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For many people, 1969 felt like a year when technology could solve all of our problems, a sentiment that reached a crescendo with the Apollo 11 moon landing. But back on Earth, Michael Kaback was a faculty member in pediatrics1 at Johns Hopkins Medical Center, and he was frustrated. Kaback had helped some of his […]

A controversial disease revives the debate about the immune system and mental illness.

A survivor’s story is about to change.

I don’t want to surrender to a lottery. But will I regret not playing?

How light therapy can treat disorders from depression to Alzheimer’s disease.

Atul Gawande sits across from me in a cafe in Berkeley, California, sipping an Izze fruit drink and trying to catch his breath. He just came from an appearance across the bay, in San Francisco, and is soon headed to a radio interview down the street, followed by a drive via the Golden Gate […]

Why U.S. dermatologists won’t base recommendations on skin color.

A study at RPI’s Lighting Research Center tested the effects of digital tablets and different colors of light on subjects’ circadian rhythms.Brittany Wood et al. / RPI In the summer of 2012, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a new policy stating that nighttime light exposure is hazardous to human health. “The primary human concerns […]

How light therapy can treat disorders from depression to Alzheimer’s disease.

Bill Jacobs lights the way to better tuberculosis drugs.