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Illustrations by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Health How much sleep do you need? And what you can do to get it...

Ding Liu (right), a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of Catherine Dulac (left). Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Health Food, water...

Health Older adults at highest risk for suicide, yet have fewest resources Study highlights imbalance in targets of online suicide...

Kinvard Bio co-founder Ben Tresco inspects a colony of drug-resistant bacteria. Health Harvard startup creating a new class of antibiotics...

Health A dietary swap that could lengthen your life? Study finds replacing butter with plant-based oils cuts premature death risk...

Health Eating citrus may lower depression risk Physician-researcher outlines gut-brain clues behind ‘orange a day’ finding Saima Sidik Harvard Correspondent...

Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Health Primary care has money problems. This might help. Physician-researcher sees promise in five-year ‘prospective payment’...

Health Big step toward targeted molecular therapies for cancer Brian Liau. Photos by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Yahya Chaudhry Harvard...

Health Cancer claims are everywhere. Which to trust? Illustrations by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Sy Boles Harvard Staff Writer February 11,...

Rebecca Weintraub Brendel, director of Harvard Medical School’s Center for Bioethics. Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Health It’s inoperable cancer. Should...