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Mary Roach encouraged the use of humor to break down barriers in medical discourse while promoting her new book “Replaceable ...

After comparing shapes, depths, and pressure patterns, this study found that two different hominin species left footprints in ...

Modern medicine can mend bones, replace organs and extend life — but what does it do for the human spirit? In her new column, ...