Rebecca Weintraub Brendel, director of Harvard Medical School’s Center for Bioethics. Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Health It’s inoperable cancer. Should AI make call about what happens next? Arrival of large-language…
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Health Different day, different diagnosis? Study finds spike in ADHD cases on Halloween, highlighting stakes of cognitive bias in medicine Clea Simon Harvard Correspondent January 31, 2025 6 min read…
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Sina Schuldt/AP photo Health Gambling problems are mushrooming. Panel says we need to act now. With recent leap in legalized sports betting and online options, public health experts outline therapeutic,…
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Credit: CDC Health One way to save lives in jails Researchers who studied healthcare in dozens of facilities link accreditation to better collaboration and treatment and fewer deaths Christina Pazzanese…
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Health The brain’s gatekeepers Differences in neuronal activation in mice with intact immune cells called regulatory T cells or Tregs (left) and depleted Tregs (right). The finding demonstrates that Tregs…
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Health How exactly does ketamine work? New research offers insight. Marc Duque Ramírez in the lab. Photos by Grace DuVal Clea Simon Harvard Correspondent January 27, 2025 4 min read…
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Health New study maps the ‘dental deserts’ in the U.S. — and there are lots of them Harvard research shows 1.7 million lack access to care Heather Denny HSDM Communications…
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Health Now that we have new ‘miracle’ diet drugs, what’s the point of exercising? Getty Images Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer January 17, 2025 6 min read Experts say weight…
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Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Health Should we be panicked about bird flu? William Hanage says not yet. But he warns that there is real cause for concern, CDC should take…
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Health Aha moment in psych class clarifies childhood mystery Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Samantha Laine Perfas Harvard Staff Writer January 15, 2025 6 min read Inspires Susan Kuo’s research probing…