Features

At Their Service

The Harvard Medical Unit created leaders in medicine, leaving a legacy of world-class teaching, research, and patient care

• HMS Community
• Medical Education
• Clinical Practice
• History

A Thousand Words

Stories of medicine unfold on canvas

• Art and Medicine
• Science and Society
• Clinical Practice

Color Therapy

Color blindness and gene therapy

• Genetics
• Neuroscience

Eye of the Beholder

Artists tap the circuitry of our visual system to achieve special effects

• Art and Medicine
• Neuroscience
• Science and Society

Museum Studies

Art unleashes emotions and discussion among new doctors

• Art and Medicine
• Medical Education

Epidemic Proportions

The fight against infectious diseases increasingly links discovery with care

• Infectious Disease
• Discovery
• Global Health

Public Enemies

Scientists get pathogens to spill their secrets

• Infectious Disease

Under the Radar

A vast network monitors the veiled movements of virulent pathogens

• Infectious Disease
• Health Policy

Heartland

The pace of progress against cardiovascular disease has been swift, but it has left some behind

• Cardiology
• Health Equity

Looking into the Matter

Diagnosing brain injuries poses challenges that researchers are rising to meet

• Neuroscience

Surface Tension

New techniques, technologies offer balm for the wounds of those burned

• Discovery

Plate Shifts

When choosing what to eat, it’s best to go green

• Healthy Living

Cottage Industry

Humans and the life forms they host are in it together

• Biological Sciences
• Discovery

Screen Protector

• Infectious Disease

With Child Within America

Amid the swirl of changes that challenge obstetrics today, one thing remains the same—the pure joy of delivering babies

• Clinical Practice
• Women's Health