Dramatic drops in ER visits likely led to uncounted deaths
A Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center study showed dramatic drops in hospital visits for heart attacks and stroke, which likely led to uncounted deaths at home during the COVID crisis. Perhaps more troubling is the potential for long-term damage to decades’ work to catch conditions in their earliest, most treatable stages.
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Harvard medical community steps up to fight pandemic
An outpouring of volunteers and equipment from the Harvard medical community have helped a Harvard hospital testing lab meet COVID’s challenge.
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Harvard’s coronavirus vaccine efforts
Team at Harvard plans to launch a clinical trial for a potential COVID-19 vaccine in the fall.
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Harvard technology provides early boost to Mass. COVID testing
Aldatu Biosciences, a company born in Harvard’s labs and nurtured in its entrepreneurial ecosystem, helps the region ramp up COVID-19 testing.
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Collaboration ‘call to duty’ to battle a deadly global threat
Boston-area researchers are collaborating as part of an international partnership working on a response to the new coronavirus.
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Professor explores marijuana’s safe use and addiction
With legal marijuana easier to find, a Harvard professor addresses myths and progress finding answers about pot’s health impacts.
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Fewer Americans getting primary care is raising concerns
A national analysis revealed an alarming decline in primary care use, which is associated with better health outcomes than episodic, inconsistent care. The decline was most pronounced among younger Americans and those without complex medical conditions.
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Harvard researchers show how several diets can improve heart health
Researchers applied new techniques to old samples from a 2005 dietary study to show that a focus on eating healthy rather than obsessing over a single nutrient can improve heart health.
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Beth Israel researchers uncover anti-cancer drug mechanism — in broccoli
Broccoli, Brussels sprouts and other cruciferous vegetables have long been thought to be good for you, new research finds a mechanism for its cancer-fighting abilities and points the way to a new anti-cancer drug.
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Dietary link found to drug-resistant breast cancer
Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School have linked a common dietary element to breast cancer drug resistance, raising the prospect of a new way to attack a major cause of breast cancer death.
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