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Different day, different diagnosis?
Health Different day, different diagnosis? Study finds spike in ADHD cases on Halloween, highlighting stakes of cognitive bias in medicine...
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Gambling problems are mushrooming. Panel says we need to act now.
Sina Schuldt/AP photo Health Gambling problems are mushrooming. Panel says we need to act now. With recent leap in legalized...
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One way to save lives in jails
Credit: CDC Health One way to save lives in jails Researchers who studied healthcare in dozens of facilities link accreditation...
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The brain’s gatekeepers
Health The brain’s gatekeepers Differences in neuronal activation in mice with intact immune cells called regulatory T cells or Tregs...
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How exactly does ketamine work? New research offers insight.
Health How exactly does ketamine work? New research offers insight. Marc Duque Ramírez in the lab. Photos by Grace DuVal...
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New study maps the ‘dental deserts’ in the U.S. — and there are lots of them
Health New study maps the ‘dental deserts’ in the U.S. — and there are lots of them Harvard research shows...
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Now that we have new ‘miracle’ diet drugs, what’s the point of exercising?
Health Now that we have new ‘miracle’ diet drugs, what’s the point of exercising? Getty Images Anna Lamb Harvard Staff...
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Death, destruction — and trauma — of L.A. wildfires
Health Death, destruction — and trauma — of L.A. wildfires Malibu home destroyed in the Palisades wildfire outside Los Angeles....
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Aha moment in psych class clarifies childhood mystery
Health Aha moment in psych class clarifies childhood mystery Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Samantha Laine Perfas Harvard Staff Writer January...
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Should we be panicked about bird flu? William Hanage says not yet.
Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Health Should we be panicked about bird flu? William Hanage says not yet. But he warns...
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