| • | Clinical Trials, Medical Teachers
Clinical trials are one of medicine's best-kept secrets. Such research can provide those suffering from disease, such as cancer or diabetes, with the opportunity for early cure or alleviation of symptoms. |
| • | Medical Myths
Warts from touching toads? No swimming after eating? Myth master Dr. Rob Shmerling separates the facts from the far-fetched. |
| • | How Safe Is the Blood Supply?
Safer than ever, thanks to a series of checks, tests and re-tests. Here's a look at the process awaiting every drop of donated blood ? before, during and after donation. |
| • | Your Own Blood Supply
Donated blood is pretty darn safe. But when you can give blood to yourself, so much the better. |
| • | Special Harvard Commentary: The Potential of Stem Cells
The controversy over stem cell research has become a front page story. Find out what the contention is all about. |
| • | What Your Doctor Is Reading
Harvard physicians offer you a snapshot each month of what's making headlines in the medical literature. |
