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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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Women rarely die from heart problems, right? Ask Paula.
Health Women rarely die from heart problems, right? Ask Paula. New book traces how medical establishment’s sexism, focus on men...
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When will patients see personalized cancer vaccines?
Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Health When will patients see personalized cancer vaccines? Sooner than you may think, says researcher who...
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A molecular ‘warhead’ against disease
Cristina Woo (center) in her lab with study co-authors Nandini Vallavoju (from left), Wenqing Xu, Ralph Mazitschek, and Connor Payne....
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Asking the internet about birth control
Health Asking the internet about birth control Takeaway from review of thousands of tweets: More experts, please. Kira Sampson BWH...
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‘Harvard Thinking’: Facing death with dignity
Health ‘Harvard Thinking’: Facing death with dignity In podcast episode, a chaplain, a bioethicist, and a doctor talk about end-of-life...
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Novel teamwork, promising results for glioblastoma treatment
Members of the Mass General Cancer Center team Elizabeth Gerstner, (from left), William Curry, Marcela Maus, Bryan Choi, Kathleen Gallagher,...
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Study of 4.3M pregnant women clarifies safety of antiseizure meds
Health Study of 4.3M pregnant women clarifies safety of antiseizure meds Using 20 years of data, prenatal exposure to topiramate...
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