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Body Language Issue Summer 2014Script Writing
The written word can be the most personalized medicine
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Handed Down Issue Autumn 2013A Way with Words
Infants are surrounded by clouds of language that shape their brains and their worlds
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Play Issue Winter 2014Competitive Edge
Practice might get you to the Olympics, but mental preparation may be what puts you on the podium
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Play Issue Winter 2014Enduring Pleasures
What happens when athletes push themselves to their physical limits?
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Play Issue Winter 2014Free Play Shapes a Child's Brain — and Bestows a Lifetime of Benefits
Research reveals the role of unstructured play in learning, self-regulation, and creativity
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Play Issue Winter 2014Structural Elements
Orthopedists tap improved imaging, bioregeneration, and less-invasive surgeries to help athletes mend
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Impossible Medicine Issue Spring 2011The Discovery Channel
Why do Harvard doctors remain undaunted by the demands of discovery?
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Impossible Medicine Issue Spring 2011The Twilight Zone
What discoveries were unimaginable even a decade ago?
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Voices Issue Autumn 2015How Are You?
Whether occurring over the fence or in the clinic, conversation requires perceiving the subtleties of voice and body
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The Adventure Issue Spring 2015Running on Empty?
As funding for research wanes, worries grow over the sustainability of the nation’s scientific enterprise
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The Adventure Issue Spring 2015The Burden of Proof
Kids helping kids helping science—that’s the promise of pediatric clinical trials
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Body Language Issue Summer 2014Field Notes
A fascination with baby babble leads a pediatrician to birdsong
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Voices Issue Autumn 2015Cord Changes
Laryngology is undergoing a high-tech, science-driven interdisciplinary remix
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Voices Issue Autumn 2015Words to Live By
When helping a patient prepare for death, talk about life instead
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