Health
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Losing fat is good, but losing muscle isn’t
Researchers call for makers of new anti-obesity drugs to study results of body composition in addition to weight loss.
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The 20-minute workout
Pressed for time? You still have plenty of options.
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‘Dramatic’ inroads against aggressive brain cancer
Cutting-edge therapy shrinks tumors in early glioblastoma trial
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Menopause depression risk has been exaggerated
Some groups are more vulnerable but symptoms far from universal, review finds
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Time to finally stop worrying about COVID?
Chan School’s William Hanage says CDC may have eased some recommendations, but vulnerable populations remain just that
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Despite prevalence, arthritis, neck and back pain receive few research dollars
Musculoskeletal diseases are the leading cause of years lived with disability
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Potential link to an everyday food in cancer findings
Oleic acid, key component of olive oil, implicated in metastasis — but investigators emphasize the need for more clarity
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Finding flaws in superbugs’ armor
Harvard biochemists’ research paves the way for development of new antibiotics
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Her friends’ parents were dying of cancer. Then her mom got sick.
Childhood tragedy sparks Harvard researcher Jen Cruz’s quest to root out public health inequities
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How to deliver very bad news
It’s hard to be a doctor. This is when it’s really hard.
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Do high-stress jobs put pregnancy at risk?
Study compared outcomes for expecting doctors, lawyers. One group fared worse.
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What if the hospital was at your house?
Study finds ‘acute’ care at home effective, improves patient experience — could slow rising healthcare costs
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Was racism a factor in mother’s leukemia?
Dale Blackstock grew up low-income, became a physician. Her death left daughter Uché, also a doctor, with a lesson on color, class, healthcare
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Looking to rewind the aging clock
Harvard researchers create model that better measures biological age, distinguishes between harmful and adaptive changes during life
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Potential new weapon in battle against superbugs
Harvard team’s synthetic molecule highly effective against drug-resistant bacteria
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What do we do with our loneliness?
‘Harvard Thinking’ podcast explores condition with experts Jeremy Nobel and Milena Batanova
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A win for science, and patients, against brain injury ‘nihilism’
Hope for progress even after a 450-foot fall, trial shows, defying pessimism that hurts research and families
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We’re social beings. So are microbes.
When we pick up our neighbors’ bugs, we get the good as well as the bad and the ugly
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New evidence shows COVID-19 isn’t done with us yet
Study suggests lack of regular care and screenings set stage for worse public health outcomes, wider disparities
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How to shrink the cancer risk in your diet
Less junk. Forget fasting. Cook, cook, cook.
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Cancer keeps coming for the young. Why?
Harvard’s Kimmie Ng among gastrointestinal specialists hunting culprit behind global disease wave
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How ‘Ozempic shaming’ illuminates complexities of treating weight problems
Obesity physician says it’s not simply lack of willpower, details research into destructive effects of stigma around body size
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More than meets the eye
Mass. General photo contest celebrates art of science Annual awards call attention to the research underlying stunning scientific images.
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AI model flags high-risk pancreatic cancer patients 18 months before diagnosis
Novel approach caught 3.5 times as many cases than current screening guidelines would have for 40-plus group
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How much drinking is too much?
‘Harvard Thinking’ explores the health effects of moderate alcohol consumption
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Resolve to get healthier, lose weight? Setting BMI goal might not be best way
Physicians, researchers point to limits of centuries-old metric, urge more holistic approach
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Gene-therapy breakthrough allows congenitally deaf children to hear
Harvard scientist co-leads research, which targeted specific condition, may yield other treatments for more of the 30 million kids with genetic hearing loss
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Why regulators may toss cold water on buzz over psychedelics
Drugs show promise as new treatment option for some psychiatric maladies, but experts see possible state, federal legal clash
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Drug overdose deaths remain high. Fentanyl test strips may help
Massachusetts, other states make moves to legalize indicators of contamination by potent, deadly synthetic opioid
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Harvard researchers see genetic link between anorexia, early rising
Eating disorder may also play a role in insomnia
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Follow the research in 2024
Whether you’ve resolved to cut stress, lose weight, catch up on sleep, or be a better person, Harvard researchers have answers to help you get started
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High rate of diagnostic error found in ICU
Nationwide study pinpoints testing mistakes as most common cause
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Looking for the best low-carb diet? Plant-based wins again.
New study links healthy plant proteins, fats with slower long-term weight gain
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Care riskier for patients at private equity hospitals
Study finds alarming decline in quality, safety measures after buyouts
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What Rochelle Walensky learned
Sees major progress in science since 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, but says complications of politics have plagued every epidemic since
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Women more likely to suffer drug side effects, but reason may not be biology
Studies debunk prevailing belief, highlight series of gender-based social factors