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1. The Food Issue Winter 2012

   AIDS at 30

   AIDS at 30 Winter 2012A shape-shifting virus continues to perplex researchersThe Food Issueby Scott P. EdwardsFeature It was a bold promise made on an April day in 1984. Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret Heckler proclaimed that a preventive …
2. Ethics Issue Autumn 2016

   Not Inconceivable

   Not Inconceivable Autumn 2016Amid a growing range of reproductive technologies, ethicists confront questions arising from access and applicationEthics Issueby Elizabeth CooneyFeature Louise King shakes her head as she considers her title at the HMS Center …
3. Ethics Issue Autumn 2016

   Think Globally, Act Locally

   Think Globally, Act Locally Autumn 2016Embracing the call for social responsibility takes many scientists into the public arenaEthics Issueby Ann Marie MentingFeature The science was elegant, powerful, and troubling, especially to those researchers deeply …
4. Space Savers Issue Spring 2012

   Blues Cues

   Blues Cues Spring 2012Researchers cast a little light on the subject of sleepSpace Savers Issueby Elizabeth DoughertyFeature “Dr. Czeisler, Houston has a problem.” NASA’s mayday came to Charles Czeisler in August 1990, shortly after he had reported in …
5. Space Savers Issue Spring 2012

   Man in the Moon

   Man in the Moon Spring 2012The nation’s space program got off the ground with the help of an HMS surgeonSpace Savers Issueby Anthony PattonProfile I vividly recall that October morning in 1957. I was a fourth-year student on the surgical service at the …
6. Ethics Issue Autumn 2016

   In Short Supply

   In Short Supply Autumn 2016Can doctors who deliver medical care following disasters shift their thinking from what’s good for the one to what’s good for the many?Ethics Issueby Elizabeth DoughertyFeature When a calamity strikes and tens of thousands of …
7. Space Savers Issue Spring 2012

   On Course

   On Course Spring 2012Space-based research instills a passion for science in the next generationSpace Savers Issueby Ellen BarlowFeature The night sky has been called humanity’s oldest picture book. Looking upward and outward captures the curiosity that …
8. Ethics Issue Autumn 2016

   Morality Tales

   Morality Tales Autumn 2016There’s more than a bit of soul-searching needed when physicians bring patients’ stories out of the clinic and onto the pageEthics Issueby Perri KlassPerspective We physicians know that medicine is full of stories. They keep us …
9. Ethics Issue Autumn 2016

   A Fine Line

   A Fine Line Autumn 2016Is it time to reconsider the dead-donor rule?Ethics Issueby Stephanie DutchenFeature He was in the middle of a court case when he clutched his head and collapsed. Massive cerebral hemorrhage. The 45-year-old lawyer was rushed to …
10. The Science of Emotion Issue Summer 2011

    The Chill of Fear

    The Chill of Fear Summer 2011Dread requires only a tenth of a second to take rootThe Science of Emotion Issueby Ann Marie MentingFeature A copse can beckon, with its dappled leaves and songbird trills. But linger past twilight, and tree, bush, and animal …