Featured series 
Tag: Health Care
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Health
How to fight depression? Faster.
Hope flags when medications fail, isolating and endangering patients. Backed by a major grant, 2 Harvard scientists are focused on reducing the distance between diagnosis and recovery.
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Plastics are everywhere, even in our bodies
We ingest equivalent of credit card per week — how worried should we be? In ‘Harvard Thinking,’ experts discuss how to minimize exposure, possible solutions.
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3 million Americans have dental implants — but procedure wasn’t always ‘routine’
Surgeon recounts changes in field over 40-year career — from titanium screws to bone regeneration — as he accepts Goldhaber Award
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Falls put older adults at increased risk of Alzheimer’s
Researchers found dementia more frequently diagnosed within one year of a fall, compared to other types of injuries
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‘Weekend warriors’ can cut risk of 264 diseases
Concentrated routines just as effective as regular weekly exercise in protecting against heart, digestive conditions as well as neurological illnesses
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Drug-free nasal spray blocks, neutralizes viruses, bacteria
In preclinical studies, spray offered nearly 100% protection from respiratory infections by COVID-19, influenza, viruses, and pneumonia-causing bacteria
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Using AI to repurpose existing drugs for treatment of rare diseases
Identifies possible therapies for thousands of diseases, including ones with no current treatments
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To assess a smoker’s lung cancer risk, think years — not packs
Far more cases get caught when screening guidelines consider duration of habit regardless of intensity, study finds — especially among Black patients
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Eat this. Take that. Get skinny. Trust us.
Popularity of newest diet drugs fuel ‘dumpster fire’ of risky knock-offs, questionable supplements, food products, experts warn
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High doses of Adderall may increase psychosis risk
Among those who take prescription amphetamines, 81% of cases of psychosis or mania could have been eliminated if they were not on the high dose, findings suggest
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Parkinson’s may take a ‘gut-first’ path
Damage to upper GI lining linked to future risk of Parkinson’s disease, says new study
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New AI tool can diagnose cancer, guide treatment, predict patient survival
Model uses features of a tumor’s microenvironment across 19 different cancer types
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Alzheimer’s drug may save lives through ‘suspended animation’
Could buy patients more time to survive critical injuries and diseases, even when disaster strikes far from a hospital
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Study detects ‘hidden consciousness’ in brain injury patients
25% of participants with severe brain injury followed instructions covertly
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Examining new weight-loss drugs, pediatric bariatric patients
Researcher says study found variation in practices, discusses safety concerns overall for younger users
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Shingles may increase risk of cognitive decline
Availability of vaccine offers opportunity to reduce burden of shingles and possible dementia
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Alcohol is dangerous. So is ‘alcoholic.’
Researcher explains the human toll of language that makes addiction feel worse
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Campus & Community
Bringing personal perspective to homeless care
Soon-to-be Med School grad’s family struggled in U.S. after fleeing war-torn Central America. He hasn’t forgotten.
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How to realize immense promise of gene editing
Nobel-winning CRISPR pioneer says approval of revolutionary sickle-cell therapy shows need for more efficient, less expensive process
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Asking the internet about birth control
Only a fraction of it will come from an expert, researchers say
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Facing death with dignity
A chaplain, a bioethicist, and a doctor talk about end-of-life care
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Novel teamwork, promising results for glioblastoma treatment
Researchers cite ‘academic medicine’ as key factor in success
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Aspirin cuts liver fat in trial
10 percent reduction seen in small study of disease that affects up to a third of U.S. adults
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Treat addiction with psychedelics?
Despite promise of success stories from patients in recovery, Law School panel cautions that research is lacking on benefits vs. risks
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First-ever transplant of pig kidney to patient a success
Genetic editing improves compatibility, marks advance in organ shortage crisis
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Parkinson’s warning in skin biopsy
Medical office procedure identifies key biomarker that may lead to more reliable diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders
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Time to finally stop worrying about COVID?
Chan School’s William Hanage says CDC may have eased some recommendations, but vulnerable populations remain just that
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Despite prevalence, arthritis, neck and back pain receive few research dollars
Musculoskeletal diseases are the leading cause of years lived with disability
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Finding flaws in superbugs’ armor
Harvard biochemists’ research paves the way for development of new antibiotics
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Her friends’ parents were dying of cancer. Then her mom got sick.
Childhood tragedy sparks Harvard researcher Jen Cruz’s quest to root out public health inequities
