Taunya English
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What can our genes tell us about our health risks?
A look at precision medicine and how genetics and genomics play a key role in understanding our health. Some doctors now exa ...
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ListenExploring the reality and promise of genetic testing
Randy Scott, CEO of Invitae, which offers genetic tests through physicians, speaks with The Pulse’s Taunya English about the promis ...
11 years ago
ListenWhat to know about organ transplants in the Philadelphia region
The Pulse’s Maiken Scott and Taunya English discuss lingering myths surrounding the organ transplant system—and some possible fix ...
11 years ago
ListenWaiting for a kidney and ‘freedom’ from the dialysis chair
Imagine waiting seven years for a call that could promise new life. About 6,000 people in the Philadelphia tri-state area ar ...
11 years ago
ListenPenn study questions means of ranking patients awaiting liver transplant
Researchers at PennMedicine are piling on. They’re the latest to add a critique to the scoring system that ranks patients waiting f ...
11 years ago
Why are no two snowflakes the same?
An end-of-winter reminder on the science and wonder of snowflakes. Dirty snowdrifts and hard-packed piles can make it hard to appr ...
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ListenSwarthmore team takes a shot at motivating college kids to get flu vaccine
Economists at Swarthmore College are looking for ways to better motivate college students to get a flu shot. Right now, only about ...
11 years ago
Pa. Chronic Care Initiative pilot program makes little difference to costs, quality
A new study found that primary care practice reforms resulted in virtually no change—in costs or the quality of care delivered to ...
11 years ago
Crozer-Keystone Health System laying off 250
Delaware County’s biggest health system, Crozer-Keystone Health System, will lay off hundreds of employees after sustaining losses of n ...
11 years ago
Life after losing, and regaining, a sense of smell
Mount Airy resident Anndee Hochman is smelling the Friday-night challah again after living for years without her sense of smell. B ...
11 years ago
ListenCan researchers re-ignite someone’s sense of smell through nasal stem cells?
Researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center are searching for new ways to treat smell-loss. Researchers at the Monell C ...
11 years ago
ListenPhilly-area contingent helps advance health initiatives in Africa
Volunteers from the Philadelphia region are in Washington this week to learn new lobbying skills and other ways to support health mission ...
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