1. Medicinal magic

    “Nature’s pharmacy” at Matthaei Botanical Gardens showcases healing power of plants in elaborate garden organized by systems of the body.

  2. Brain drain

    The gap between income and achievement in school is well documented, but new research finds physiological differences in our poorest children’s brains.

  3. Meditation: A brain changer

    Vic Katch explains the positive impacts that mindfulness meditation can have on your brain and your body.

  4. Close one door — open another

    Victor Katch ponders retirement after 45 years of research and teaching.

  5. Potential to restore hearing?

    U-M scientists restore hearing in mice partly deafened by noise, paving the way for new treatments in humans.

  6. Probing links to autism

    Researchers building database to study how environmental stressors may impact brain development.

  7. Should you be consuming dairy?

    Victor Katch questions benefits and potential risks of dairy products.

  8. Will you get sarcopenia?

    Victor Katch offers preemptive strategies to combat an aging condition that may afflict you.

  9. 50 years of miracles

    Identical twins Janice and Joan Ottenbacher made medical history in 1964 with transplant surgeon Jeremiah G. Turcotte.