Findings

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

CfA astronomers play crucial role in DESI analysis of dark energy, matter

New AI method lets researchers get better handle on brain-behavior link, may offer insights into disorders like autism

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

Health law policy expert says biotech firm’s uncertain future shows need for protections of personal, genetic information

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

Study traces surge in activism among Black men who faced discrimination while defending country

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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

Could up the game of lossless power transmission, levitating trains, quantum computing, even energy-efficient detectors for space exploration

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

Accidental find may help scientists resolve which evolved first: ability to produce oxygen by photosynthesis or consume it by aerobic metabolism

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

4 trends point to major change, say researchers who studied century of tech disruptions

Researchers develop innovative approaches to understand, target, disrupt uncontrollable growth of disease

Detailing latest recovery scorecard, Ed School researcher urges broader action to reduce absenteeism, sharper focus on targeted catch-up efforts

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Incarceration rates fall for Black Americans, soar for white Americans without college education, finds study

Groundbreaking pangenomic study suggests big DNA flip may have made small bird resistant to some diseases

Researchers place Caucasus Lower Volga people, speakers of ancestor tongue, in today’s Russia about 6,500 years ago

Study finds spike in ADHD cases on Halloween, highlighting stakes of cognitive bias in medicine

Researchers who studied healthcare in dozens of facilities link accreditation to better collaboration and treatment and fewer deaths

HMS research IDs special class of cells that safeguard immunity and memory, and may one day treat neurodegenerative disease

New historical research by economist Claudia Goldin finds link between fertility rates, gender roles

Anesthetic growing in popularity as game-changing therapy for severe, treatment-resistant depression

Harvard research shows 1.7 million lack access to care