The Pulse Archive

My name is Diego Luke, and I am a 17-year-old high school junior in St. Paul, Minnesota. Grow ...

Should race be used as a variable in genetics research? A new paper ...

Imagine that you’re a receptionist at a medical clinic. You call the name of the next patient — Fred Jones — and a woman stands ...

Nurse executives say clinical experience matters in top healthcare jobs.  The way hospitals make money is changing. Governmen ...

Drexel scientists are working on a natural solution to protect rivers and streams. Cities have been tinkering with their sewer sys ...

You’re walking around, going about your day-to-day life, and suddenly, a song pops into your head. Our brains are filled with songs ...

‘I think people aren’t going to go. And sadly, the coverage they’re going to get is Brazil and Zika; it’s not goi ...

Is high-tech imaging replacing rubber tubing and ear buds?  Doctors used to just put an ear up to a patient’s chest and ...

John Blankenbaker opened the door wearing perfectly pleated slacks and a deep red sweater, shoes polished, his hair trimmed into a buzz c ...

Boy meets girl. They decide to have a baby. Sounds straight-forward, but this is an unusual conception story. Junior Brainard stan ...

Blood pressure. It's one of the most important measurements in medicine. And yet, taking it correctly is kind of an art.

There’s a jukebox in your brain, and it’s filled to the brim with songs and melodies. “To me, the really crazy t ...

We’ll take you back in time to 1976 in Philadelphia. The American Legion is having a conference at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel whe ...

Solving the mysteries of infectious diseases requires man power, determination, and, in the case of Legionnaires' disease, pride.

Why was the medical condition “Wegener’s granulomatosis” renamed “granulomatosis with polyangiitis?” ...