A Christmas Eve memory: Science leads to cures
From the doctor
For half a century, the has brought up-to-date, evidence-based, and actionable health information to its readers — information vetted by the faculty of Harvard Medical School and its affiliated hospitals.On Christmas Eve of my first year as a doctor, I was at the bedside of a young boy who was dying from leukemia. Two weeks before, he’d been an active kid who loved to play. Now, he didn’t have the energy to lift his head off the mattress. No treatments had worked, and there were none left for me to try.
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About the Author
Anthony L. Komaroff, MD, Editor in Chief, Harvard Health Letter; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing
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