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Why Handwashing Matters More Than You Think

2026-08-23T22:35:00+00:00

Handwashing does more than remove visible dirt. Proper hand hygiene helps interrupt pathways through which harmful microorganisms can spread.

#health, #wellbeing, #who, #germs, #publichealth, #handwashing, #handhygiene, #infectionprevention, #hygiene, #soapandwater, #diseaseprevention, #unicef, #supereducational

Your Body Loses Water Even While Breathing

2026-08-21T21:50:00+00:00

You don't need to be sweating to lose water. Your body continuously loses fluid through breathing, urination and other normal processes, which is why hydration is about replacing losses rather than chasing a universal number.

#health, #wellbeing, #healthfitness, #humanbody, #dehydration, #hydration, #water, #exercise, #nutrition, #wellness, #healtheducation, #fluidbalance, #drinkingwater, #bodyfunctions, #heatsafety, #supereducational

How Loud Is Too Loud? Safe Listening Times Explained

2026-08-20T16:05:00+00:00

Your hearing risk depends on more than volume. Learn why safe listening time falls sharply as sound levels rise and what you can do to protect your ears.

#health, #mentalhealth, #hearingloss, #hearinghealth, #safelistening, #noiseinducedhearingloss, #tinnitus, #earhealth, #decibels, #headphones, #hearingprotection, #humanbody, #healtheducation, #loudnoise, #supereducational

Why Sleep Is an Important Part of Learning

2026-08-19T19:51:00+00:00

Sleep is not simply downtime between study sessions. Research suggests it plays an important role in memory consolidation while sleep loss can interfere with attention and learning.

#childprotection, #health, #tips, #sleep, #students, #learning, #memory, #memoryconsolidation, #studytips, #neuroscience, #sleepdeprivation, #remsleep, #nremsleep, #productivity, #brainhealth, #supereducational

How to fix U.S. healthcare? ‘Radical action,’ says John McDonough.

2026-08-18T20:47:19+00:00

How to fix U.S. healthcare? ‘Radical action,’ says John McDonough. Chan School expert links soaring costs to broader policy shifts in ‘America’s Wrong Turn’...

#health, #healthcare, #history, #faculty, #supereducational

Why Is U.S. Healthcare So Expensive? John McDonough Says the Answer Goes Back Decades

2026-08-18T20:47:00+00:00

Why does the United States spend so much more on healthcare than other wealthy countries? Harvard professor John McDonough traces part of the answer to decades of policy change, consolidation and growing commercial influence.

#health, #healthinsurance, #healthcare, #history, #faculty, #ushealthcare, #healthcarecosts, #healthcarereform, #johnmcdonough, #healthpolicy, #hospitalconsolidation, #privateequity, #healthcarespending, #medicaldebt, #publichealth, #healthcareeconomics, #supereducational

Screening newborns for cancer risk

2026-08-18T14:42:49+00:00

Screening newborns for cancer risk Blood samples routinely collected at birth could be used for genetic testing, potentially helping 1,000 children a year, st...

#health, #cancer, #healthcare, #research, #genetics, #supereducational

For women in menopause, ‘not all healthy diets are equal’

2026-08-11T21:01:38+00:00

Tong Xia.Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer For women in menopause, ‘not all healthy diets are equal’ Study comparing 11 eating patterns finds two clea...

#health, #womenshealth, #research, #healthcare, #foodandnutrition, #supereducational

‘Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.’

2026-08-10T16:45:31+00:00

Photo by Antonia Prescott ‘Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.’ Total keto or veganism? Daniel Lieberman considers how, why humans evolved to eat it all...

#health, #healthcare, #faculty, #books, #microbiome, #supereducational

Total keto or veganism? Daniel Lieberman considers how humans evolved to eat.

2026-08-10T16:45:31+00:00

Photo by Antonia Prescott Total keto or veganism? Daniel Lieberman considers how humans evolved to eat. Excerpt from evolutionary biologist’s new book ‘Fed...

#health, #healthcare, #faculty, #books, #microbiome, #supereducational

Part grueling race, part field study

2026-08-04T14:42:12+00:00

George Usmanov traverses Wyoming’s Great Divide Basin. Photo by Chad Ament Part grueling race, part field study Max Larkin Harvard Staff Writer Au...

#health, #brain, #healthcare, #inequality, #hearthealth, #supereducational

AI use surging for mental health help among young people

2026-08-03T19:16:06+00:00

AI use surging for mental health help among young people Hao Yu. File photo by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Alvin Powell Harvard Staff...

#health, #mentalhealth, #psychology, #healthcare, #familyrelationships, #qa, #research, #ai, #supereducational

Coffee refill? Go for it, says American Heart Association, with note of caution.

2026-07-29T19:50:26+00:00

Coffee refill? Go for it, says American Heart Association, with note of caution. Co-author of new guidance explains how many cups a day are safe — possibly ev...

#health, #research, #hearthealth, #foodnutrition, #microbiome, #supereducational

The best medicine may be free

2026-07-28T17:49:15+00:00

The best medicine may be free Forest therapy guide explains what a daily dose of nature does for the body Rebecca Coleman Harvard Staff Writer July...

#health, #brain, #mentalhealth, #sleep, #hearthealth, #supereducational

Almost everyone she knew growing up were laborers. Now she researches inactivity.

2026-07-27T19:20:51+00:00

Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Almost everyone she knew growing up were laborers. Now she researches inactivity. Epidemiologist I-Min Lee has publi...

#health, #exercise, #aging, #research, #faculty, #hearthealth, #supereducational

Is your cholesterol too high based on latest guidelines?

2026-07-21T18:59:52+00:00

Is your cholesterol too high based on latest guidelines? Study flags elevated LDL levels of 1 in 3 Americans without history of heart disease as major miss fo...

#health, #healthcare, #research, #hearthealth, #supereducational

Why you should care about first new FDA-approved sunscreen ingredient in 20 years

2026-07-20T13:55:10+00:00

FDA has approved the first new sunscreen ingredient in 20 years HMS dermatology professor Hillary Tsibris explains why you should care Alvin Powell Har...

#health, #cancer, #business, #europe, #qa, #supereducational

A genetic window on ‘All of Us’

2026-07-14T18:06:51+00:00

A genetic window on ‘All of Us’ Max Larkin Harvard Staff Writer July 14, 2026 8 min read Broad Institute researcher details U.S. biobank’s val...

#health, #qa, #research, #healthcare, #genetics, #supereducational

She studies cell lineage in the eye. Now she’s leaving research lineage of her own.

2026-07-13T19:19:24+00:00

She studies cell lineage in the eye. Now she’s leaving research lineage of her own. Award-winning biologist Connie Cepko, who advanced work on vision-threate...

#health, #research, #researchpowersprogress, #supereducational

NFL players 4 times more likely to die of brain disease, study finds

2026-07-08T20:23:21+00:00

NFL players 4 times more likely to die of brain disease, study finds Despite living longer overall, neurodegenerative mortality risk dramatically elevated...

#health, #brain, #research, #sports, #supereducational

Losing sleep is bad for individuals. Communities, too?

2026-07-08T19:52:59+00:00

Tony Cunningham.Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Losing sleep is bad for individuals. Communities, too? Researchers look to fill knowledge gap, push...

#health, #sleep, #research, #supereducational

Think ‘Shark Tank,’ without the teeth

2026-07-07T19:22:16+00:00

Think ‘Shark Tank,’ without the teeth Jeffrey Smith. Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Jacob Sweet Harvard Staff Writer July 7, 2026 5 min...

#health, #business, #healthcare, #supereducational

Tracing evolution of vaccine for cancer, malaria

2026-07-07T18:48:54+00:00

F. Stephen Hodi, Ed Doherty, David Mooney, and Jerome Ritz.Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer; Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Tracing evolutio...

#health, #cancer, #healthcare, #research, #vacccines, #supereducational

Sunlight is not your enemy

2026-07-06T16:36:17+00:00

Rowan Jacobsen.Photo by Chris Hartlove Sunlight is not your enemy Health benefits outweigh the risks for most of us, according to new book Samantha Lai...

#health, #cancer, #mentalhealth, #healthcare, #qa, #research, #books, #supereducational

It’s good to break a sweat, but don’t sweat the details

2026-06-23T17:21:46+00:00

It’s good to break a sweat, but don’t sweat the details ‘What’s important is the total amount of human movement.’ Alvin Powell Harvard Staff Writer...

#health, #exercise, #aging, #research, #hearthealth, #supereducational

Finding ways to ‘drug the undruggable’ diseases

2026-06-22T16:47:45+00:00

Greg Verdine. Finding ways to ‘drug the undruggable’ diseases Greg Verdine, a force behind pancreatic cancer progress, learned from a devastating family acc...

#health, #cancer, #healthcare, #research, #supereducational

A clearer picture of drinking and disease

2026-06-17T19:27:43+00:00

A clearer picture of drinking and disease New study attempts to reconcile conflicting findings on benefits vs. risks Samantha Laine Perfas Harvard Staf...

#health, #cancer, #qa, #research, #addiction, #hearthealth, #supereducational

Brain gives up secrets in research targeting mental illness

2026-06-10T16:12:43+00:00

Samantha Baldi and Joseph Taylor.Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Brain gives up secrets in research targeting mental illness Sy Boles Harvard...

#health, #brain, #mentalhealth, #psychology, #research, #supereducational

Read before running

2026-06-09T19:12:07+00:00

Read before running New to the sport or just rusty? Doc offers tips on avoiding all-too-common injuries. Sy Boles Harvard Staff Writer June 9, 2026...

#health, #exercise, #qa, #supereducational

How loneliness became major public health issue

2026-06-03T21:06:05+00:00

Trey Leveque (clockwise from top left), Liz Schwartz (moderator), Olivia Field, Tracey Crouch, and Alex Smith speak during the webinar. Stephanie Mitchell/Harva...

#health, #mentalhealth, #familyrelationships, #research, #supereducational

Predicting cancer outcomes with a selfie

2026-05-22T22:08:00+00:00

Researchers using artificial intelligence to plumb links between biological age and cancer outcomes have linked both looking younger than your chronological age and appearing to age slower during treatment to improved survival.

#science, #health, #cancer, #aging, #research, #ai, #healthcare, #findings, #supereducational

10 Cognitive Activities for Toddlers that Boost their Memory

2025-09-04T12:05:00+00:00

Cognitive development for children focuses on a child’s development in terms of information processing, conceptual resources, perceptual skill, language learnin...

#parenting, #health, #cognitiveactivities, #toddlers, #play, #game, #cognitivedevelopment, #childmemory, #supereducational

Pure Drinking Water at Home: The Benefits of a Modern Water Filtration System

2025-07-05T09:21:00+00:00

Water is undoubtedly our most important commodity. We consume it every day, prepare meals with it, and use it for countless purposes in our everyday lives. What...

#health, #wellbeing, #waterfiltrationsystem, #reverseosmosis, #drinkingwaterquality, #waterpurification, #healthbenefits, #environmentalprotection, #convenience, #supereducational

10 facts about breast milk and breastfeeding

2023-08-02T21:01:00+00:00

Only about 40 percent of all babies under the age of six months are exclusively breastfed worldwide. This is the result of a UN study. Breast milk acts like a f...

#parenting, #childprotection, #healthyeating, #health, #breastmilk, #supereducational

Sugar molecule in breast milk is important for baby's brain

2023-08-02T20:47:35+00:00

The sugar molecule Myo-inositol found in breast milk could be essential for the baby's brain development, according to a study. The finding could help to improv...

#parenting, #science, #healthyeating, #health, #breastfeeding, #myoinositol, #supereducational

Hearing aids could prevent dementia

2023-04-14T20:29:29+00:00

If your hearing is getting worse, a hearing aid can help. But not only the ears benefit: According to a new study, the hearing aid could also prevent dementia.I...

#science, #health, #dementia, #hearingaid, #hearingloss, #aging, #supereducational

How To Grow Your Hair Faster: An Expert Guide

2023-02-03T23:28:43+00:00

From nourishing the lengths you have to boost hair growth from within, here's how it's done.Waiting for your hair to grow can feel like a never-ending task. We...

#skinhaircare, #health, #hairgrowth, #supereducational

4 Reasons Why Itchy Armpits

2023-02-01T20:40:00+00:00

Itchy armpits can be maddening â and pretty uncomfortable in public. What are the causes and how to counteract them?Sweaty armpits can be uncomfortable. But w...

#lifestyle, #skinhaircare, #health, #psoriasis, #pregnancy, #symptoms, #armpit, #itching, #supereducational

The 11 ‘silent’ cancer symptoms that can creep up and must never be ignored

2023-01-30T21:21:57+00:00

HALF of us will get cancer at some stage and it is a disease that affects every family.In the last few days broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen, 82, has announced s...

#health, #womenshealth, #cancer, #breastcancer, #exercise, #fitnessandexercise, #lungcancer, #bowelcancer, #prostatecancer, #supereducational

The cancer symptom that can mask itself as heartburn – and 5 other signs to watch for

2023-01-30T07:39:17+00:00

EVER felt like your chest was burning up?Well, chances are you've experienced heartburn.In some cases heartburn can be a sign of ovarian cancerCredit: Getty - C...

#health, #womenshealth, #cancer, #ovariancancer, #medicine, #tesco, #medicalhealth, #diseasesandconditions, #healthyliving, #symptom, #woman, #ovarian, #sign, #stomachache, #heartburn, #indigestion, #irritablebowelsyndrome, #nationalhealthservice, #supereducational

Is your diet to blame for agonizing period pains – and which foods can ease them?

2023-01-29T12:27:22+00:00

FROM debilitating cramps to crippling spasms, millions of British women are forced to put up with a plethora of period-related pains every month.As standard pai...

#healthyeating, #health, #womenshealth, #pregnancy, #sex, #medicine, #reproductivehealth, #medicalhealth, #diseasesandconditions, #healthyliving, #supereducational

Four in 10 women say they suffer from bladder leaks and have to plan their day around toilet stops

2023-01-29T12:08:01+00:00

FOUR in 10 women admit to suffering from bladder leaks â and have to plan their day around toilet stops and wardrobe changes.And a massive 83 percent of those...

#healthandfitness, #health, #womenshealth, #medicine, #menopause, #medicalhealth, #diseasesandconditions, #injuries, #endocrineandmetabolicdiseases, #bladder, #supereducational

From Strep A to blocked noses, Dr Zoe Williams answers your health questions

2023-01-02T23:48:07+00:00

Dr Zoe Williams answers some common questions sent in by readers AT the start of a new year, it’s natural to think about what we can change, what we can quit an...

#health, #newshealth, #thesunnewspaper, #womenshealth, #menshealth, #supereducational

Flu crisis triggers shortage of Night Nurse and Lemsip remedies

2023-01-02T23:09:07+00:00

THE flu crisis has triggered a shortage of popular remedies Night Nurse and Lemsip.The medicine cabinet essentials are in short supply across pharmacies and sup...

#health, #newshealth, #coronavirus, #nhs, #thesunnewspaper, #fluaussieflu, #exclusives, #supereducational

COPY OF From worries about a bloated stomach to pinched nerves in your neck, Dr Zoe Williams answers your health questions

2023-01-02T22:05:33+00:00

IN the run-up to New Year’s Eve, some supermarkets and pharmacies still have reduced hours, so act now to make sure your medicine cabinet is in good shape.It’s...

#health, #newshealth, #thesunnewspaper, #womenshealth, #menshealth, #cancerdisease, #supereducational

Return of face masks as health chiefs tell sick people to cover up or stay at home to curb soaring infections

2023-01-02T21:01:38+00:00

HEALTH chiefs have told sick Brits to start wearing face masks while out and about or to stay at home.The new advice is a bid to curb soaring infections as flu...

#health, #newshealth, #supereducational

As Martina Navratilova is diagnosed with throat and breast cancer – the 14 signs you need to know

2023-01-02T16:42:08+00:00

TENNIS star Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with two forms of cancer.The 66-year-old said the ‘double whammy’ was serious but fixable.The tennis star’s s...

#health, #newshealth, #tennis, #breastcancer, #womenshealth, #uk, #cancerdisease, #supereducational

Critical incident declared amid ‘unprecedented’ number of patients needing hospital treatment

2023-01-02T14:25:35+00:00

A CRITICAL incident has been declared in Wales as hospitals struggle to deal with unprecedented demand.It comes as a number of hospitals across the country appe...

#health, #coronavirus, #nhs, #wales, #supereducational

Urgent warning to parents amid rise in Covid, flu and scarlet fever – all the signs you must know

2023-01-02T13:03:13+00:00

PARENTS have been urged to be on the lookout for winter illnesses as kids return back to school this week.Cases of Covid and the flu are circulating in high lev...

#health, #newshealth, #coronavirus, #uk, #motherhood, #childhooddiseasesandillnesses, #strepa, #supereducational

Brits waiting up to four days in A&E as winter crisis bites the NHS

2023-01-02T12:14:54+00:00

PATIENTS wait up to four days in A&E instead of the target four hours because of the NHS crisis, health chiefs warn.Top doctors are calling for “urgent action”;...

#health, #newshealth, #coronavirus, #nhs, #uk, #nhscrisis, #supereducational