In The Name of Lou Gehrig By Joel N. Shurkin More than 60 years after the "Iron Horse" succumbed to ALS, researchers appear at last to be making headway toward defeating the devastating neurological condition that killed him. mong the unforgettable professional athletes of the 1930s Lou Gehrig stood out. His body was so strong and healthy that his record for consecutive games (2,130) wasn't broken for 56 years, a feat that earned him the sobriquet the "Iron Horse." Gehrig also was able to excel at one of the most intricate physical tasks known to humankind—hitting a baseball in the major leagues, a testament to a superbly honed nervous system. Full Article

Making Teachers Out Of Doctors By Anne Bennett Swingle Knowing how to inspire a group of students is hard enough for a practiced professor. For a physician, it can be downright baffling.   anaging conflict is the topic on the table today—not a bad skill to have at your fingertips these days. Still, the nine men and women gathered in this classroom at Hopkins' Bayview Medical Center aren't law enforcers or high-powered business types, but doctors. Full Article

Search For Tomorrow By Patrick Gilbert here do you think neurosurgery is headed in the future?" Charlie Cummings, the easygoing head of Hopkins' Department of Otolaryngology, poses the question to a fiftyish-looking man sitting with several other people around a long conference table. Full Article