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Microbes. Most of us are generally aware that these micro-organisms are all around us, but only the malevolent kind seem to make it into ...

The Scientist’s Kerry Grens updates us on a discovery on Saturn’s moon, new research correlating stress with telomere length ...

If you’re of a certain age, you may remember as a child being given a sugar cube in a small paper cup. But what you may thought was ...

The week long Philadelphia Film Society Spring Showcase kicks off Friday and runs t ...

In this week’s Patient Files, epilepsy advocate Dan Dougherty talks about the need for a light heart when dealing with a heavy diag ...

Instant communication with your doctor sounds convenient, but could it be destructive to practicing good medicine? Some boutique m ...

Cigarette ads were banned from TV in 1971, but there is no network programming prohibition for portraying smoking on the small screen.&nb ...

Magpie Art of Food — Produced by Monica Rogozinski Coming from a Pennsylvania Dutch background and a long line ...

A medical student learns about chronic health issues through the lens of a patient in an 18-month intensive course requirement at the Uni ...

Have you been the target of whistles and catcalls by strangers on the street?  You’ll want to hear how these artists and activ ...

The Pennsylvania governor’s race is heating up, as voters prepare to go to the polls for party primaries on May 20th.  A new F ...

Professor Simon Levin, explains his work aimed at understanding and, hopefully, preserving delicate environment. What does math ha ...

A Pennsylvania doctor is turning medical trash into life-saving gold. It’s not every day that I discuss the best way to evad ...

What do patients want from physicians? Skills? A laser-sharp brain? A steady hand? Sure. But – they want something else, too.  ...

Pulse contributor Bethany Brookshire shares the latest findings on bat calls and milk production among naked mole rats.    ...