
Health & Science
Vietnam vets become ‘lung brothers’
Two veterans receive a lung each from the same donor at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia.
7 years ago
Listen 4:37Atlantic Sunrise construction picks back up after two-day delay
Construction on a controversial natural gas pipeline has resumed after a two-day court delay.
7 years ago
On this episode, The Pulse celebrates the service and innovative spirit of U.S. veterans. There are about 20 million American vets. We’ve got a few of their stories.
Air Date: November 10, 2017
Listen 48:31Suicide crisis reaches beyond combat veterans
Veterans overall have a 22 percent higher risk of suicide than the general population, but women who served are more than twice as likely to take their own life.
7 years ago
Penn launches clinical trial for uterine transplants
Eight babies have been born in Sweden after their mothers received uterine transplants, but this has yet to be done in the U.S.
7 years ago
Philly-area high schools upgrade helmets, but there’s room for improvement
Given the dangers of brain trauma from helmet-to-helmet contact, would you want your child to play high school football? A new Philadelphia Inquirer analysis offers insight.
7 years ago
Listen 4:45Delaware officials say opioid prescriptions declining
The Division of Professional Regulations say new regulations are preventing over prescribing.
7 years ago

DEP accused of neglecting cleanup of contaminated Chesco site
Delaware Riverkeeper Network stepped up its campaign to clean the highly contaminated Bishop Tube industrial site at Malvern in Chester County.
7 years ago
Offering homeless vets social support first — before housing
Veterans on Patrol runs controversial, sometimes illegal, camps to get chronically homeless vets off the street.
7 years ago
Listen 5:55How online gaming communities kept two veterans from suicide
The military has a long history of using games in training, but troops also enjoy playing video games during their downtime, and some military gaming communities even help
7 years ago
Listen 6:4844 train engineers diagnosed with sleep apnea, sidelined
Dozens of New Jersey Transit train engineers have been sidelined because testing imposed after a deadly rail crash found they suffered from sleep apnea.
7 years ago
Mariner East 2 pipeline completion delayed again
The controversial cross-state project has been beset with technical, environmental and regulatory challenges.
7 years ago
Philadelphia therapists reflect on legacy of innovator Salvador Minuchin
The psychiatrist and innovator in the field of family therapy died last week at the age of 96.
7 years ago
Studies of asteroids are revealing that they might have a watery history. The DAWN spacecraft orbiting Ceres has provided data that sugge ...
Air Date: November 7, 2017
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