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  1. 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 …
  2. 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 …
  3. 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 …
  4. 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 …
  5. 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, …
  6. 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 …
  7. 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 …
  8. 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, …
  9. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

    The Stethoscope Replies

    The Stethoscope Replies Summer 2014A poemBody Language Issueby Rafael CampoPerspective Truls Espedal, The Circle , Oil on canvas, 70 x 50 cm I’ve heard this one so many times before: the story of some awful heartbreak, or the murmuring of love found at …
  10. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

    Thanks

    Thanks Summer 2014Death, expected, then unexpected, carries lessonsBody Language Issueby Michael LacombePerspective What can we learn from the dying beyond a sudden sense of our own mortality? Is there anything to be gained beyond the poignancy of the …