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The Heart Harvard Medicine Magazine

WEBWith A-Fib on the Rise, Researchers Work to Fine-Tune Treatments. Atrial fibrillation is an electrical malfunction. But what triggers it remains a mystery. Research. Care Delivery. …

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How Digital Technologies Are Changing Health Care

WEBHealth care is in a state of transition. Over the next few decades, the practice of medicine will become increasingly virtual, aided by digital technologies like artificial intelligence, …

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Heart-Brain Health: A Two-Way Street Harvard Medicine Magazine

WEBThe World Health Organization calls heart disease the number-one cause of death worldwide and depression the “single largest contributor to global disability.”. In the …

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Mental Health Harvard Medicine Magazine

WEBCalls for better screening, care, and treatment for perinatal depression are on the rise. Research. Education. Care Delivery. Mental Health Issue Spring 2019.

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All Articles Harvard Medicine Magazine

WEBUché Blackstock Is on a Mission to Root Out Racism in Medicine. The author of "Legacy" talks racial concordance, medical education, and her path to becoming a second …

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The Contagion of Happiness Harvard Medicine …

WEBOne of the greatest challenges in the study of happiness lies in its definition. “Happiness is a big umbrella term that can mean different things to different people,” says Nancy Etcoff, an HMS assistant professor of psychology …

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Women’s Health Affects Us All Harvard Medicine Magazine

WEBIn January 2020 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that throughout the previous decade, slightly more than 17 maternal deaths occurred per …

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The Good that Viruses Do Harvard Medicine Magazine

WEBTheir effects on cellular life run deep. Viruses cull microbes around the world in incredible numbers every day, creating sediment that sustains food chains, providing nutrients for photosynthetic marine organisms that …

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A Walk in the Woods May Boost Mental Health

WEBDrug: Time on the Richmond Bay Trail. Dose: 45 minutes. Directions: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:00 AM. Refill: Unlimited. Miller often prescribes doses of …

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Aging Harvard Medicine Magazine

WEBInflammation and Brain Health. Normally a guard against brain injury and infection, inflammation is increasingly being implicated in cognitive decline. Research. Education. Aging Issue Autumn 2021.

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The Mental Health Aspects of Menopause Harvard …

WEBVanessa Haygood Signs and signifiers. Clinicians, such as Laura Payne, an HMS assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at McLean Hospital, offer a quantitative way to understand the problem …

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Noise and Health Harvard Medicine Magazine

WEBThey’ve shown that noise pollution not only drives hearing loss, tinnitus, and hypersensitivity to sound, but can cause or exacerbate cardiovascular disease; type 2 diabetes; sleep …

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If You Build It Harvard Medicine Magazine

WEBFluttering Pulse. Seventy years ago, a strong economy, coupled with the practice of requiring extended bed rest during recovery from illness, injury, surgery, and childbirth, …

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The Connections Between Smell, Memory, and Health

WEBBut the potential implications extend into medicine too. “Smell can instantly trigger an emotional response along with a memory, and our emotional states have a …

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The Healing Power of Storytelling Harvard Medicine Magazine

WEBSleep Issue. The Healing Power of Storytelling: Using Personal Narrative to Navigate Illness, Trauma, and Loss by Annie Brewster, MD, and Rachel Zimmerman. Annie …

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Shared Identity and the Doctor-Patient Relationship

WEBNeil Powe, MD ’81, helped pioneer this field, contributing to several early studies that looked at both race and gender concordance in health care. “We had a very sophisticated …

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How Can We Make Hospitals More Sustainable

WEBWe also affected the design of a new building, the Ragon Building. A move toward greater energy efficiency for that building led to the elimination of a gas line in the design. When …

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Uché Blackstock Is on a Mission to Root Out Racism in Medicine

WEBUché Blackstock Is on a Mission to Root Out Racism in Medicine. The author of "Legacy" talks racial concordance, medical education, and her path to becoming a second …

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Microplastics Everywhere Harvard Medicine Magazine

WEBWe encounter microplastics everywhere: from trash, dust, fabrics, cosmetics, cleaning products, rain, seafood, produce, table salt, and more. Little wonder that microplastics …

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