Public skepticism has cast a shadow over medicine and those who report on it. Yet for both professions, the mission continues.
A new romance appeared to improve her mother’s condition. Then the affair ended.
A medical resident reflects on her calling after a kidney transplant.
A son finds that his father’s alcoholism complicates efforts at elder care during the pandemic.
Mental health treatment for medical practitioners will never be the same.
After 40 days in a coma, one COVID-19 patient faces what he feels is a bigger challenge—the isolation of treatment in a pandemic.
A solo traveler is bitten by a rabid dog and must navigate her care abroad.
A chronic condition gives rise to a woman’s “doctor shopping” checklist.
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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.
They represent a small minority of victims. But their illness could hold valuable lessons about how COVID-19 works—and how to stop it.
Selected Reads
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.