The Pulse Archive
A race to create artificial blood: Baltimore lab leads efforts to reshape trauma and wound care
Scientists and researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine are developing a freeze-dried blood substitute that can be used instantly out in the field.
1 year ago
Listen 8:08Chemo drug shortages lead to treatment changes, anxiety, and fear among patients
After Mairead McInerney was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer, ongoing drug shortages forced her treatment plan to be more grueling than she expected.
1 year ago
Listen 12:17What’s Behind Health Care Shortages?
We look at this, and other, shortages plaguing the world of medicine, from medications to donated blood.
Air Date: July 28, 2023
Listen 51:14Behind the Scenes — Challenges in Medicine
On this episode, we take you behind the waiting room doors, to learn about some of the behind-the-scenes challenges of working in health care.
Air Date: July 14, 2023
Listen 53:20Inside the Minds of Thrill Seekers
Air Date: July 7, 2023
Listen 49:20Will climate change force the future of nuclear energy to look smaller and more mobile?
A new microreactor being developed at the Idaho National Laboratory will be small enough to put on a tractor trailer and nimble enough to send to a disaster site.
1 year ago
Listen 8:05A secret mission to dump radioactive cargo in Atlantic Ocean tells history of nuclear tests
Answer to decades-long mystery uncovered in the archive at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia.
1 year ago
Listen 16:09Where can the U.S. put 88,000 tons of nuclear waste?
While the U.S. struggles to build long-term storage for nuclear waste, other countries like Sweden, Finland, and Canada move forward with plans for geologic repositories.
1 year ago
Listen 10:51We unfold the never-before-told story of Earle and the classified operation that he was a part of, and explore the remnants of the atomic age and the waste it has left behind.
Air Date: June 23, 2023
Listen 49:28Black Health: Finding Solutions to End Disparities
Air Date: June 16, 2023
Listen 49:15Searching for a lost self after traumatic brain injury
Carlie Ostrom thought she had her life planned out until she suffered a traumatic brain injury and lost her sense of self.
1 year ago
Listen 13:51We talk to social psychologist Brian Lowery about his new book “Selfless: The Social Creation of ‘You.’”
Air Date: June 9, 2023
Listen 49:07‘Pacing’ for long COVID can help people cope, but there’s a tradeoff
Chronic fatigue associated with long COVID forces many people to rest and disengage from activities they used to do — but limiting your life can feel powerless.
1 year ago
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