Health

David Liu, Breakthrough Prize recipient, retraces path to an ‘incredibly exciting’ disease fighter: ‘This is the essence of basic science.’

What makes someone run 26.2 miles? Boston Marathon’s lead psychologist has heard it all.

Terence Blue has spent his life managing hemophilia. A new gene therapy offers relief from constant worry and daily needles — ‘I am actually healing faster than I ever have.’

Turning off checkpoint molecules freed microglia to attack plaques in brain, improved memory in mice

Shared meals may be a more reliable indicator of well-being than income, Kennedy School researcher says

Timely detection could reduce morbidity, offer opportunities for early intervention

Psychologist says scrutinizing risk factors, embracing community, adventure are key in age of angst over climate, AI, pandemics

Patient-scientist, husband among researchers who developed promising gene-editing therapy for rare, fatal condition

‘Oscars of Science’ recognize major advances in gene editing and against MS and obesity

Clinical psychologist draws line between self-deprecating humor (with its health, social benefits) and self-flagellation

Study finds that modifying one factor can reduce risk of stroke, dementia, and late-life depression

70-year study finds widening gap despite longer life expectancy for both racial groups

Post-treatment physical activity narrows gap between patients and general population

ChemFORWARD, winner of Belfer Center award, explains how its database of industrial chemicals can help protect human, environmental health

Researchers develop at-home test to ID those at risk of Alzheimer’s years before symptoms appear

Artificial intelligence is up to the challenge of reducing human suffering, experts say. Are we?

Take our research-based quiz to learn more about how indoor air quality can harm or protect your health

Cravings are real, nutrition researcher says — but here’s why lumping sweets with alcohol, nicotine is a problem

Economist who studies technological change looks at public-private research partnership amid rising questions on federal funding

In talk on new book, Carl Zimmer theorizes key researcher’s discoveries were undercut by his personality

Psychologist who studied ‘medical gaslighting’ explains how caseload pressures contribute to the problem and when we should call it something else

Study finds replacing butter with plant-based oils cuts premature death risk by 17 percent

Stem cell therapy safely restores cornea’s surface in clinical trial

Cardiovascular disease remains nation’s top cause of death, but patients seem too casual about prevention, experts say

And what you can do to get it

Health professionals view social contact as basic human need. Now researchers have tracked neurological basis for it.

Study highlights imbalance in targets of online suicide prevention efforts

Compounds show promise against drug-resistant infections, diseases

Physician-researcher outlines gut-brain clues behind ‘orange a day’ finding

Physician-researcher sees promise in five-year ‘prospective payment’ experiment