1+ week, 6+ day ago   (519+ words) In mid-August, the drugmakers Moderna and Merck announced that a trial found that a cancer vaccine had successfully lowered risk of both death and metastases of melanoma, a deadly skin cancer. The vaccine, designed to be given to melanoma patients…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (565+ words) Excerpt from evolutionary biologist’s new book ‘Fed Up’ Excerpted from “Fed Up: What Evolution Reveals about Food, Diet, Health, and Eating Well” by Daniel Lieberman, the Edwin M. Lerner II Professor of Biological Sciences and Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (287+ words) Study flags elevated LDL levels of 1 in 3 Americans without history of heart disease as major miss for prevention To assess how the current U.S. population measures up against these updated treatment goals, Abohashem and his colleagues analyzed national data from approximately…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (377+ words) Health benefits outweigh the risks for most of us, according to new book The research around sun exposure is complicated, which in part has led to an oversimplification of public health messaging. Could you talk about that? Are the dangers…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (310+ words) Students working together to help a simulated ailing patient. The 22-year-old college student was in severe stomach pain and struggling to stay awake. Her care team quickly assessed her, took her medical history, and explained that they could not administer…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1514+ words) A slow snail can be a fast killer. Mandë Holford vividly recalls when she first witnessed the stunning power of venom. Holford was a chemistry graduate student studying peptides in human physiology and one day watched a video of a…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (842+ words) Trey Leveque (clockwise from top left), Liz Schwartz (moderator), Olivia Field, Tracey Crouch, and Alex Smith speak during the webinar. U.K., U.S. experts trace rise in awareness through research, political involvement, pandemic One of the first national efforts to combat loneliness as…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (420+ words) The Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR) is pleased to announce that awards have been made to five projects from the Harvard University Genomic Medicines Fund. The fund is intended to support of research involving genome editing that…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (679+ words) Gene therapy yields lasting gains for patients with inherited deafness: ‘How well it worked is really amazing.’ An experimental gene therapy for people with an inherited form of deafness led to durable hearing improvements, a new study shows, with associated…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (412+ words) A series about meanings The percentage of U.S. adults planning to abstain from alcohol for Dry January rose to 22 percent last year, up 5 percent from 2024. That coincides with a record low number of Americans reporting drinking at all. Despite those promising…...