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Health Big step toward targeted molecular therapies for cancer Brian Liau. Photos by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Yahya Chaudhry Harvard Correspondent February 12, 2025 5 min read Researchers develop innovative…

Health Cancer claims are everywhere. Which to trust? Illustrations by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Sy Boles Harvard Staff Writer February 11, 2025 1 min read Our research-based quiz can help There…

Health The lie that taints perfectionism ‘How to Be Enough’ author on the difference between admiration and acceptance, the power of ‘2 percent kinder,’ and why values should come before…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…