'Malley in a playwriting class for adults with autism at Theatre Horizon in Norristown
The Pulse

Embracing 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

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HopeWorks on State Street in Camden provides job training and in some cases housing. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
The Pulse

Asking 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

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Olfactory perception graphic showing how receptors detect and process odorant molecules.  (Image courtesy of the Monell Chemical Senses Center)
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Can 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

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Look Mom
The Pulse

Ice skating, without the ice

Understanding 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

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The Pulse

Schizophrenia 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

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(Photo credit: Gus Chan/The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer)
The Pulse

One 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

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The Pulse

The Pulse – February 21, 2014

In 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

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Members of Mishkan Shalom Synagogue and other congregations pray with Pedro Avila before his deportation hearing. (Photo credit: Harvey Finkle)
The Pulse

Families 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

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The Pulse

South 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

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New research shows that bumblebees are catching a honeybee disease
The Pulse

This 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

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Dr. David Sarwer
The Pulse

Breaking 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

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(Kimberly Paynter/for The Pulse)
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When 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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