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1. Handed Down Issue Autumn 2013

   Fever Dreams

   Fever Dreams Autumn 2013Childhood classics swathe familial illness, even death, in bravery, good deeds, and occasionally, magicHanded Down Issueby Perri KlassPerspective There are certain rashes so well evoked by their medical school taglines that the …
2. Handed Down Issue Autumn 2013

   5 Questions with an Expert on Sleep and the Brain

   5 Questions with an Expert on Sleep and the Brain Autumn 2013A conversation with Dragana RoguljaHanded Down Issueby Elizabeth CooneyInterview Why do you study sleep? The problems I am drawn to are those that a five-year-old would be interested in (at …
3. Handed Down Issue Autumn 2013

   A Physician Dedicated to Nonviolence

   A Physician Dedicated to Nonviolence Autumn 2013A profile of John Candler Cobb, Class of 1948Handed Down Issueby Katie DuboffProfile Claims to Fame: Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Comprehensive Health Care, Univer­sity of Colorado School …
4. Play Issue Winter 2014

   Enduring Pleasures

   Enduring Pleasures Winter 2014What happens when athletes push themselves to their physical limits?Play Issueby Elizabeth CooneyFeature Aaron Baggish passes a grapefruit-sized wooden ball from hand to hand. Hewn from pine, the sphere wears hundreds of …
5. Play Issue Winter 2014

   Competitive Edge

   Competitive Edge Winter 2014Practice might get you to the Olympics, but mental preparation may be what puts you on the podiumPlay Issueby Susan KarczFeature Yogi Berra, the eminently quotable former New York Yankees player and manager, is credited with …
6. Play Issue Winter 2014

   Structural Elements

   Structural Elements Winter 2014Orthopedists tap improved imaging, bioregeneration, and less-invasive surgeries to help athletes mendPlay Issueby Stephanie DutchenFeature A young woman lies anesthetized on the operating table. Sterile blue drapes expose …
7. Play Issue Winter 2014

   Home Team

   Home Team Winter 2014Boston’s teams draft local talent with carePlay Issueby Valerie WencisProfile R. Bruce Donoff Position: Attending Oral Surgeon Team: Boston Bruins Ruminating over an old photograph hung on a wall in his office, R. Bruce Donoff ’73, …
8. Play Issue Winter 2014

   At Their Service

   At Their Service Winter 2014The Harvard Medical Unit created leaders in medicine, leaving a legacy of world-class teaching, research, and patient carePlay Issueby Debra Bradley RuderFeature In August 1949, on a day when the temperature simmered around …
9. Play Issue Winter 2014

   5 Questions with an Expert on the Sense of Touch

   5 Questions with an Expert on the Sense of Touch Winter 2014A conversation with David GintyPlay Issueby Stephanie DutchenInterview Why study the sensory neurons of touch? Touch is a fundamental sense, yet there’s so much we don’t know about it. We know …
10. Play Issue Winter 2014

    From Gridiron to Orthopedic Surgeon

    From Gridiron to Orthopedic Surgeon Winter 2014A profile of Mark Adickes, Class of 2000Play Issueby Katie DuboffProfile Claims to Fame Assistant professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Texas Medical School; professional football player, …