Wellness Guide
Crackers are past date on box. Should I toss them?
In July, a new labeling law took effect in California to make clear the dates when foods have merely passed their prime and when they would…
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Which diet is right for you? Wrong question.
Humans didn’t evolve to shop for food that has been collected, packaged with nutritional information, and arranged by category in brightly lit supermarkets. In fact, we…
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More evidence that mass shootings are suicidal acts
Research suggests that most mass shootings are at their core suicidal acts, and new findings linking gun violence, suicide, and seasonality add support to that theory.…
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Has pancreatic cancer met its match?
Last month, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug for one of the deadliest cancers, lending new hope to patients whose treatment options had…
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Does having a bad dream make you a bad person?
Part of the Wondering series A series of random questions answered by Harvard experts. Deirdre Leigh Barrett is a dream researcher and a Harvard Medical School…
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How did her sister become so sick so fast?
A series focused on the personal side of Harvard research and teaching. Joan Brugge was on track to graduate from Northwestern University in a few years…
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Is your parenting style working?
Parents are spending twice as much time with their children as they did 50 years ago, according to some estimates. For the increasing numbers of people…
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Heart attack, stroke — and hip fractures
The hip joint is a well-known point of failure in the human body, especially as we age. It’s no wonder the problem is familiar: In the…
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Living longer, disease-free
Getting old is inevitable. But getting sick as we get old is not. That was the message of the first annual Healthy Aging Symposium, hosted by…
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How can a book make you cry?
How can words make us laugh? Make us cry? During Nobel laureate Karl Deisseroth’s time at the College, the question went from a matter of literature…