‘There’s no treatment if you don’t know what you’re treating’

Experts at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School traced a baffling smooth-muscle disorder to a tiny regulatory RNA, solving a medical mystery that had plagued a teen since birth.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Nov. 14, 2023 ~17 min

U.S. men die nearly six years before women, reflecting largest gap since 1996

Analysis finds COVID-19 and “deaths of despair” behind trend that has been growing since 2010.

Victoria Colliver • harvard
Nov. 13, 2023 ~4 min


Workplace flexibility linked to lower risk of cardiovascular disease

Harvard study is among the first to assess whether changes in work environment can hold cardiometabolic risk at bay.

Maya Brownstein • harvard
Nov. 8, 2023 ~5 min

Study links starchy vegetables with weight gain

Most know sugary, refined foods are foes of a healthy waistline as we age, but potatoes? Researcher explains how findings differ from dietary guidelines.

Anna Lamb • harvard
Nov. 7, 2023 ~4 min

New study explains how exercise reduces chronic inflammation

Research in mice shows that exercise mobilizes inflammation-countering T cells, lowering levels of interferon — a key driver of chronic inflammation, inflammatory diseases, and aging.

Ekaterina Pesheva • harvard
Nov. 3, 2023 ~8 min

Other countries put lives before guns. Why can’t we?

Harvard Chan School’s David Hemenway on the rampage in Maine, how ordinary citizens should respond, and the question he hears from horrified students new to the U.S.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Oct. 27, 2023 ~7 min

How being stigmatized can harm health

Professor of Psychology Mark L. Hatzenbuehler’s course, “Stigma, Discrimination, and Health,” examines the wide-ranging problem that touches on sexuality, body weight, immigration, and poverty.

Christy DeSmith • harvard
Oct. 24, 2023 ~8 min

Heated yoga may reduce depression in adults

In a randomized controlled clinical trial, heated yoga sessions led to reduced depressive symptoms in adults with moderate-to-severe depression.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Oct. 23, 2023 ~4 min


Dermatologist removes tattoos to give former gang members fresh start

Harvard Medical School-Mass General dermatologists use lasers to remove gang, trafficking tattoos, stigmatizing and often traumatic reminders of the past.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Oct. 23, 2023 ~10 min

Men’s antidepressant use has no negative impact on IVF success

New study reveals no correlation between anxiety, regardless of antidepressant use, and IVF outcomes or live birth rate.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Oct. 20, 2023 ~4 min

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