Powerful Placebo
HMS Associate Professor of Medicine Ted Kaptchuk defines placebo effects as the self-healing capabilities embedded in the ritual of medicine. Find out why he’s trying to understand the magnitude, dura...
10 Feb 20119min
How to Make a Doctor
We ask some Bostonians to envision a doctor of the future and bring their questions about medical training to HMS Dean for Education Thomas Michel. We also speak with medical students who are learning...
9 Feb 200916min
Working the System
HMS professor Peter Sorger shares his perspectives on the emerging field of systems biology, and we visit the lab of Roy Kishony, where researchers are using mathematical models to probe the evolution...
26 Nov 200816min
Inside the Brain's Black Box
Adrian Ivinson, director of the Harvard NeuroDiscovery Center, explains why researchers need to collaborate to tackle neurodegenerative diseases, and reporter Yvonna Reekie brings us the latest on aut...
30 Okt 200816min
Your Genome, Your Future
HMS professor David Altshuler discusses the relationship between human genetic variation and disease, and HMS professor George Church explains the complexities of the Personal Genome Project. Plus, we...
30 Sep 200818min
Striving for Global Health
Nobel Laureate Eric Chivian discusses the connection between biodiversity and human disease, and Yvonna Reekie examines the emerging problem of drug-resistant tuberculosis, which is plaguing countries...
21 Aug 200817min
And Coverage for All?
HMS associate professor of medicine Stephanie Woolhandler shares her views on universal healthcare, and Yvonna Reekie takes you for a ride on the Family Van, which provides free education, counseling,...
24 Juli 200812min
The Art of Perception
HMS professor of neurobiology Margaret Livingstone uses art to understand how we perceive and process visual stimuli, and HMS professor of pediatrics Charles Nelson employs noninvasive techniques to m...
20 Juni 200813min
