Health & Medicine


How to Reform Healthcare

104 Harvard thought leaders outline medicine’s unmet needs.

by Olivia Farrar

Can New Drugs Help Millions of Americans with Obesity?

How GLP-1s like Ozempic will impact the future of healthcare

by Olivia Farrar

The Goodness of Being Together

Why social interactions are as vital as food and water

by Erin O'Donnell

In Search of the Social Microbiome

The microbiome may be socially exchanged, modulating both health and metabolism.

by Ann Thomas

The Medical Civil Rights Act

Harvard affiliates seek a statutory right to emergency care for persons interacting with law enforcement officers.

by Jack R. Trapanick

Teaching Nutrition in Medical Education

Will Harvard Medical School return nutrition instruction to pre-eminence?

by Jack R. Trapanick

Loneliness—Bad for Body and Mind

Harvard study finds link between loneliness and increased risk of stroke among older adults.

by Jack R. Trapanick

“Big, Fat, and Sick” Institutions—Can Digital Healthcare Help?

Harvard physicians on the future of medicine

by Olivia Farrar

How Schizophrenia Resembles the Aging Brain

The search for schizophrenia’s biological basis reveals an unexpected link to cellular changes seen in aging brains.

by Ann Thomas

Redefining Obesity

For obesity patients, improved treatments and a nuanced understanding of the disease may lead to better health.

by Chris Berdik

Academia’s Absence from Homelessness

“The lack of dedicated research funding in this area is a major, major problem.”

by Lydialyle Gibson