
The Pulse Archive
Where medicine and literature overlap, the excellence of both professions is at play
The British Medical Journal lists more than 40 physicians who became notable authors. They include Somerset Maugham, Sir Arthur Conan Doy ...
9 years ago
A kidney donation, with an assist from above
Did a religious epiphany save Terry Sukeena’s life? When he was 46 years old, Terry Sukeena had the first major health scare ...
9 years ago
ListenHow do caregivers learn skills to keep a loved one safe at home?
Dementia has been slowly stealing Ruth Perez’s memory and thinking ability for 20 years. “She would put food together ...
9 years ago
Listen‘Lower your seed’ with a March Madness vasectomy
With the 30-minute outpatient procedure requiring a couple days of rest on the couch, the March timing is being touted as a natural fit.& ...
9 years ago
ListenHealthcare fades into the background of 2016 election cycle
With Obamacare battles largely behind us, presidential candidates in 2016 seem focused on other issues. Healthcare played starring ...
9 years ago
ListenBurning psychiatry’s bible: A new framework for diagnosing mental illness
The National Institute of Mental Health is searching for a new director who will inherit a battle over how we think about afflictions of ...
9 years ago
ListenIn health care, interventions can make a huge difference. Can you reduce deaths related to gun violence by teaching more people first aid ...
Air Date: March 11, 2016
ListenPlumbers descend on Flint to help with water crisis
Since October, plumbers with United Association Local 370 in Flint have been volunteering to install filters and faucets to remove lead f ...
9 years ago
ListenDigital diagnosis: telemedicine puts doctors in schools
When children get sick at school, it can be a big disruption. For the kids – they have to miss class – and for mom or dad, they have ...
9 years ago
ListenLife after lead poisoning: one family’s story
When the Degenharts bought their house, they knew it would be a fixer-upper. But they didn’t know that it would land their son, Jos ...
9 years ago
ListenHealth care’s one shot at helping human trafficking victims
Human trafficking in the United States is common, and it is often hidden in plain sight. “This is happening all around us, ...
9 years ago
ListenA heart attack becomes an unwelcome source of poetic inspiration
Marylou Kelly Streznewski describes herself as a model of health. And for most of her life, she took it for granted. But that chan ...
9 years ago
ListenIn Philadelphia, bystander first aid turns everyday citizens into first responders
In Philadelphia, it’s gun violence that makes first aid skills so necessary for ordinary residents. After the Paris bombings ...
9 years ago
ListenKeeping lives on track through early psychosis intervention
Oberon Wackwitz has a boyish face and easy smile, he’s a sharp dresser. He’s 20 years old, and in college. With his friendly, ...
9 years ago
ListenPam Gilbert could hear things that other people couldn’t. That superpower quickly turned into a nightmare when she began to hear no ...
Air Date: March 3, 2016
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