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Imaging Issue Autumn 2018
A Treatment for Loneliness
A Treatment for Loneliness Autumn 2018Can a physician write a prescription for friendship?Imaging Issueby Sachin Jain6 minute readPerspective Joanne Roe is 81 years old and has lived in the same three-bedroom house in Southern California for 60 years. The …
Imaging Issue Autumn 2018
The Lens as Canvas
The Lens as Canvas Autumn 2018A photo essay on the art and science of imagingImaging Issueby Ann Marie Menting3 minute readImages The hippocampus (above), a brain region important for learning and memory, was captured by David Brann, PhD 2022, a graduate …
Imaging Issue Autumn 2018
The Sound of Glass Shattering
The Sound of Glass Shattering Autumn 2018A century ago, Alice Hamilton became the first woman to be appointed to Harvard’s facultyImaging Issueby Eleanor and Miles Shore11 minute readProfile It could be argued that it took a world war to get a woman …
Imaging Issue Autumn 2018
The Lay of the Land
The Lay of the Land Autumn 2018Mapmaking is showing that geography may rival genetics as an indicator of human healthImaging Issueby Jake Miller12 minute readFeature There is something fundamental about a map,” writes New York Times journalist John Noble …
The Cost of Conflict Issue Spring 2018
Crucible of Conflict
Crucible of Conflict Spring 2018CommentaryThe Cost of Conflict Issueby George Q. Daley2 minute readPerspective It’s a paradox: in settings where lives are shattered, medicine improves. Many have addressed this incongruity. Atul Gawande, MD ’94, for …
The Science of Emotion Issue Summer 2011
The Contagion of Happiness
The Contagion of Happiness Summer 2011Harvard researchers are discovering how we can all get happyThe Science of Emotion Issueby Jessica Cerretani8 minute readFeature Everyone, it seems—from Buddhist monks to positive psychologists, from Charles Schulz to …
The Science of Emotion Issue Summer 2011
Anger Management
Anger Management Summer 2011Scientists probe wrath’s nature in the hope of devising curesThe Science of Emotion Issueby Elizabeth Dougherty12 minute readFeature When Emotional Brakes Fail Depression and anger often go hand in hand Flares and flashes. …
The Science of Emotion Issue Summer 2011
A Cardiologist and a Recording Artist
A Cardiologist and a Recording Artist Summer 2011Profile of Suzie Brown, Class of 2002The Science of Emotion Issueby Susan Karcz3 minute readProfile Claims to Fame Attending physician in the Division of Cardiology at Albert Einstein Medical Center in …
The Science of Emotion Issue Summer 2011
5 Questions with a Gastrointestinal Surgeon
5 Questions with a Gastrointestinal Surgeon Summer 2011A conversation with Keith LillemoeThe Science of Emotion Issueby R. Alan Leo3 minute readInterview L et’s look back to the future. Where were the frontiers of surgery at the start of your career? …
Assembled with Care Issue Winter 2015
Taking a History
Taking a History Winter 2015A profile of Joaquin Cigarroa, Jr.Assembled with Care Issueby Angela Alberti3 minute readProfile Claims to Fame Internal medicine physician, Laredo Medical Center; former member of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board; …