Christie Aschwanden

Public skepticism has cast a shadow over medicine and those who report on it. Yet for both professions, the mission continues.

Linda Griffith has brought a fresh perspective to the study of endometriosis, a debilitating inflammatory disease in women.

Families of returning veterans sometimes develop mental health problems of their own. An MGH team studies the problem and looks for solutions.

The name — ductal carcinoma in situ — begs the question: how to treat a small breast lesion that has yet to spread.