The Pulse Episode Archive

Tax season has an added wrinkle this year—the Affordable Care Act. As a result of the mandate to carry health coverage, those who went ...

Piggy-backing on the recent news that 2014 was the hottest year on record, President Obama made a passionate plea for the need to address ...

A pharma revolution is afoot: biosimilars. They’re like generics, except for more complex biologic drugs that can’t exactly b ...

We hear about cancer risks all the time. Smoking, of course, terrible diets, alcohol, vices – and of course, your family history. B ...

The word “buzz” is a fleeting thing in the world of technology. Products that are supposed to change everything often donR ...

It’s the holiday season, so this week we listen back to some stories that make us feel warm and fuzzy. We’ll also attempt to ...

Smells have the almost magical quality of being able to transport us back to a specific time and place with one sniff—an olfactory time ...

Hate to break it to you, but your fitbit is old news. Electronic brain stimulation (think battery-powered headbands that help improve the ...

A quick ethics test: Should a not-for-profit foundation make $3.3 billion selling royalty rights for a drug that treats its own donors an ...

For young athletes, concussions have been a huge topic of conversation and concern – and we’re not just talking about footbal ...

With the year’s biggest meal upon us, we look at the science of Thanksgiving dinner. On the menu is the gluten in dinner rolls, sal ...

President Obama’s carbon reduction agreement with China this week was criticized by Republican leaders including Mitch McConnell, w ...

This weekend, Matthew McConaughey will head into outer space on a quest to save mankind. The new mega sci fi movie directed by Christophe ...

Easy access to prescription pain pills has led millions of adults to addiction over the past two decades. Opioid addiction has hit the No ...

Observation is an important life skill—especially when it’s your job to save lives. It’s the first and most basic tool doct ...