The Pulse Archive
The Obamacare rollout (continued): Even the savvy need a little help
The website is working much better, but most Americans need guidance to sift through the many coverage choices. The race was on th ...
12 years ago
ListenThe woman behind Delaware’s changing Medicare law
How one woman played a key role in changing Delaware law to offer supplemental Medigap premiums to people with disabilities under the age ...
12 years ago
ListenInside the world of medical illustration with Mt. Airy artist Birck Cox
We visit a medical illustrator’s studio, where boxes of bones, skulls and anatomy textbooks come to life through paint strokes and ...
12 years ago
ListenThe year’s most inspirational science stories: Myriad genetics ruling, CRISPR and brain funding
Kerry Grens, an associate editor at The Scientist, joins The Pulse regularly for updates on the latest developments in science. Th ...
12 years ago
ListenTwo decades after the release of the Oscar-winning movie “Philadelphia,” we take a look back at the film’s legacy, its ...
Air Date: December 20, 2013
ListenBy the numbers: HIV/AIDS stigma changing, but infection still spreads
Much headway has been made in HIV treatment, with far fewer AIDS deaths today than 20 years ago, when the film “Philadelphia” ...
12 years ago
Two decades ago, Tom Hanks and ‘Philadelphia’ prompted changing attitudes toward HIV-AIDS
An in-depth look at the making of the film, its impact, and the distance traveled in fighting HIV and AIDS. Twenty years ago this ...
12 years ago
Listen 23:35Are the health benefits of a gluten-free diet fact or fad?
Dr. Stephanie Moleski, a gasteroenterologist at Jefferson Hospital, gives her take on gluten sensitivity. As a gasteroentero ...
12 years ago
ListenGoing gluten-free is bad enough; try explaining it to your Italian grandma
In this Patient File, Valerie DiMambro talks about the year she got divorced, found bed bugs and got diagnosed with celiac disease. ...
12 years ago
ListenWhat’s eating our evergreen trees?
Local evergreens have a tiny enemy in the wild, and researchers are enlisting citizen scientists to battle the bugs. The balsam fi ...
12 years ago
ListenHow to see through sound with Philadelphia’s Austin Seraphin
A look at echolocation and how some people in the blind community are navigating through life on sounds alone. ...
12 years ago
ListenHow did birth move from the home to the hospital, and back again?
Margaret Marsh, professor of history at Rutgers University takes us through the timeline of home birth. ...
12 years ago
Listen‘Fine’ is a matter of definition. Do surgeons downplay recovery times?
“How long until I feel normal again?” In this week’s “Pain in the Neck” segment, we attempt to interpret do ...
12 years ago
ListenOn The Pulse this week, we take a look at a new law in the state of Delaware that calls for stiffer penalties for non-nurse midwives ...
Air Date: December 13, 2013
ListenChester County sustainable mushroom farm takes a dirt-free approach to mycology
Instead of strolling through pastures, let’s go down into the basement — a very spotless and sterile basement — to tour Woodlan ...
12 years ago
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