The Pulse Archive
Today’s show is about moments. Life-changing moments, moments that offered new insights into age-old questions, and “a ha!
...
Air Date: September 4, 2015
Listen
via ShutterStock)" title="apple" width="1" height="1"/>Photo via ShutterStock)" title="apple" width="1" height="1"/>
Eureka! The science behind moments of sudden insight
How and why does that little lightbulb suddenly go on in our minds?
Scientific discoveries are often fueled by “aha” m
...
9 years ago
Listen
We spend large portions of our lives in and around our homes. It’s where we eat, sleep, and heal. Some of us were born in our homes
...
Air Date: August 28, 2015
Listen
A decade after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, much of the physical damage the storm caused has been repaired—neighborhoods an
...
Air Date: August 21, 2015
Listen
The real reason why women are cold in the workplace
Regular Pulse contributor Bethany Brookshire breaks down what we should really be paying attention to in the AC study that got all the re
...
9 years ago
Listen
via ShutterStock)" title="shutterstock_271845803" width="1" height="1"/>Photo via ShutterStock)" title="shutterstock_271845803" width="1" height="1"/>
Managing multiple sclerosis through a relationship of trust and lots of negotiations
What a lot of us really want from our physicians is care – care that goes beyond managing illness or symptoms.
Maureen OR
...
9 years ago
Listen
Should gender reassignment surgery be preceded by a waiting period?
Many surgeons require people who want to undergo gender reassignment surgery to live through a waiting period and to bring documentation
...
9 years ago
Listen
In the wake of devastation, regaining normalcy can be deeply healing
Hurricane Katrina and other devastating traumatic events have taught experts that getting back to life as usual can be powerful medicine
...
9 years ago
Listen
Why some pediatricians are replacing lollipops with hugs and praise
Can candy be good medicine at the doctor’s office?
When a child visits the pediatrician these days, she often comes home wit
...
9 years ago
Listen
10 years after Katrina, addressing the mental trauma that lingers
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina struck, much of the physical damage the storm caused in New Orleans has been repaired. But a deepe
...
9 years ago
Listen
A 3D printer that squirts out the building blocks of life
BioBots, a Philly biotech startup, gears up for growth.
Complete with big windows, a high-rise view and shiny lab space, the
...
9 years ago
Listen
Gender reassignment surgery bans being lifted, but many barriers remain
For those seeking gender reassignment surgeries, long stigmatized and rarely covered by insurance, many challenges remain.
A
...
9 years ago
Listen
You open a medical bill, thinking ‘okay, how bad can it be?’ Sometimes it’s bad, very bad. Elana Gordon brings us a sto
...
Air Date: August 14, 2015
Listen
Should we be paying organ donors?
The idea could shorten waitlists, but violates a long-held taboo.
After a routine check-up in August 2004, Sal
...
9 years ago
Listen
Why blood and needles make some people faint
Fainting at the sight of a needle or blood is so common that Sharon Burke, a registered emergency nurse at Thomas Jefferson University Ho
...
9 years ago
Listen