Headache or sore all over after bad night’s sleep?
Sleep loss heightens pain; pain can cause sleep loss. But why one begets the other has been largely clouded in uncertainty — until now.
Caitlin McDermott-Murphy
• harvard
Nov. 28, 2023 • ~7 min
Nov. 28, 2023 • ~7 min
After decades of improvement, cardiovascular health rates on worrying path
Researchers, CDC report trend is stagnating — and for middle-aged, even declining.
Jacqueline Mitchell
• harvard
Nov. 27, 2023 • ~3 min
Nov. 27, 2023 • ~3 min
‘It’s much more harmful than we thought, and its mortality burden has been seriously underestimated’
Researchers found that between 1999 and 2020, 460,000 deaths were attributable to fine particulate air pollutants emitted by coal-fired power plants (coal PM2.5); 10 of these plants each contributed at least 5,000 deaths.
Maya Brownstein
• harvard
Nov. 23, 2023 • ~6 min
Nov. 23, 2023 • ~6 min
Uncovering the culprit behind the itch
Harvard scientists show for the first time that a common microbe can cause itch by activating nerve cells in the skin. They may also have a solution to the problem.
Ekaterina Pesheva
• harvard
Nov. 22, 2023 • ~9 min
Nov. 22, 2023 • ~9 min
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