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An architect explores the foibles and potential of modern hospital design, in conjunction with a running exhibition at the Cooper Hewitt museum.
For nearly a century, these patient histories have illuminated and advanced the art of medicine.
In 1922 the Berlin woman became the first to undergo gender-affirming surgery.
Patients, legally, now have online access to all their clinical records. But full transparency is still a work in progress.
Since the 1960s, the dream of ultra-fast high dose radiation promised better cancer treatment with fewer side effects. Will the reality measure up?
Peter L. Slavin and Timothy G. Ferris discuss the revolution of rational vaccine design.
A freak explosion tore through the quiet Nova Scotian city, prompting one of the most dramatic medical responses in history.
The largest nightclub fire in U.S. history became a milestone in modern medicine.
Ten years ago, researchers coaxed normal adult cells into stem cells for the first time
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For a century, carefully selected MGH patient histories have illuminated the art of medicine.
The final illness of the physician and author happens 100 years after the greatest outbreak of encephalitis lethargica.
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For decades, a tiny encampment of researchers has held that statin treatment is a hoax. In a time when contrarian views roar to life on social media, how can medicine keep minority opinions from doing irreparable harm?
Two years in deep space will subject the body to unprecedented stresses. Scientists are probing the secrets to survival.
A freak explosion tore through the quiet Nova Scotian city, prompting one of the most dramatic medical responses in history.