Pulse

Briefs

Harvard Street Forum is an artistic sanctuary, forms of healing, Mozart’s magic.

Finding Harmony

Medicine anchors the life and music feeds the soul of family physician Stanley Woolner.

Beautiful People

Through photography, Rick Guidotti captures the individuality and beauty of his subjects, all of whom have genetic disorders and conditions.

Soothing Tunes

University of Minnesota researchers are studying the stress-reducing effect of music on ICU patients.

Quality Rounds

Improving Palliative Care

Interview by Scott D. Smith

Revised guideline helps physicians address difficult end-of-life issues.

Book Review

Book Learning

By Charles R. Meyer, M.D.

The powes and essays in this third volume of On Being a Doctor capture the spirit of medicine.


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Medical Musings Writing Contest

Word Power

The top entries from our fifth annual Medical Musings writing contest.

Winning Entry: Anti-Coagulation Complications

By Marilyn Aschoff Mellor, M.D.

 

Honorable Mention: A Medical Education

By Matt Anderson, M.D.

 

Honorable Mention: Fear

By Nicky Te Poel

 

Honorable Mention: Rounds

By William Shores, M.D.

 

Perspective

Poetic Podcasts: The Importance of the Humanities in Medicine

By Nancy J. Baker, M.D.

Literary podcasts attempt to help physicians better understand the human condition so they can better treat their patients.

Amy

By Kathie Culhane-Pera, M.D.

A child’s brief life brings a physician into the fold of her family and traditional Hmong medicine.

Clinical and Health Affairs

Dispelling the Chronic Lyme Disease Myth

By Melissa M. Kemperman, M.P.H., Johan S. Bakken, M.D., Ph.D., and Gary R. Kravitz, M.D.

 

Commentary

Neglected Tropical Diseases: Challenges, Progress, and Hope

By Ann M. Campagna, M.D., Mrinal M. Patnaik, M.D., and Patricia F. Walker, M.D.

Rapid-impact packages, which combine antimicrobials, can successfully treat these diseases. But funding their distribution is a long-term challenge.

Editor's Note

The Arts and the Mind-Full Doctor

 

MMA Viewpoint

A Season for Action


Letters

MMA News

Massachusetts Uninsured Rate Drops
MMA Sends Alerts about Medicare Payment Cut
AMA Annual Meeting Turns Up Heat on Universal Coverage, Fair Reimbursement
MMA Website Wins Excellence Award

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