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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 2024
What 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 2024
Navigating 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 2024
Helping 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 June 2024
Clinical 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 May 2024
The 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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February 2024 Winter 2024
Shared Identity and the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Patients with demographically similar physicians tend to report increased satisfaction. Do they also have better health outcomes?
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The Heart Issue October 2023
With A-Fib on the Rise, Researchers Work to Fine-Tune Treatments
Atrial fibrillation is an electrical malfunction. But what triggers it remains a mystery.
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The Heart Issue October 2023
COVID’s Damage Lingers in the Heart
Researchers increasingly find that the effects of infection by SARS-CoV-2 extend to the cardiovascular system
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Nature, Nurture Autumn 2023
Confronting Health Care’s Carbon Footprint
Hospitals are waking up to their climate change culpability and the mandate to act
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The Heart Issue November 2023
Stemming the Effects of Health Care on Climate Change
A conversation with Anand Bhopal
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The Heart Issue November 2023
How Can We Make Hospitals More Sustainable?
A conversation with Jonathan Slutzman
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Nature, Nurture Summer 2023
A Walk in the Woods May Boost Mental Health
Many physicians are prescribing time in nature as balm for the brain
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Youth and Mental Health Spring 2023
Alone in the Crowd
Loneliness among young people is on the rise, sparking concerns over possible damage to their mental and physical health
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Youth and Mental Health Spring 2023
The Unblinking Eye
A filmmaking team uses visual narratives to tell stories that allow for understanding and humanity
