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Cancer risk, wine preference, and your genes
Molly Przeworski. Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Health Cancer risk, wine preference, and your genes Biologist separates reality of science from...
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How old is too old to run?
Health How old is too old to run? No such thing, specialist says — but when your body is trying...
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America’s graying. We need to change the way we think about age.
Andrew Scott (from left), Marisol Amaya, Caitlin Coyle, and Ashwin Vasan discuss changing attitudes toward aging with moderator Kay Lazar....
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How to realize immense promise of gene editing
Health How to realize immense promise of gene editing Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna at Harvard Medical School. Photos by Niles...
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Exercise cuts heart disease risk in part by lowering stress, study finds
Health Exercise cuts heart disease risk in part by lowering stress, study finds Benefits nearly double for people with depression...
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How to untangle ethics of psychedelics for therapeutic care
Charles M. Stang (from left), Christine Hauskeller, Mason Marks, and Roman Palitsky. Photos by Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Health How...
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‘Harvard Thinking’: Forgiving what you can’t forget
Illustration by Hendrik Dahl/Ikon Images Health ‘Harvard Thinking’: Forgiving what you can’t forget Wronged and can’t move on? In podcast,...
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Can we talk?
Health Can we talk? Conversation makes a big difference in study of isolated older people Tracy Hampton MGH Communications April...
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Alcohol is dangerous. So is ‘alcoholic.’
Health Alcohol is dangerous. So is ‘alcoholic.’ Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer April 30, 2024 5 min read Researcher explains...
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Gene-editing treatment could replace cholesterol meds
A recent trial of a novel gene-editing technique that lowered dangerously high cholesterol by up to 55 percent has generated...
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