Study on opioid use disorder showed that placebo increased retention, improved sleep even when participants knew they were taking placebo

Despite vastly different health care systems, low-income patients across six different countries (U.S., Canada, UK, Netherlands, Taiwan, and Israel) have mortality rates 10 to 20% greater than their high-income peers and they are less likely to receive life-saving treatments

A new study has found male but not female babies born to women who tested positive for SARS‐CoV‐2 during pregnancy were more likely to be diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental disorder in their first 12 months

Postoperative Delirium and Cognitive Decline

Key Molecules for Bacterial Growth, Infection Identified | Harvard Medical School

New study details the step-by-step cascade that allows bacteria to exploit nerve cells in the meninges to suppress the immune response and and cause brain infection, or meningitis…

Harvard Scientists Make the Case for Female Mice in Neuroscience Research

Study finds increased risk in 12,924 young adults (20 to 44Y) for cardiovascular disease, like hypertension, diabetes, and obesity

Physically Demanding Work Tied to Higher Male Fertility

Face blindness affects more people than previously thought: new study findings indicate that as many as one in 33 people (3.08% or more than 10 million Americans) may meet the criteria for face blindness…

Study highlights how structural racism may affect brain development and psychiatric disease in Black and white children

Physically Demanding Work Tied to Male Fertility

Loss of Epigenetic Information Can Drive Aging, Restoration Can Reverse It

Improved Hospital ‘Handoffs’ Cut Adverse Events by Almost Half

Organ Donations, Transplants Increase on Days of Largest Motorcycle Rallies

Researchers have identified in mice a way that tumor cells can turn off the immune system, allowing the tumor to grow unchecked

In a first, scientists have captured on video all the steps a virus follows as it enters and infects a living cell in real time and in three dimensions, using advanced imaging called lattice light sheet microscopy

New antibody neutralizes all known SARS-CoV-2 variants in lab tests

Using a new technique known as lesion network mapping, researchers have mapped addiction remission to entire brain circuits rather than specific brain regions, pointing to new targets for treatment to treat addiction

Clues into a Sleep Mystery

Findings of a new study suggest the dreaded microbe anthrax has an unexpected beneficial potential — one of its toxins can silence multiple types of pain in animals

No, It’s Not Just You: Why time “speeds up” as we get older

Dopamine, Smartphones and You: A battle for your time

The Human Body in Space: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction

In a first, gut microbe genes linked to array of human diseases: Analyzing genetic makeup of bacteria in human gut, scientists successfully linked groups of bacterial genes to multiple diseases…

The Database of Useful Biological Numbers

A newly discovered body part changes our understanding of the brain

Obesity and cancer. High-fat diet impairs immune activity, boosts tumor growth in mice

People who survive serious COVID-19 have long-lasting immune responses against SARS-COV-2, according to a new study led by Harvard Medical School researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital

Blood type is not associated with a severe worsening of symptoms in people who have tested positive for COVID-19

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