Phone Consult
Need a summary of a landmark journal article? There’s an app for that.
Labor of Love
Yoga could lessen prenatal depression.
Signs and Symptoms
Concussion diagnosis and treatment are notoriously complicated by their subjective nature. Lacking a measurable, objective diagnostic, physicians must rely on patients’ reporting of…
William Robert Jenkins, MD RES’85
William Jenkins, 75, of Millinocket, ME, died February 27, 2015. He grew up in the Bangor, ME, area and, after…
Abraham Horvitz, MD ’32, P’70
Abraham Horvitz, 103, of Providence, died January 27, 2015. A Providence native, he decided to become a doctor as a…
Healing Thoughts
A new research fund will test the science behind ancient health traditions.
Calling the Code
Emergency physician Jay Baruch, MD, explores the complex realities of health care in this short story from his new fiction collection, What’s Left…
Letter from the Editor
So this is 40…
Letter from the Dean
Aronson’s legacy
Match Day 2015
On March 20, 2015, members of the MD Class of 2015 gathered at the Medical School to find out where…
Ferguson Decoded
Medical students translate the medicalese in the Michael Brown case documents.
Hop-less Wanderers
These roos were made for walking.
Standard of Care
Compassion is the baseline treatment for the transgender community.
Pink Rivers
Under the microscope, science meets art.
Under the Skin
Abrar Qureshi digs deep to solve dermatology’s mysteries.
David S. Greer, MD: World Changer
David S. Greer, MD, former dean of Alpert Medical School and professor emeritus in the Brown School of Public Health, died…
Kenneth D. Bloch ’78 MD’81
Kenneth D. Bloch, 58, of Chestnut Hill, MA, died September 13, 2014. A cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, he held a joint appointment…
Healthier by Design
Brown and RISD students take a fresh look at health care problems.
Pain and Gain
A new grant supports collaboration in migraine research.
Dispatch from West Africa
An alum reports on his work fighting Ebola.
Body and Mind
Disasters teach that mental health is inseparable from bodily health.
Closing the Gap
For nearly 40 years, the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership has been tackling medicine’s stubborn racial divide.
Comfort, Always
Hospice care improves patients’ quality of life, if they can get it.
Shot in the Dark
Flu vaccines are a hit-or-miss science.