Uncertainty

The Ethics of Prenatal Genetic Testing

Is more information better when it comes to prenatal screening?

• Care Delivery

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.

• Research
• Care Delivery

Navigating the Uncertainties of Medicine

Embracing the unknown isn’t easy for either patients or doctors. HMS researchers are trying to help.

• Care Delivery
• Research

How a Warming Climate Wears on the Skin

Singularly vulnerable to climate change, the body’s largest organ also offers ways to detect danger

• Climate in the Clinic

Helping Patients Cope with Fear of Cancer Recurrence

Psychologist Daniel Hall talks about understanding and managing the uncertainty that comes with a cancer diagnosis

• Care Delivery

Alumni Experiences Beyond the Classroom

If you took time off before or during your years as an HMS student, how did you spend that time?

• HMS Community

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

• Care Delivery
• HMS Community