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 Mark Lipsitt bought a robotic cat for his partner Mary, a nursing home resident who has dementia, to bring her comfort. (Kim Paynter/WHYY)
The Pulse

Can a battery-operated cat help combat dementia?

Many nursing homes try to replicate the feeling of home for the ...

9 years ago

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Rebecca, Jeremy, and their son, Noah. (Paige Pfleger/WHYY)
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Health

For this couple, starting a family turned into planning brain surgery

About four years ago, Jeremy Hoffman, who was 30 at the time, told his wife Rebecca about some weird symptoms he was having — he felt a ...

9 years ago

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 Justin Wood, who has Type 1 diabetes, tested an experimental artificial pancreas. (Alan Yu/ WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Artificial pancreas could mean “freedom” for diabetic patients

For years, people have been frustrated with the slow pace of innovation in diabetes care.  About one million Americans have Type 1 d ...

9 years ago

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two chefs working at the EAT Cafe
Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

EAT Café: Everyone at the Table

Segment: EAT Café: Everyone at the Table Producer: Monica Rogozinski The EAT Café is Philadelphia ...

9 years ago

A starling murmuration over Atlantic County Utilities Authority in New Jersey. (Paige Pfleger/WHYY)
The Pulse
Science

Synchronized defense: How animals move as one to avoid predators

When watching these birds move, it looks like they're one giant organism with a centralized brain. But an ornithologist explains it's not one brain so much as one thought.

9 years ago

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The Hinrichs family, photographed almost a year after Kurt's stroke. (Courtesy of Kurt Hinrichs)
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Health

New procedure leads to miraculous recoveries in stroke patients

On July 17, 2014 Kurt Hinrichs, of Gladstone, Missouri, went to bed early. When his wife joined him, she woke him with her snoring. That ...

9 years ago

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 Dr. Priya Musunuri, a geriatric psychiatrist at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, prepares to administer electroconvulsive therapy. (Elana Gordon/WHYY)
The Pulse
Health

How electroconvulsive therapy’s troubled past has colored its modern use

Elyse Hunt hit rock bottom last summer. She had pummeled deeply into an already serious depression, leaving her bedridden and contemplati ...

9 years ago

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Navin Vij speaking at the Stories From The Heart story slam. (Dan Burke/for WHYY)
The Pulse

Everything happens for a reason: How this doctor became a patient

With one phone call, Navin Vij went from seeing himself as a doctor to seeing himself as a patient. He was diagnosed with Hepatitis C, an ...

9 years ago

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Michael Bohannan-Calloway speaking at the Stories From The Heart story slam. (Dan Burke/for WHYY)
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Let him eat cake: Reframing life after a suicide attempt

Michael Bohannan-Calloway was diagnosed with cancer in January 2010. Doctors told him it was treatable but incurable. Looking for guidanc ...

9 years ago

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Alice Yorke and Jed Hancock-Brainerd rehearse
NewsWorks Tonight

Far in the future, Shakespeare still plays a part in Philly production

In the theater world, there are playwrights who script their works — and there’s also improvisation, where actors create action a ...

9 years ago

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At the BrainVolts auditory neuroscience lab at Northwestern University a researcher places electrodes on a study participant’s head to capture the electrical impulses created when we hear a sound. (Courtesy of Nina Kraus Northwestern University)
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Health

Listening to the brain to reveal damage and disease

Researchers are studying the way the brain processes sound to better understand – possibly even diagnose – concussions. ...

9 years ago

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 Donny Smith descends into one of the Pittsburgh sewer authority's
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The dirty lives of Pittsburgh’s sewer cleanup crew

During heavy storms, the city’s backup sewer system dumps raw sewage into local rivers to prevent basement floods and sludge in the ...

9 years ago

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a mural of Philadelphia
Friday Arts
Arts & Entertainment

EAT Café: Everyone at the Table, Paul Santoleri AKA Pawzant, Karen Singer Tileworks

EAT Café: Everyone at the Table Producer: Monica Rogozinski The EAT Café is Philadelphia’s first ...

9 years ago

Megan Schneider (left) and Rachelle Schneider on their wedding day in 2013. (Photo by B. Proud)
The Pulse

The many options of choosing half of your future child’s genes

The list for parents to choose from can include smarts, looks, college major.. even pet preferences and zodiac signs.   Rache ...

9 years ago

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Robert Campbell is known in Philadelphia as the chocolate alchemist. (Catalina Jaramillo/WHYY)
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Genomics leads chocolate farmers to hardy plants faster

Growing cacao is difficult but scientists are trying out ways to make the process more efficient. Robert Campbell makes chocolate ...

9 years ago

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