Harvard Medicine Magazine
Why does music make us emotional? In weaving together the neural underpinnings of music, scientists are revealing how it influences our state of mind.
Leonard Bernstein and the Psychology of Music
Prior to the premiere of “Maestro,” HMS alumni discussed the influence of music on emotion with Jamie Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein’s daughter
How Music Resonates in the Brain
Scientists tune in to the brain’s emotional response to music
Featured Articles
Shared Identity and the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Patients with demographically similar physicians tend to report increased satisfaction. Do they also have better health outcomes?
Dyslexia and the Developing Brain
Research on dyslexia is identifying the many factors — neural to societal — that are linked to the condition
How Medical Experts Interact With the Law
Alumni working with the legal system demonstrate the many ways in which law and medicine are entwined
The Heart Issue
Heart-Brain Health: A Two-Way Street
The health of the cardiovascular system is linked to the health of the brain — and vice versa
COVID’s Damage Lingers in the Heart
Researchers increasingly find that the effects of infection by SARS-CoV-2 extend to the cardiovascular system
What We Get When We Give
In addition to helping others, kindness can benefit one's health
With A-Fib on the Rise, Researchers Work to Fine-Tune Treatments
Atrial fibrillation is an electrical malfunction. But what triggers it remains a mystery.
Climate in the Clinic
As Youth Demand Climate Action in Court, Doctors Bear Witness
A youth-led legal movement centers on the fundamental right to a healthy climate. Some physicians are providing key evidence to support these claims.
How Can We Make Hospitals More Sustainable?
A conversation with Jonathan Slutzman
Confronting Health Care’s Carbon Footprint
Hospitals are waking up to their climate change culpability and the mandate to act
The Written Word
Uché Blackstock Is on a Mission to Root Out Racism in Medicine
The author of "Legacy" talks racial concordance, medical education, and her path to becoming a second-generation Black woman physician