Light the Spark
Local teens get a firsthand look at health careers. Before last summer, Esther Duran, a high school student from Warren,…
Why is sleep apnea underdiagnosed in women?
Katherine Sharkey, MD, PhD, an associate professor of medicine and of psychiatry and human behavior who studies sleep and circadian…
This is Your Brain on Booze
Alcohol triggers a wide range of ill effects—from poor sleep to crippling hangovers to blackouts—yet few people are thus moved…
It’s Complicated
There may be no one cure for ALS, which affects patients in different ways. ALS causes the death of motor…
Boosting the Signal
The human brain contains about 90 billion neurons, but Stephanie Jones, PhD, associate professor of neuroscience, doesn’t let that number…
Ready to Serve
The Health Professions Scholarship Program prepares students for military service—and medicine. Six students at the Warren Alpert Medical School are…
What to Expect
A new mom pens a guide to parenting for her fellow med students.
Getting to Zero
With patients’ advice and new tools, a hospital aims to prevent all suicide deaths.
Anatomy of a Botanist
There are around 100,000 specimens of plants, fungi, algae, and the like in the Brown University Herbarium. Most were…
Tell Me About Your Hair
Bad hair day.
Lean On Me
In the military and in med school, these servicemember students find it’s the people beside you who make or break…
Science is a Team Sport
The days of “science for science’s sake” are over. Advance-CTR is laying the framework for research that can be translated…
The Right to Know
A Supreme Court decision has troubling implications for physicians.
Always Faithful
A doctor on deployment treats more than the individual.
Why Do You Want to Be a Doctor?
The answer changes after years of practice.
Obituary: Karen B. Vaniver, MD RES’92
Karen Vaniver, 56, of Pasco, WA, died June 1. She graduated with honors from Temple University and earned her medical…
Obituary: Gary B. Witman, MD RES’78
Gary B. Witman, 68, of Providence,died April 30. A graduate of Rutgers University, Dr. Witman received his medical degree from…
Anytime, Anywhere
Kenya gets its first emergency medicine master’s degree program.
Engineering Success
Undergrads devise unique solutions to real-world medical challenges.
The Magic Minute
Look out over the Providence skyline any given night at 8:30 and you’ll see dozens of blinking lights. It’s not…
Obituary: Michael G. Ehrlich, MD
Michael Ehrlich, 79, former chair of the Department of Orthopaedics and pioneering orthopedic surgeon, died July 21, in Providence. Born…
Center Stage
How did humans evolve to have reason, consciousness, and free will? An excerpt from Kenneth Miller’s latest book, The Human Instinct.
How does tanning change the brain?
Harmful in more ways than one.