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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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:…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…