Health
How My Cancer Patient’s Scary Father Emotionally Scarred Me
It may be impossible to make people happy when you have to say or recommend things they do not want to hear.
The Kafkaesque Process of Cancer Diagnosis
Why reading Kafka’s “The Trial” might comfort patients and enrich the work of oncologists.
This Man’s Immune System Got a Cancer-killing Update
William Ludwig was almost dead when he became Patient Number One in a radical new cancer treatment, one that’s just won the endorsement of F.D.A. advisors.
Ingenious: Jack Gilbert
The professor of surgery explains how health emerges from a healthy microbiome.
How Aging Research Is Changing Our Lives
An interview with Eric Verdin, CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
Getting Googled By Your Doctor Is the New Normal
Will mental health clinicians become liable for missing your latest Facebook post?
The Dark Similarity Between Cancer Docs and Soldiers
They’re uniquely susceptible to burnout and suicide—and creative writing seems to be a promising therapy for both.
