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On doctor-assisted suicide, stances rooted in intimate experiences

The main supporter and main opponent of the ballot question have appeared on WBUR in recent weeks to debate the merits of assisted suicide. Now, they speak with WBUR’s All Things Considered host Sacha Pfeiffer about their very personal reasons for their stances. Marcia Angell, HMS senior lecturer on social medicine, is one of the participants.

Transplantation

The art of the possible
Laurence A. Turka, MD

Sleep Deficit

The performance killer
Charles A. Czeisler, MD, PhD, FRCP

Thinking Outside the (Pill) Box

Can we prevent Alzheimer's disease without drugs?
Dennis J. Selkoe, MD,

Speeding the Drug Development Process

Learning from team science and new partnerships
George D. Demetri, MD

The Affordable Care Act

Change is the only constant
Leonard D. Schaeffer

Medicine's Missing Measure

Gauging the effectiveness of health care
Juan Enriquez points to a picture of traffic

Can Economics Help Us Build a Sustainable Health Care System?

Controlling spending while improving care
Michael E. Chernew, PhD

What Cancer Cells Don't Want Us to Know

Studying the behavior of individual cells over time sheds light on disease
Galit Lahav refers to a picture of children

Bend the Curve

Life in medicine is a series of curves, but there are ways to be prepared for change

Challenging Parkinson’s Dogma

Dopamine may not be the only key player in this tragic neurodegenerative disease

Tuberculosis Under the Microscope

How researchers are attacking the scourge of TB