Health

Chan School’s Sue Goldie felt ‘sheer responsibility’ to let journalist tell her story

Author of best-seller talks about power of feeling valued, asking for help — and how AI threatens core human need

From the ER to the highest mountains, sometimes riskier route is right, says wilderness doctor

Researchers say among newcomers are medical, long-term care workers who are arriving amid critical U.S. shortage

Two psychologists offer science-backed framework on how to improve relationships

In podcast, experts discuss how trauma can reshape us — down to the cellular level

Research indicates often-overlooked organ can be key predictor in longevity, disease risk, cancer treatment outcomes

Panel points to historical examples, including Tuskegee experiment, pandemic, and life expectancy inequities

Medicare beneficiaries skipping fewer medications due to cost

Research inspired by driving lapse finds link between album drops, road fatalities

New study focuses on those with long history of sobriety

Greatest gains for participants who were biologically older, researchers say

Scientists identify path toward making cancer drugs safer and more selective

Experts explain how recent findings are demystifying disease that afflicts tens of millions worldwide

Experts seek to clarify the health effects of alcohol and sugary drinks

How a discovery in a Harvard lab is offering hope for patients with hard-to-treat heart disease

New statistical snapshot finds disappointing trend despite advances in treatment, ways to prevent nation’s leading cause of death

Research suggests it may explain higher incidence, severity of some disease in men

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)

Researchers say results could dramatically increase chances of recovery

Also, why reading Ben Franklin beats climbing Mount Everest

Large new global study fuels growing concern over trend of increases in several types

Scientists eye new treatment targets for popular weight-loss drugs, from heart failure to addiction

Caffeinated tea also found to slow cognitive decline in study

Unlike other AI models, BrainIAC needs limited data to ID key neurological health indicators

Palliative care physicians offer advice for end-of-life conversations between patients, loved ones

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)

Mapping the midlife effects of a lethal habit

Oncologist explains why rising survival rates only tell part of the story

Trauma/post-traumatic stress disorder accounts for most of the increase, according to study