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Winter 2025 December 2024What It’s Really Like to Be a Brain Surgeon
Neurosurgeon Theodore Schwartz wants to dispel the myths about his field
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Summer 2024 August 2024The Ethics of Prenatal Genetic Testing
Is more information better when it comes to prenatal screening?
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Summer 2024 August 2024What a Polygenic Risk Score Can and Can’t Tell You
Scientists have made great strides in predicting the genetic risk of common diseases. Figuring out what to do with that information may be just as hard.
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Summer 2024 July 2024Navigating the Uncertainties of Medicine
Embracing the unknown isn’t easy for either patients or doctors. HMS researchers are trying to help.
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Summer 2024 July 2024How a Warming Climate Wears on the Skin
Singularly vulnerable to climate change, the body’s largest organ also offers ways to detect danger
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Summer 2024 July 2024Helping Patients Cope with Fear of Cancer Recurrence
Psychologist Daniel Hall talks about understanding and managing the uncertainty that comes with a cancer diagnosis
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Summer 2024 July 2024Alumni Experiences Beyond the Classroom
If you took time off before or during your years as an HMS student, how did you spend that time?
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Summer 2024 June 2024Clinical Humility and the Limits of Medical Knowledge
Being willing to say “I don’t know” can help physicians build trust with patients and one another
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Spring 2024 June 2024Making Sense of Interoception
How we perceive what’s happening inside our bodies and what that means for our health
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Spring 2024 May 2024What Computer Vision Models Reveal About Human Brains
AI models designed to identify objects offer surprising clues about how we see and how we learn
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Spring 2024 May 2024The Limits of Computer Vision, and of Our Own
In fields such as radiology, AI models can help compensate for the shortcomings of human vision but have weaknesses of their own
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Spring 2024 April 2024The Connections Between Smell, Memory, and Health
The ability of odors to bring to mind past experiences has intriguing scientific and therapeutic implications
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Spring 2024 April 2024Harnessing the Senses to Improve Memory
Andrew Budson, MD ’93, explains how multisensory cues can shape and strengthen our recollections of the past
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Spring 2024 March 2024How Music Resonates in the Brain
Scientists tune in to the brain’s emotional response to music
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Spring 2024 March 2024Leonard Bernstein and the Psychology of Music
Prior to the premiere of “Maestro,” HMS alumni discussed the influence of music on emotion with Jamie Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein’s daughter
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