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Oppenheimer entered the final act of his life as a wise philosopher-scientist-statesman who fascinated packed audiences with his eloquence and wisdom. He left an enduring image for our age.

How to teach responsibly in today’s highly polarized political climate. My first academic job, a one-year replacement position, meant that my office’s bookshelves were already lined with books and journals before I moved in. One stood out: A 1974 issue of Daedalus, the journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, entitled 20th Century Classics Revisited.

A focus on practical competences comes with the risk that theoretical knowledge will be sidelined during the clinical years. However, two-way vertical integration of medical training can provide a more balanced strategy for learning

One year ago, Princeton University fired me. This was one of the worst things ever to happen to me, but also one of the best.

Like the fertile soil of a well-kept garden, a life of splendid, utter uselessness yields abundance beyond our immediate aims

Medscape talks with Jasmine Brown, a Rhodes Scholar and Penn medical student who spotlights the struggles of early Black women physicians in her new book.

An interesting analysis of women's undervalued and often repressed role in health care throughout history Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English.

The fact that most doctors like me—my colleagues in obstetrics and gynecology very much included—don't know how to perform abortions is one of the greatest scandals of contemporary medicine in the US.

When Marina Fujiwara started showing off the elaborate “useless” inventions she made for fun, she did not expect to become a breakout internet star and amass a loyal following.

"[The doctors] just see the disease, not me as a person," a diabetic patient lamented to Dr. Rajeev ...