Light Blitzes Plaque

Fast forward a decade and imagine what a drugstore shelf might hold. A pill containing an entire day’s nutrients? A gadget that confers...

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Published in the January-February 2006 print issue in the Right Now section.

How brushing and flossing can protect your heart

In the wake of federal government actions, several Harvard schools and institutes are cutting costs.

Amid distrust of science, Paula Johnson tells medical and dental graduates to be “citizen-physicians.”

All That’s Unseen charts the Harvard graduate’s uneasy journey from Appalachia to Cambridge and back.

Researchers say the technology could help physicians with triage, diagnosis.

An animal’s journey from grief to love shows how much humans need each other, too.

Harvard researchers achieve medical breakthroughs in cancer therapy and infection control.

Plus, veteran higher education leader Thomas Ehrlich reflects on university curricula for his 70th reunion

The Harvard graduate’s roundtable talk show touches on hot button issues from religion to sex.