Editors' picks

Treating the tortured

An alum launches a clinic for torture survivors in (of all places) Utah

The science and ethics of exploring the mind

Still a mystery after all these years

The Buddhist leader is coming to Stanford to continue the conversation

It's never too late for renovation

Strokes kill brain cells. Can Gary Steinberg cajole new cells to swap in?

It's all in your head
Pain's stronghold

Jimmy Breslin write about his brain surgery. His account in Mandarin coming soon?

Jimmy Breslin won the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Commentary in 1986. His columns have appeared in various New York City newspapers and have been syndicated nationwide. He is the author of I Want to Thank My Brain for Remembering Me and several bestselling books, among them the novel The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight. He lives in New York City and had surgery for an aneurysm in 1994. His wife, Ronnie Eldridge, has been in public service most of her life. She served on the New York City Council from 1989 to 2001.

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