The Pulse Episode Archive

The Pulse goes to the beach… Our first stop is Rockaway Beach, New York, where a group of surfers met last weekend to catch ...

Mindfulness meditation is becoming as popular as yoga. It’s the practice of being present in the moment, to really pay attention to ...

The word “cure” is one we don’t hear mu ...

Several weeks ago, the government adjusted its estimate o ...

The Philadelphia region is a hub for the pharmaceutical i ...

We all hate discussing death…even doctors avoid it, focusing instead on treatment option after treatment option. Because of this, m ...

Millions of people suffer from toenail fungus. It’s disgusting, embarrassing, and nearly impossible to get rid of without the help ...

How do you get people to be healthier—more active? Why take the stairs when there’s an elevator? Why walk to work when you can dr ...

The Veterans Administration is comprised of 320,000 employees, 971 hospitals, and a $165 billion budget all designed to serve some nine-m ...

Long ago doctors visited the sick, instead of the other way around. Around the time of the Civil War, doctors made 30 to 40 house calls p ...

On this special edition of The Pulse, we take a close look at waiting, from medical offices to a local produce market and a research lab. ...

The Philadelphia region is a hub for the pharmaceutical industry. In fact, some of the drugs that have transformed medicine have been dev ...

When you consider the sizeable challenges faced by Camden, N.J.—poverty, drugs, and “white flight”—it may seem hard to be ...

What do we mean when we say that a patient is “brain dead”? Surprisingly few medical students can answer that question, so a ...

When we think about women drinking too much, many of us conjure mental images of Girls Gone Wild, college parties, and Hollywood starlets ...