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Health
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For women in menopause, ‘not all healthy diets are equal’
Study comparing 11 eating patterns finds two clear paths to curbing weight gain
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Total keto or veganism? Daniel Lieberman considers how humans evolved to eat.
Excerpt from evolutionary biologist’s new book ‘Fed Up’
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Part grueling race, part field study
From a bicycle seat, Harvard postdoc sees roadblocks facing rural medicine
Data Visualization
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AI use surging for mental health help among young people
Survey researcher says popularity may help fill gap between rising national problem, shortage of clinicians — provided counsel is sound
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Coffee refill? Go for it, says American Heart Association, with note of caution.
Co-author of new guidance explains how many cups a day are safe — possibly even good for you — and why energy drinks are different
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The best medicine may be free
Forest therapy guide explains what a daily dose of nature does for the body
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Almost everyone she knew growing up were laborers. Now she researches inactivity.
Epidemiologist I-Min Lee has published hundreds of papers on exercise and heart health in her time with the Harvard Alumni Health Study and the Women’s Health Study
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Is your cholesterol too high based on latest guidelines?
Study flags elevated LDL levels of 1 in 3 Americans without history of heart disease as major miss for prevention
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Why you should care about first new FDA-approved sunscreen ingredient in 20 years
HMS dermatology professor Hillary Tsibris explains why you should care
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A genetic window on ‘All of Us’
Broad Institute researcher details U.S. biobank’s value as global resource in study of roots of disease, health
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She studies cell lineage in the eye. Now she’s leaving research lineage of her own.
Award-winning biologist Connie Cepko, who advanced work on vision-threatening disease, passes the torch to scientific successors
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NFL players 4 times more likely to die of brain disease, study finds
Despite living longer overall, neurodegenerative mortality risk dramatically elevated
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Losing sleep is bad for individuals. Communities, too?
Researchers look to fill knowledge gap, push for studies of what happens to health of groups when major events disrupt rest
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Think ‘Shark Tank,’ without the teeth
Dermatologist gets advice from investors at Harvard’s ‘Guppy Tank’ on new antibody that could help most sun-sensitive patients
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Tracing evolution of vaccine for cancer, malaria
Technology born out of Harvard labs shows power of collaboration, how path to development seldom follows straight line
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Sunlight is not your enemy
Health benefits outweigh the risks for most of us, according to new book
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It’s good to break a sweat, but don’t sweat the details
‘What’s important is the total amount of human movement.’
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Finding ways to ‘drug the undruggable’ diseases
Greg Verdine’s approach embraces improvisational thinking, ‘crazy stuff,’ and he thinks it may be future of medical research
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A clearer picture of drinking and disease
New study attempts to reconcile conflicting findings on benefits vs. risks
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A promising first for researchers probing mental illness
Anxiety finding a highlight as brain stimulation trial raises new hopes for precision care
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Read before running
New to the sport or just rusty? A rehab doc offers tips on avoiding all-too-common injuries.
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How loneliness became major public health issue
U.K., U.S. experts trace rise in awareness through research, political involvement, pandemic
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Predicting cancer outcomes with a selfie
Slower ‘face aging’ linked to better survival odds, according to second study of AI tool designed to aid precision care
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When stress is a punch to the gut
New study traces network of nerves that disrupt digestion, pointing to potential IBS treatment
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Food as medicine? How nutrition can improve cancer outcomes.
Tufts professor shares early research regarding programs as part of oncology care
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Materializing safe, on-demand living therapeutics
Implantable Living Materials platform offers novel avenues for deploying future microbial medicines
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‘Harvard Thinking’: Breaking the regret cycle
In podcast, experts offer a better way to cope with mistakes and missed opportunities
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Is napping a sign of a deeper health problem?
New study finds link between certain sleep patterns and higher mortality in older adults
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Hantavirus likely to be fully contained but may take time, Hanage says
Disease much deadlier than COVID but a lot harder to spread
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Glint of light in therapy for deadly ALS after decades of struggle
New drug shows researchers ‘this illness can be stopped’
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Simpler is better when it comes to saving lives
Teen, young adult suicides fall from long upward trend after national crisis hotline shifts to three digits
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Should you ask ChatGPT for medical advice?
Physician and AI researcher Adam Rodman says AI can be helpful but has some tips on how, when to use it safely
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Call it his personal Everest
A new study shows that climbing Mount Everest has gotten safer, but still claims climbers’ lives regularly.
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Guide to a healthy gut
Test your knowledge by taking our quiz — featuring advice from doctor’s new book
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What to make of ‘AI psychosis’?
‘Until we know what the term really means, we can’t even begin to understand what’s happening.’
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Hearing breakthrough holds up
Gene therapy yields lasting gains for patients with inherited deafness: ‘How well it worked is really amazing.’
