Taking the “Pulse” of Our Society with Q-PULSE

Taking the pulse of Pediatrics.

“How are you—and how are things going?” These are words spoken each and every day by us as pediatricians to parents and our young patients. We listen to what our patients tell us about their state of wellbeing and then work with them to make a plan to improve their overall health. In almost all cases, we maintain a state of optimism and encourage our patients and their families to feel likewise...

Pulse-taking Terminology

Pulse-taking has been an important element of traditional Chinese medical diagnosis from the earliest times, and developments in pulse-taking have been reflected by the changing use of pulse terms. This must be adequately dealt with in translation if the clinical significance of a body of clinical literature spanning two millennia is to be preserved in transmission to the modern West. This pape...

Taking the Pulse of the Cambrian Radiation1

SYNOPSIS. The Cambrian radiation is that key episode in the history of life when a large number of animal phyla appeared in the fossil record over a geologically short period of time. Over the last 20 years, scientific understanding of this radiation has increased significantly. Still, fundamental questions remain about the timing of the radiation and also the tempo of evolution. Trilobites are...

Taking the pulse of your practice.

How to standardize the pulse-taking method of traditional Chinese medicine pulse diagnosis

The aim of this report is to propose standard pulse taking procedure of Traditional Chinese Medicine Pulse Diagnosis. In order to acquire full information from taking a wrist pulse, this proposal adopts a tactile sensor with 12 sensing points at one sensing position, such as Cun, Guan, or Chi. Simultaneously Palpation (SP) and Pressing with One Finger (PWOF) are adopted to explore their differe...