Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020): Harvard Medical Student Review: Issue 5 – February 2020
Issue 5 of the Harvard Medical Student Review features student-driven scholarship on how evolving science, technology, and policy are reshaping medicine. Viewpoint essays critically examine the culture of peer‑reviewed publishing and make the case for evidence-based gun control in Massachusetts. Review articles explore the ethics and justice implications of mHealth and self‑tracking technologies, dissect the neural mechanisms of sacral neuromodulation for functional GI disorders, and trace the development of stem cell–based cures for sickle cell anemia. A surgical case report describes an unusually large benign granular cell tumor with skin and deep-tissue involvement, while original research investigates medical students’ biases toward chronic pain patients, highlighting how trainee perceptions may affect future care.
