How to Gladden a Wealthy Mind

By J. PEDER ZANE

Why doesn’t more money always buy more happiness? A growing body of research is showing that modern work demands and brain’s chemistry are mostly to blame.

Op-Ed Contributor

Young, Brilliant and Underfunded

By ANDY HARRIS

We’ll never know what medical breakthroughs were missed because young scientists were not provided with resources.

Personal Health

Celiac Disease, a Common, but Elusive, Diagnosis

By JANE E. BRODY

A main reason for a lag in the detection of celiac disease is the long and confusing list of signs and symptoms, some of which may be mild enough to be easily ignored or attributed to another condition.

Opinion

The Woman’s Heart Attack

By MARTHA WEINMAN LEAR

The research is based on men, whose clutching of the chest and sudden collapse bears little resemblance to the experience of most women.

A Doctor, a Rabbi and a Chicken

By DENNIS ROSEN, M.D.

Of course it was fine to have a rabbi visit the hospital, I told my patient’s son. It was only as they were about to enter the room that I noticed that the rabbi was carrying a white chicken in his arms.

Donating the Body

By PAULA SPAN

He wanted his body given to a medical school or research organization. It wasn’t that simple.

Living With Cancer: Making Room

By SUSAN GUBAR

Cancer treatment and its aftereffects can prompt a cleaning binge and emptying of shelves. But for what, exactly, are we making room?

Your Surgeon Seems Qualified, but Can He Type?

By WEN T. SHEN, M.D.

My inability to type has become a funny, disarming moment in an otherwise usually serious encounter between surgeon and patient, helping to mitigate some of the tension that can develop.