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Competitors ride through the transition area during the men's triathlon event along Copacabana beach at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
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Are we approaching the end of the Summer Olympics?

The Rio Olympics are coming to a close and they’ll likely be remembered as much for the performances of Simone Biles, Michael Phelp ...

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After suffering cardiac arrest
The Pulse

Put him on ice: How hypothermia is being harnessed to save lives

The concept is simple: a lower temperature slows down the body’s systems, potentially limiting inflammation that could cause compli ...

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The concoctions inside these bottles are too potent to be gulped from a glass. (Joel Wolfram/for The Pulse)
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What’s really behind our love of spicy food?

At a stylish shop in Brooklyn, a different kind of ‘sommelier’ guides tastings from a row of small bottles lined up on the co ...

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Aspen resident Kim Baillargeon holding her son Raymond Vieira's driver's license. He committed suicide in 2014. (Marci Krivonen/for The Pulse)
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Battling suicides in idyllic ski towns of the West

Idyllic ski towns like Aspen, Colorado and Jackson Hole, Wyoming may seem like heaven to some, so why do they experience higher than aver ...

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Temple University men's soccer team captain
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Why an icy bath helps athletes keep going strong

On a hot and muggy August morning, thirty-some student-athletes from Temple University, in Philadelphia, were kicking around soccer balls ...

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Dr. William Beecher Scoville (on left). (Courtesy of Luke Dittrich)
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Remembering Patient H.M.

A new book uncovers some hard truths about early attempts to cure brain disorders with a scalpel. When Dr. William Scoville remove ...

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Kali Hardig stands at the edge of the lake at Willow Springs park where she was sickened by a water-borne amoeba. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Meet a survivor of a rare, deadly “brain-eating” amoeba

Today, Kali Hardig is a normal 15-year-old girl who loves to swim. But in 2013, she found herself in the spotlight as she foug ...

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What patients consider ‘worse than death’ can inform treatment choices

Humans go to great lengths to stay alive. Grueling chemo sessions. Huge, life-changing operations. Prolonged hospitalizations. And in dir ...

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The pharmacy vault where Schedule 1 narcotics and other drugs are stored exceeds DEA requirements. (Liz Reid/for WHYY)
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Inside the tightly controlled world of Schedule 1 drug research

At the Behavioral Biology Research Center at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, there’s a special room set up for smoking. Insi ...

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Arts & Entertainment

Lyric Fest: Connecting through Song

Lyric Fest was founded in 2003 by three Philadelphia-area musicians: Suzanne DuPlantis, mezzo-soprano, Randi Marrazzo, soprano, and Laura ...

10 years ago

Valerie Green had a series of blood tests last year
The Pulse

A cure at what cost? More states easing restrictions on Hepatitis C treatments

For years, Valerie Green just wasn’t feeling right. She was in a constant state of fatigue but couldn’t figure out what was g ...

10 years ago

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Vanessa Moore and her budget coach sit down and talk through Moore's finances. (Taunya English/WHYY)
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Is it possible to ‘treat’ poverty for better health?

Vanessa Moore’s checking account is $500 overdrawn. She also has a rainy day, emergency bank account—with $3 ...

10 years ago

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An ambulance pulls out of the emergency entrance at Temple University Hospital.
The Pulse

Saving more victims of violence or ‘gambling’ with lives?

Anyone shot or stabbed in Philadelphia will be automatically entered into a high-stakes study that could drastically change the care they ...

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A photo of the first CLASS telescope observing the sky at night in the Atacama Desert in Chile. (Courtesy of Johns Hopkins University)
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Searching for a tiny signal from the very beginning of the universe

The air is thin on Cerro Toco Mountain, high up in the Atacama Desert in Chile, and breathing can be a bit of a challenge. But all is for ...

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The Apollo 8 mission in 1968 took the first pictures of the Earth from deep space by humans. (AP Photo/NASA)
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A trip to space brings astronauts closer to Earth

In the late 1970s, Frank White, a writer and sort of space philosopher, was flying from Boston to the West Coast. He spent a lot of time ...

10 years ago

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