May 19, 2005

Sobering effect Scott Lukas, professor of psychiatry at McLean, describes results of recent research: 'Those who took kudzu drank significantly less than those on placebo.' Kudzu is an invasive weed common in the Southern states; it has been used in China to curb excess drinking for centuries. (Staff photo Justin Ide/Harvard News Office) Full story

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Kudzu cuts alcohol consumption
The weed that whacks binge drinking

HMS examines ethics of organ donation
Event asks whether direct solicitation is unfair

Harvard Task Forces on Women release findings and recommendations
Reports call for large-scale changes in the way University recruits faculty

Social determinants key in who gets good care
Ethics of health disparities nuanced and thorny

HSPH receives NCI grant
To establish network to reduce cancer deaths in minorities

It's a small, small world for Hongkun Park
Builder of things that can't be seen

Probing the secrets of condensed matter
Demler explores strongly correlated systems