Health
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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.’
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Dangers coming from inside the house
John D. Spengler reflects on 50-year career of clearing the air — including in hockey rinks and on airplanes
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Blood test has potential to detect earliest signals of Alzheimer’s disease
New study suggests higher levels of pTau217 predict a faster progression, even when initial brain scans appear normal
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Rural U.S. bears heaviest burden accessing dental care
Researchers find 24.7 million Americans live in dental deserts, with transportation and specialty care the steepest barriers
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Psychedelics and the search for truth
Legal scholar sees common interests with law, religion, humanities
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How super-agers keep their brains young
In podcast, experts break down ‘biological contradiction’ of a 65-year-old with the memory of a 25-year-old — and what that means for the rest of us
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‘Alcoholic’
Term conjures outdated stereotypes about an illness that afflicts 28 million Americans, says expert
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Expanding the fight against heart disease
Specialist welcomes shift to more aggressive recommendations
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How forgiving can improve well-being
New study of residents of 22 nations finds psychological, pro-social, character changes
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Are your bathroom habits normal?
In new book, doctor addresses everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask
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Demystifying migraine
‘It’s not an imagined headache, and it’s not a mild condition,’ says Michael Moskowitz, Brain Prize recipient for his dogma-defying research
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‘Old’
Rethinking what it means to age as humans live longer and healthier
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You don’t fight Parkinson’s without ‘raw moments.’ She shared them.
Chan School’s Sue Goldie felt ‘sheer responsibility’ to let journalist tell her story
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Why mattering matters
Author of best-seller talks about power of feeling valued, asking for help — and how AI threatens core human need
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‘No way to go but up’
From the ER to the highest mountains, sometimes riskier route is right, says wilderness doctor
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New study links more immigrants with lower elderly mortality
Researchers say among newcomers are medical, long-term care workers who are arriving amid critical U.S. shortage
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Want to feel more loved? Forget changing yourself. Change conversation.
Two psychologists offer science-backed framework on how to improve relationships