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Jalees Rehman, a cell biologist and physician at the University of Illinois at Chicago, on his grandfather’s surgery, and what he learned about humanity and healing: “Since that time I spent with my grandfather and the other patients on the eye ward, I have associated medicine with narration. All humans want to be narrators, but […]

Hollywood studios are increasingly focusing on creating expensive action movies with less costly unknown actors. For some of these unknowns, it’s a chance to skyrocket into fame, but it’s not that easy: Hollywood has gotten creative in its hunt for the next big action star. Producers have considered scouting high-school football games. Brett Norensberg, an […]

A neurologist helps watch over her patient as she dies at home, and wonders: Do we ever not die alone? In twenty-first century America, there is no such “how to” manual on dying. Nor does our state-of-the-art modern medicine offer much help. Fact: Seven out of ten Americans wish to die at home, die the […]

The inside story of Ranbaxy, a generic drug maker that committed criminal fraud by fabricating data to win FDA approvals: “Thakur knew the drugs weren’t good. They had high impurities, degraded easily, and would be useless at best in hot, humid conditions. They would be taken by the world’s poorest patients in sub-Saharan Africa, who […]