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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...
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...
Photo by Antonia Prescott Total keto or veganism? Daniel Lieberman considers how humans evolved to eat. Excerpt from evolutionary biologist’s new book ‘Fed...
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...
George Usmanov traverses Wyoming’s Great Divide Basin. Photo by Chad Ament Part grueling race, part field study Max Larkin Harvard Staff Writer Au...
AI use surging for mental health help among young people Hao Yu. File photo by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Alvin Powell Harvard Staff...
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...
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...
Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Almost everyone she knew growing up were laborers. Now she researches inactivity. Epidemiologist I-Min Lee has publi...
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...
FDA has approved the first new sunscreen ingredient in 20 years HMS dermatology professor Hillary Tsibris explains why you should care Alvin Powell Har...
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...