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Nature, Nurture Autumn 2023
Confronting Health Care’s Carbon Footprint
Confronting Health Care’s Carbon Footprint Autumn 2023Hospitals are waking up to their climate change culpability and the mandate to actNature, Nurtureby Stephanie Dutchen4 min readClimate in the Clinic Talking about climate change and health care usually …
The Heart Issue October 2023
Heart-Brain Health: A Two-Way Street
Heart-Brain Health: A Two-Way Street October 2023The health of the cardiovascular system is linked to the health of the brain — and vice versaThe Heart Issueby Elizabeth Gehrman 11 min readFeature For centuries, folklore from every corner of the globe has …
The Heart Issue October 2023
The Health Benefits of Kindness
The Health Benefits of Kindness October 2023What do we get when we give?The Heart Issueby Molly McDonough10 min readFeature From where in the body might kindness flow? Folklore and belief systems far and wide point to the heart. Ancient Egyptian …
The Heart Issue October 2023
The Unwavering Purpose of Herman Taylor
The Unwavering Purpose of Herman Taylor October 2023A physician-researcher has spent his career advocating for better cardiovascular care for Black peopleThe Heart Issueby Ann Marie Menting10 min readProfile Community recurs as a theme in the life of …
The Heart Issue October 2023
COVID’s Damage Lingers in the Heart
COVID’s Damage Lingers in the Heart October 2023Researchers increasingly find that the effects of infection by SARS-CoV-2 extend to the cardiovascular systemThe Heart IssueResearch at RiskContinued funding uncertainty jeopardizes promising HMS research …
The Heart Issue October 2023
With A-Fib on the Rise, Researchers Work to Fine-Tune Treatments
With A-Fib on the Rise, Researchers Work to Fine-Tune Treatments October 2023Atrial fibrillation is an electrical malfunction. But what triggers it remains a mystery.The Heart Issueby Catherine Caruso13 min readFeature Listen to this story Reading by …
The Heart Issue October 2023
How Digital Technologies Are Changing Health Care
How Digital Technologies Are Changing Health Care October 2023An interview with Jagmeet SinghThe Heart IssueInterview Future Care: Sensors, Artificial Intelligence, and the Reinvention of Medicine by Jagmeet Singh   Health care is in a state of …
The Heart Issue September 2023
MD Students Aim to Make Health Care Work for All
MD Students Aim to Make Health Care Work for All September 2023Three MD students — Gerry Serwald, Sam Steuart, and Zade Akras — discuss the paths that propelled them into leadership rolesThe Heart Issueby Molly McDonough6 minute readProfile Gerry Serwald …
January 2024 Winter 2024
Alumni on the Power of the Oath
Alumni on the Power of the Oath Winter 2024How has the oath you took during your first days in medical school influenced your practice of medicine?January 2024Alumni Rounds Benjamin Chaska, MD ’83 The oath underpinned the ethical thinking I used in the …
Nature, Nurture Summer 2023
A Walk in the Woods May Boost Mental Health
A Walk in the Woods May Boost Mental Health Summer 2023Many physicians are prescribing time in nature as balm for the brainNature, Nurtureby Molly McDonough7 minute readFeature When a patient visits California-based physician Daphne Miller, MD ’93, they …