In Focus
Pain for Women, Pain for Men
Everyone feels pain, whether from disease, trauma or aging. But new research into pain’s underlying biological mechanisms has revealed that males and females seem to experience it differently—and pain signals may pass through the body using completely different mechanisms. These startling facts somehow eluded science until quite recently.
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In Depth
Dying of Neglect
Tropical diseases thrive little noticed and unaddressed in the poorest areas of the United States.
Dispatches
After Surgery, Less Pain
Changing the norms of surgery may head off the addiction that can take root during recovery.
Near Death, New Life
More children survive cancer, but infertility is often the cost. New techniques offer hope.
Diagnosis on the Go
A portable detection system can identify disease-causing bacteria far from the laboratory.
The Blood Depot
An invention for the battlefields of World War I led to the modern blood transfusion.
From Mass General
Where Lost Diseases Go
A new, nationwide team of experts gives the toughest medical cases a chance at a breakthrough.
Medical Theater
An artist and physician team up to examine the role of acting in the clinical setting
Charts & Data
Unsound the Alarm
Hundreds of alarms compete for a clinician's attention. Can less noise mean better care?
From MRI to Bronze Sculpture
Artists use medical scans of tumors to make stunning, informative sculptures
