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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…

Health Death, destruction — and trauma — of L.A. wildfires Malibu home destroyed in the Palisades wildfire outside Los Angeles. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Alvin Powell Harvard Staff Writer January 15,…

Landon Hughes, lead author on the study. Health Gender-affirming care rare among U.S. youth, study says Fewer than 1 in 1,000 received hormones or puberty blockers Maya Brownstein Harvard Chan…

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,…