Real-world health
How social factors make or break us
In this issue
Explore issues
Real-world health
How social factors make or break us
Molecules of life
Understanding the world within us
The most mysterious organ
Unlocking the secrets of the brain
Closing the gap
Addressing racial inequity in medicine
From the archive
Eco-curriculum
A student channels climate fears into the medical school’s courses
Better beginnings for opioid babies
Common antinausea drug could reduce neonatal opioid withdrawal symptoms
Retinal implant
New device delivers highest resolution currently available
Dueling diets
Keto diets don’t measure up in key areas
Counteracting Alzheimer’s
Key gene variant found to reduce risk of disorder
Eyes on the OR
Monitoring system designed to promote culture of safety
Brain tumor heat treatment
Infrared light can destroy brain tumors without damaging surrounding tissue
Hopeful monsters
Major mutations can be beneficial for survival
The kids are all right
No connection found between a child’s phone ownership and well-being
Nobel winner Carolyn Bertozzi
There are no failures — only opportunities in unexpected outcomes
COVID-fat connection
Ability of virus to infect fat tissue might explain why obesity raises risk of severe disease
‘And protein chain outgrabe’
The making of a ’70s cult classic that brings protein synthesis to life
Pioneering ways to build health equity for all
Uncovering the social factors behind the nation’s gaps in well-being and longevity
Dawn of the ‘surprisosome’
Ribosomes, the gene’s translators, upend the central dogma of genetics
Longevity’s secret sauce
A way of life that keeps cells young in one region of Costa Rica