Photograph by CRAIG CUTLER (HAND WITH CHIP); SAMUEL SANCES, CEDARS-SINAI (BACKGROUND) This story appears in the January 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Twelve years after Teresa ...

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P rogress in addressing mental health is notoriously slow and mostly incremental. Breakthrough treatments tend to be rare, and trained professionals too few to meet the demand for services, which is ...

In 1991, Dr. Jeffrey Barnard became the second chief medical examiner in Dallas County’s history at just 35 years old. Ahead of his retirement, he shares stories from his 33 years leading the ...

This story appears in the January 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. From high-tech surgeries to groundbreaking HIV treatments, medical innovation has dramatically improved health ...