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1. The Science of Emotion Issue Summer 2011

   The Depths of Despair

   The Depths of Despair Summer 2011Medicine tackles melancholia with new tools and understandingThe Science of Emotion Issueby Elizabeth DoughertyFeature Tuning Out Sorrow Deep–brain stimulation offers hope for depression Some people with depression have …
2. Wounded, Deeply Issue Autumn 2012

   5 Questions with a Plastic Surgeon

   5 Questions with a Plastic Surgeon Autumn 2012A conversation with Sumner SlavinWounded, Deeply Issueby Charli KernsInterview What led you to become a plastic surgeon? When I saw plastic surgery performed, it was love at first sight. It had an aura of …
3. Ethics Issue Autumn 2016

   A Pediatrician and a Violin Prodigy

   A Pediatrician and a Violin Prodigy Autumn 2016A profile of Yeou-Cheng Ma, Class of 1977Ethics Issueby Susan KarczProfile Claims to Fame Assistant professor of pediatrics, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore at Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, New …
4. Ethics Issue Autumn 2016

   Ethics and Medicine

   Ethics and Medicine Autumn 2016A letter to readersEthics Issueby Barbara Mcneil2 minute readPerspective Not so long ago, Harvard researchers found what they called the morning morality effect; that is, it’s easier for us to resist moral temptations in the …
5. Wounded, Deeply Issue Autumn 2012

   A Healer of People and Forests

   A Healer of People and Forests Autumn 2012A profile of Bradford LundborgWounded, Deeply Issueby M.R.F. BuckleyProfile Road Followed Custodian of a 600-acre coastal-forest nature preserve; blacksmithing instructor; an initial appointee to the California …
6. The Science of Emotion Issue Summer 2011

   The Look of Love

   The Look of Love Summer 2011Love’s many splendors begin with empathy and attachmentThe Science of Emotion Issueby David CameronFeature When second grader Jacqueline Olds arrived home from school one afternoon in 1955, she found the atmosphere charged with …
7. The Science of Emotion Issue Summer 2011

   Plight of the Living Dead

   Plight of the Living Dead Summer 2011What can science fiction teach us about science fact?The Science of Emotion Issueby Jessica Cerretani12 minute readFeature Undead Reckoning The man lurches. Hunger pangs rack his body no matter how much, or how often, …
8. Ethics Issue Autumn 2016

   5 Questions with a Genetics Educator

   5 Questions with a Genetics Educator Autumn 2016A conversation with Johnny KungEthics Issueby Susan KarczInterview What first caught your scientific fancy?  I was always fascinated with exploring my backyard, looking at plants and animals, and …
9. The Science of Emotion Issue Summer 2011

   The Fight for Life

   The Fight for Life Summer 2011The pioneering surgeon of the world’s first successful human organ transplant reflects on the gift of lifeThe Science of Emotion Issueby Joseph E. MurrayPerspective The world’s first successful transplant of an internal organ …
10. Wounded, Deeply Issue Autumn 2012

    Tinker, Tailor

    Tinker, Tailor Autumn 2012An HMS surgeon looked to engineering to aid the severely burnedWounded, Deeply Issueby Charlie Kerns3 minute readProfile Throughout the spring of 1980, ten severely burned patients were admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital. …