From time to time, Synapse has given itself permission to misbehave. These April Fool’s stories wink at journalistic rules, blur...

[Originally authored by E. Fuller Torrey and published in Synapse on March 31, 1969.] Machines are even making inroads into...

[Originally published in Synapse on March 14, 2013.] During my first year of pharmacy school, I attended an alternative medicine...

[Originally published in Synapse on March 15, 2007.] The healthcare facility in the San Francisco County jail looks like most...

As a medical student, faculty frequently remind me that I am in a unique position. Medical students are unhindered by...

[Originally published in Synapse on March 8, 1996.] To fast or not to fast is what Ramadan is all about...

For more than a century, the operating room has quietly recorded not only what surgical culture values, but also how...

I served as EIC of Synapse from Fall 2016 to Summer 2019. I wanted to serve as the EIC because...

[Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 2010] I am writing this the day after President Obama gave his State...

I first got involved with Synapse in 2012 and served as EIC 2014-15. Synapse meant a lot to me in...

[ Originally published in Synapse on February 22, 1996.] Chinese New Year is a misnomer. The arrival of the same...

[In this series, past editors reflect on their time leading the paper.] As I looked through my old articles, a...

[Originally published in Synapse on February 11, 1999.] Ever since New Year’s Day, it seems the world has been swathed...

It was late on a ‘full moon’ night in the emergency department — a phrase the ER staff used to...

[Originally published in Synapse on February 5, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin...