Health

Spirituality should be incorporated into care for both serious illness and overall health, according to a study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Researchers have found a way to predict if an Alzheimer’s patient will develop postoperative delirium, a common complication in older patients.

Traffic stats show that roadway deaths spiked during the pandemic. Can it be that we were not only distracted and frustrated, but also out of practice?

A recent study says you may not need to drink coffee without sugar to gain the health benefits. HMS’ Christina Wee discusses the state of science on coffee’s attributes as a health drink.

A new study reports an increase in cases of “thunderstorm asthma,” putting allergy and asthma sufferers on alert.

Low back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide. Studies suggest best treatment combines physical, behavioral therapy.

As studies signal serious health consequences, specialists scramble to treat acute cases and reinforce limits that define moderate use.

Women who reported a positive outlook were likelier to live past 90, regardless of race or ethnicity.

Experts examine how our bodies respond to doomscrolling.

To help combat the opioid crisis, researchers have developed a tool, known as SOURCE, which taps national data on opioids to track stages of use and misuse, including use initiation, treatment, relapse, and death by overdose.

Race, ethnicity, poverty linked to worse outcomes in children treated for high-risk neuroblastoma, according to new study.

A new study shows that health and habits as children and teens affect not only health as adults, but lifespan.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Professor William Hanage explains how to stay on guard against subvariants, noting role of protective measures in transition to new pandemic phase.

In a small study of healthy adults aged 55 and older, 5 mg of melatonin increased total sleep time compared to a placebo.

Harvard expert offers tips and cautions should the baby formula shortage hit home.

Across the six high-income countries reviewed, the U.S. heart attack death rate was among the highest, even with adherence to recommended treatments and faring well on other measures.

Researchers found that grandmothers’ exercise habits likely impact their grandchildren’s health.

A Harvard expert challenges a new study that suggests there is little difference between eating a 300-calorie serving of french fries and a 300-calorie serving of almonds every day for a month, in terms of weight gain or other markers for diabetes risk.

Director of Medical School’s Center for Bioethics discusses ethical dimensions of abortion and how a ruling against Roe might affect providers.

Researchers found a lower risk of colorectal cancer in women who started endoscopy screenings at age 45 compared to those who had not undergone screening at all.

A fourth disorder that causes dementia has been added to the list. It’s called LATE and is estimated to cause about 15 to 20 percent of all dementias.

Harvard experts say breaking an unhealthy habit can be done. It takes intent, a little white-knuckling, and some effective behavior modification techniques.

A new study shows the impact of early amyloid-β and tau protein accumulation on disrupting brain connections important for memory. These disrupted connections were present even before signs of cognitive impairment were observed.

Researchers have found that “brain water” can exit through tiny channels to reach the skull’s bone marrow, which can detect infection or injury.

Harvard scientists give their read on recent COVID data from the U.S. and South Africa.

Psychiatric epidemiologist warns crisis too recent for conclusive results but shares some surprising, troubling early indications.

Neuroscientist says the jury’s still out on effects on neurodevelopment of fetuses, teens.

A new study by Harvard-affiliated researchers finds that patients with Alzheimer’s disease have both more and different somatic mutations — alterations in DNA — in their brain cells than people without Alzheimer’s disease.

A new study finds that a woman’s history of infertility is associated with increased risk of heart failure.

Newly developed polygenic risk scores, which add up hundreds or thousands of genetic risk factors for six common diseases, can aid physicians and patients in making individualized disease screening and prevention decisions.