Health

Economist who studies technological change looks at public-private research partnership amid rising questions on federal funding

In talk on new book, Carl Zimmer theorizes key researcher’s discoveries were undercut by his personality

Psychologist who studied ‘medical gaslighting’ explains how caseload pressures contribute to the problem and when we should call it something else

Study finds replacing butter with plant-based oils cuts premature death risk by 17 percent

Stem cell therapy safely restores cornea’s surface in clinical trial

Cardiovascular disease remains nation’s top cause of death, but patients seem too casual about prevention, experts say

And what you can do to get it

Health professionals view social contact as basic human need. Now researchers have tracked neurological basis for it.

Study highlights imbalance in targets of online suicide prevention efforts

Compounds show promise against drug-resistant infections, diseases

Physician-researcher outlines gut-brain clues behind ‘orange a day’ finding

Physician-researcher sees promise in five-year ‘prospective payment’ experiment

Researchers develop innovative approaches to understand, target, disrupt uncontrollable growth of disease

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Arrival of large-language models sparking discussion of how use of technology may be broadened in patient care, and what it means to be human

‘How to Be Enough’ author on the difference between admiration and acceptance, the power of ‘2 percent kinder,’ and why values should come before rules

Study finds spike in ADHD cases on Halloween, highlighting stakes of cognitive bias in medicine

With recent leap in legalized sports betting and online options, public health experts outline therapeutic, legislative strategies  

Researchers who studied healthcare in dozens of facilities link accreditation to better collaboration and treatment and fewer deaths

HMS research IDs special class of cells that safeguard immunity and memory, and may one day treat neurodegenerative disease

Anesthetic growing in popularity as game-changing therapy for severe, treatment-resistant depression

Harvard research shows 1.7 million lack access to care

Experts say weight loss isn’t at top of list of health, longevity gains that come from activities like walking, hitting gym

Psychiatric epidemiologist discusses mental health toll from displacement and loss, the path forward for victims

Inspires Susan Kuo’s research probing role of genetics in schizophrenia, autism

But he warns that there is real cause for concern, CDC should take much closer look

Fewer than 1 in 1,000 transgender youth receive hormones or puberty blockers

Slug’s sticky mucus inspiration behind adhesive hydrogel that can seal wounds in wet environment

Change informed by new findings would help specialists focus on those most at risk, researcher says

‘The problem is not opioids,’ says author of ‘Policing Patients’ — it’s overdose, pain