Featured series 
Health
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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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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
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‘Harvard Thinking’: The things we carry
In podcast, experts discuss how trauma can reshape us — down to the cellular level
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Thymus may be critical to adult health
Research indicates often-overlooked organ can be key predictor in longevity, disease risk, cancer treatment outcomes
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Why we need Black bioethics
Panel points to historical examples, including Tuskegee experiment, pandemic, and life expectancy inequities
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Federal drug price reforms are working, study says
Medicare beneficiaries skipping fewer medications due to cost
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Can’t wait to listen? You should.
Research inspired by driving lapse finds link between album drops, road fatalities
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Warning signs of alcohol-use disorder relapse
New study focuses on those with long history of sobriety
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Daily multivitamin may slow biological aging
Greatest gains for participants who were biologically older, researchers say
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Unlocking hidden pocket on a billion‑dollar drug target
Scientists identify path toward making cancer drugs safer and more selective
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‘A moment of real possibility’ in Alzheimer’s care
Experts explain how recent findings are demystifying disease that afflicts tens of millions worldwide
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Which is worse, a soda or a beer?
Experts seek to clarify the health effects of alcohol and sugary drinks
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‘I think I know how to fix this.’
How a discovery in a Harvard lab is offering hope for patients with hard-to-treat heart disease
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American heart health worsening
New statistical snapshot finds disappointing trend despite advances in treatment, ways to prevent nation’s leading cause of death
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Tracking mysteries of loss of Y chromosome, cancer
Research suggests it may explain higher incidence, severity of some disease in men
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How realistic is ‘The Pitt’?
Doctors weigh in on what hit TV show gets right and wrong about life in the ER — from pacing and caseloads to workplace culture (and that waiting room from hell)
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Yoga can help cut severe, initial opioid-withdrawal period in half, study finds
Researchers say results could dramatically increase chances of recovery
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6 keys to a long, healthy life (ice cream included)
Also, why reading Ben Franklin beats climbing Mount Everest
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Six cancers rising faster in younger adults than older ones
Large new global study fuels growing concern over trend of increases in several types
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What’s next for GLP-1s?
Scientists eye new treatment targets for popular weight-loss drugs, from heart failure to addiction
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Drinking 2-3 cups of coffee a day tied to lower dementia risk
Caffeinated tea also found to slow cognitive decline in study
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New AI tool predicts brain age, dementia risk, cancer survival
Unlike other AI models, BrainIAC needs limited data to ID key neurological health indicators
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It’s time to get more comfortable with talking about dying
Palliative care physicians offer advice for end-of-life conversations between patients, loved ones
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Turns out inherited eye diseases aren’t a sure thing
Study finds only fraction of those with mutated gene develop malady — a finding that could lead to better treatments (and could apply to other such illnesses)
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How smoking divides America
Mapping the midlife effects of a lethal habit
