Healthcare Journalism
Can Wind Turbines Make You Sick? Or Crazy?
Some people living in the shadows of wind turbines say they’re making them sick. Almost as
upsetting: Their neighbors don’t feel a thing.
New York (print)
First They Got Sick, Then They Moved into a Virtual Utopia
Real life Fran was a hiker and a dancer. But when Parkinson's stole her mobility,
she discovered a new home--and a community of others like her--inside Second Life.
Wired
Fiery Dispute Over Hot Rocks in Hawaii
Residents of a hippie enclave on the Big Island say the local geothermal plant is bad for their health. It's part of a colorful ongoing battle in the nation's most oil-dependent state.
Al Jazeera
How to Adapt to Your Face Transplant
The human face is a kind of synecdoche for the self, and yet a face transplant may
be less disruptive to the psyche than we might expect.
Nautilus
Something in Your Voice
New speech analysis technologies can help diagnose mental illness. But they also raise troubling questions.
Proto
The Telltale Strand
The genomics revolution has hit the courtroom, with the first case that relies on a powerful
new DNA reading technique. Called next generation sequencing, it will transform forensic science.
Proto
Is Genetic Privacy a Myth?
Genetic tests and genome sequencing are generating terabytes of sensitive private
data. How can they be kept safe?
Proto
Fighting Anti-Vaxxers with a Marathon Science Reading
If anything can get past the vitriol of the vaccine wars, it's On Immunity.
The Verge
Food Web: Trade Networks May be Key to Solving Hunger
Global trade helps nations meet food demand, but also increases the possibility that shocks to food production will cross borders.
Earth Institute
Should Older Patients Have their Own ED?
Advanced age brings special needs, especially in the emergency department. So some hospitals are changing designs and processes for their senior patients.
Proto
Why Doctors Must Solve the Suicide Problem
As despair deaths reach historic levels in the U.S., healthcare checkpoints may be the best place for intervention.
Proto
The Shape of Things
Design choices pervade the health care system, and pediatrician Joyce Lee wants to make them smarter.
Proto
Babel in the ICU
Machines in an ICU can't speak to one another—but what if they could?
Proto
A Touch of Sugar
The science behind placebos has come a long way since the sugar pill.
Ted Kaptchuk is leading the revolution.
Proto
Same Pig, Second Act
After major breakthrough in gene editing, pig organs show new promise for use in humans.
Proto
Unsound the Alarm
Hundreds of alarms compete for a clinician's attention. Can less noise mean better care?
Proto
New Allies in the HIV Fight
An MGH program in South Africa partners with young women to research the earliest phase of HIV infection.
Proto
Some people living in the shadows of wind turbines say they’re making them sick. Almost as
upsetting: Their neighbors don’t feel a thing.
New York (print)
First They Got Sick, Then They Moved into a Virtual Utopia
Real life Fran was a hiker and a dancer. But when Parkinson's stole her mobility,
she discovered a new home--and a community of others like her--inside Second Life.
Wired
Fiery Dispute Over Hot Rocks in Hawaii
Residents of a hippie enclave on the Big Island say the local geothermal plant is bad for their health. It's part of a colorful ongoing battle in the nation's most oil-dependent state.
Al Jazeera
How to Adapt to Your Face Transplant
The human face is a kind of synecdoche for the self, and yet a face transplant may
be less disruptive to the psyche than we might expect.
Nautilus
Something in Your Voice
New speech analysis technologies can help diagnose mental illness. But they also raise troubling questions.
Proto
The Telltale Strand
The genomics revolution has hit the courtroom, with the first case that relies on a powerful
new DNA reading technique. Called next generation sequencing, it will transform forensic science.
Proto
Is Genetic Privacy a Myth?
Genetic tests and genome sequencing are generating terabytes of sensitive private
data. How can they be kept safe?
Proto
Fighting Anti-Vaxxers with a Marathon Science Reading
If anything can get past the vitriol of the vaccine wars, it's On Immunity.
The Verge
Food Web: Trade Networks May be Key to Solving Hunger
Global trade helps nations meet food demand, but also increases the possibility that shocks to food production will cross borders.
Earth Institute
Should Older Patients Have their Own ED?
Advanced age brings special needs, especially in the emergency department. So some hospitals are changing designs and processes for their senior patients.
Proto
Why Doctors Must Solve the Suicide Problem
As despair deaths reach historic levels in the U.S., healthcare checkpoints may be the best place for intervention.
Proto
The Shape of Things
Design choices pervade the health care system, and pediatrician Joyce Lee wants to make them smarter.
Proto
Babel in the ICU
Machines in an ICU can't speak to one another—but what if they could?
Proto
A Touch of Sugar
The science behind placebos has come a long way since the sugar pill.
Ted Kaptchuk is leading the revolution.
Proto
Same Pig, Second Act
After major breakthrough in gene editing, pig organs show new promise for use in humans.
Proto
Unsound the Alarm
Hundreds of alarms compete for a clinician's attention. Can less noise mean better care?
Proto
New Allies in the HIV Fight
An MGH program in South Africa partners with young women to research the earliest phase of HIV infection.
Proto
