Personal Essays
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.
A wary patient has a hard time telling her doctors the truth.
An anorexic patient struggles with a seemingly unsympathetic doctor.
Top Stories
In 1922 the Berlin woman became the first to undergo gender-affirming surgery.
A century ago, chemist Søren Sørensen invented what would become a crucial diagnostic tool: the pH scale.
A novel coronavirus would come to affect every ward, clinician, researcher and patient at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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.
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