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Health For some, the heart attack is just the beginning  Getty Images Sy Boles Harvard Staff Writer August 18, 2025 6 min read Harvard clinic uses mindfulness techniques to treat…

Health Dr. Robot will see you now? Pierre E. Dupont holds a transcatheter valve repair device with a motorized catheter drive system, replacing the traditional manual handle. Niles Singer/Harvard Staff…

Health Brain implants that don’t leave scars Axoft’s flexible brain implant.  Axoft Inc. Kirsten Mabry Harvard Office of Technology Development August 14, 2025 6 min read Harvard startup is developing…

Health Keeping kids safe in extreme heat Experts outline threats to childhood development, school challenges, play-time risks Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer August 12, 2025 4 min read With heat…

Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Health ‘Hopeful message’ on brain disease Researcher Sanjula Singh has looked at stroke, dementia, late-life depression for years, finds lifestyle changes make big difference Jacob Sweet…

Health Could lithium explain — and treat — Alzheimer’s? In a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease, lithium deficiency (right) dramatically increased amyloid beta deposits in the brain compared with mice…

Health A setback to research that offered hope for fibrous dysplasia patients Halt to federal funding disrupts study of rare skeletal disease Heather Denny HSDM Communications August 7, 2025 3…

Antonella Zanobetti. Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Health Is dirty air driving up dementia rates? Federal funding cuts halt 3 studies exploring how pollution and heat affect the brain and heart…

Health Getting to the root of teen distracted driving Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer July 29, 2025 3 min read 7 in 10 young people use cellphones while behind the…

Illustration by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Health Going to bed earlier may help you hit fitness goals New study finds link between sleep curfew, higher levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity Alvin…