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It’s easy to feel as if the world is falling apart. The Connection features wide-ranging conversations about the bonds that hold us together, the forces that drive us apart, the conflicts that keep us from exploring life’s possibilities and the qualities that make us unique and human.

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Dave Schible suffers from tinnitus and hearing loss. Tinnitus is the most common service-connected disability, the VA says. More than 2 million veterans get compensation for it. (Courtesy of Dave Schible)
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Health

Off the battlefield, many veterans face a new foe: damaged hearing

Tinnitus is the most common service-connected disability, the VA says. More than 2 million veterans get compensation for it.

5 years ago

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Health Care at Home

A lot of us had our first taste of remote medical care during the pandemic — telemedicine checkups performed right in our own homes. It ...

Air Date: October 29, 2021

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Science

New fronts in the fight against climate change

The search for solutions to address climate change is urgent. People want action now, something that will move the needle. But every solu ...

Air Date: October 22, 2021

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Science

Sending Signals

The modern world is made possible by a web of electromagnetic radiation. Your phone, computer, TV, cable box, radio — all depend on mil ...

Air Date: October 15, 2021

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Bobby Flynn and Jessie Flynn
The Pulse
Health

Finding Hope in an Experimental Treatment

Jessie Flynn decided she’d had enough. For years, multiple sclerosis had taken more and more away from her life — her ability to move ...

Air Date: October 8, 2021

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Health

A stem cell treatment for MS offers some patients hope. But is it hope that will last?

After more than 15 years of multiple sclerosis, a patient travels to Mexico for a risky, experimental treatment called HSCT, against her doctor's advice.

5 years ago

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From left to right: Jaya Aysola, founder and executive director of Penn Medicine’s Center for Health Equity Advancement, Pierre Johnson, University of Chicago OB-GYN, Madi Sinha, physician and author, and Cesar Padilla, obstetric anesthesiologist
The Pulse
Health

What Will It Take to Diversify Medicine?

Who becomes a physician in this country — and who never gets that chance? On this encore presentation, we explore this question a lot o ...

Air Date: October 1, 2021

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Health

Watch ‘In Du Bois’ Footsteps: The Health of our Cities, Then & Now’

WHYY & The Pulse hosted a conversation about the legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois' ground-breaking book,"The Philadelphia Negro" and the path towards more equitable cities.

5 years ago

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Science

Handmade Tales

As a materials scientist, Anna Ploszajski was trained t ...

Air Date: September 24, 2021

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The Pulse
Science

Criminology Under the Microscope

It’s one of the first questions we hear on detective shows after a heinous crime has occurred: “What’s the motive?” For hundreds ...

Air Date: September 17, 2021

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Health

The Lessons of 9/11

The passing of 20 years since the 9/11 terror attacks has meant that some of the wounds cut by that day have closed — others have not. ...

Air Date: September 10, 2021

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O’Hara’s Restaurant and Pub, a few blocks from the World Trade Center has become a place to remember 9/11. (Hannah Fullmer for WHYY)
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Health

In New York 20 years on, O’Hara’s honors 9/11 and first responders

Owner Mike Keane was at the bar the day the towers came down just two blocks away. He works to keep the memory alive.

5 years ago

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Research has shown a link between exposure to racism and birth outcomes. The terror attacks offered a unique window on the effects of anti-Arab racism. (Illustration by Andre Reed)
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'We had just come through an awful year': The acute stress of 9/11 led to increased preterm birth rates for Arab women

Research has shown a link between exposure to racism and birth outcomes. The terror attacks offered a unique window on the effects of anti-Arab racism.

5 years ago

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Health

The Evolving Nature of Work

Sometimes, work can feel like Groundhog Day — different variations of the same thing, day after day. Same commute, same hours, same peo ...

Air Date: September 3, 2021

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Will remote work become more of a long-term option for workers with disabilities?

Employers typically resisted alternatives for workers with disabilities. But the pandemic turned the idea from special accommodation into everyday practice.

5 years ago

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