Sex & Gender Glossary
This gender-inclusive glossary includes some essential terms and definitions for understanding sex, gender, and well-being.
Features
Summer 2023
Women ≠ Tiny Men
For decades, medical research focused almost exclusively on men. Brigham physician-researchers are working to balance the scales for women’s health.
Pro-Care. Pro-Patient.
Building on its 50-year legacy, the Brigham’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is working toward reproductive justice for all patients.
Soul Meets Body
The Brigham’s Center for Transgender Health is breaking barriers and providing state-of-the-art, life-changing care for trans and gender diverse people.
Let’s Talk About Sex (Hormones)
How do sex hormones fluctuate through the years? This gender-inclusive infographic timeline explores the links between sex hormones and health.
Winter 2022
The Winding Path Toward Racial Equity
“The past isn’t dead.
Healing the Divide
Throughout the United States, deep and long-standing health inequities exist along socioeconomic and racial lines.
Kindling Change
Every March on Match Day, thousands of medical students eagerly anticipate learning which residency training program they will match into across the U.
Bias Cut
[Editor’s note: This article was expanded on June 15, 2023, to include two new sections: “Tackling inequities in transplant wait lists” and “A different biomarker.
Winter 2021
Advancements in Prevention
Containing Contagion
Stopping the spread of disease, misinformation, and science resistance
Paths to Better Health
The life-changing effects of small steps—and a buddy system.
Stress Test
The world’s No. 1 killer—heart disease—meets COVID-19.
Fall 2019
Entitled to Hope
Ancient history and literature often illuminate modern times.
Winter 2019
Connecting the Dots
Nurses’ Health Study uncovers clues to improve health
Great RxPectations
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Medicine in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Revolutionizing how doctors predict, find, treat, and prevent disease
Summer 2018
Pocket Docs
The human touch of healthcare’s digital revolution
Tomorrow’s Medicine Today
Faced with daunting medical challenges, bioengineers build instruments of hope for patients in need.
Closer Look
Pursuing deeper insights into human health
Summer 2017
Inside Job
For patients with aggressive cancers and neurologic diseases, immunotherapies offer a new path forward.
A Delicate Balance
Transplantation challenges and changes immune systems
Mastering Vigilance
Taming the rising tide of allergies
Burning Questions
Two years ago, Meghan Gabel was a typical 21-year-old college student planning her dream trip: a semester abroad in London.
Winter 2016/17
Ways of Seeing
Patients, radiologists, and specialists share how advances in imaging technologies are offering more precise diagnoses.
Approaching Truth
Clinical trials do more than bring new drugs and devices to market.
Infinite Discovery
How do researchers convert their lab discoveries into treatments and cures?