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Blood test has potential to detect earliest signals of Alzheimer’s disease

Health Blood test has potential to detect earliest signals of Alzheimer’s disease April 21, 2026 3 min read New study suggests higher levels of pTau217 predict a faster progression, even when
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Dangers coming from inside the house

Health Dangers coming from inside the house John Spengler. Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Alvin Powell Harvard Staff Writer April 21, 2026 5 min read John D. Spengler reflects on 50-year
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Hearing breakthrough holds up

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What to make of ‘AI psychosis’?

Health What to make of ‘AI psychosis’? ‘Until we know what the term really means, we can’t even begin to understand what’s happening.’ Sy Boles Harvard Staff Writer April 24,
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Guide to a healthy gut

Health Guide to a healthy gut Illustrations by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Sy Boles Harvard Staff Writer April 27, 2026 1 min read Test your knowledge by taking our quiz —
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Expanding the fight against heart disease

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How forgiving can improve well-being

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Are your bathroom habits normal?

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Demystifying migraine

Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Health Demystifying migraine ‘It’s not an imagined headache, and it’s not a mild condition,’ says Michael Moskowitz, Brain Prize recipient for his dogma-defying research Sy Boles
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New study links more immigrants with lower elderly mortality

Health New study links more immigrants with lower elderly mortality Researchers say among newcomers are medical, long-term care workers who are arriving amid critical U.S. shortage Alvin Powell Harvard Staff
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