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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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Play Issue Winter 2014At Their Service
The Harvard Medical Unit created leaders in medicine, leaving a legacy of world-class teaching, research, and patient care
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The Art of Medicine Issue Winter 2016Eye of the Beholder
Artists tap the circuitry of our visual system to achieve special effects
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