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Health Nature offers novel approach to oral wound care Slug’s sticky mucus inspiration behind adhesive hydrogel that can seal wounds in wet environment Heather Denny HSDM Communications December 18, 2024…

Health Time for a rethink of colonoscopy guidelines? Mingyang Song. Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Alvin Powell Harvard Staff Writer December 17, 2024 3 min read Change informed by new findings…

Health The deadly habit we can’t quite kick Vaughan Rees. Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Alvin Powell Harvard Staff Writer December 13, 2024 7 min read Actions by tobacco companies worry…

Health Should pharmacists be moral gatekeepers? ‘The problem is not opioids,’ says author of ‘Policing Patients’ — it’s overdose, pain Samantha Laine Perfas Harvard Staff Writer December 16, 2024 8…

Health Why do gliomas tend to recur in the brain? Researchers revealed which neurons in a mouse brain, shown in red, connect to a human glioma, shown in green. Image:…

Health Probe the gut, protect the brain? Illustrations by Judy Blomquist/Harvard Staff Alvin Powell Harvard Staff Writer December 5, 2024 long read In fight against Parkinson’s and other disorders, two-way…

Health Why be kind? You might live longer. Illustrations by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff December 5, 2024 1 min read Take our research-based quiz on biological benefits of being good Technically,…

Health Score another point for the plants Study finds 1:2 ratio of plant to animal protein lowers risk of heart disease Maya Brownstein Harvard Chan School Communications December 2, 2024…

Health How HIV research has reshaped modern medicine  Colorized transmission electron micrograph of an HIV-1 virus particle (yellow/gold) budding from an infected cell. Credit: NIAID/NIH Shafaq Zia HMS Communications November…

Health Use of new diet drugs likely to mushroom Study estimates over half of Americans eligible to take them based on diagoses, underscoring need to ensure equity of access. BIDMC…