Health & Medicine

Cutting-edge developments in biomedical research, public health, and clinical practice at Harvard’s medical institutions.

An animal’s journey from grief to love shows how much humans need each other, too.

by Lydialyle Gibson

The True Magic Pill: Why Exercise Outperforms Every Drug for Health and Longevity

From survival of the fittest to staying fit just to survive, scientists probe the benefits of exercise.

by Jonathan Shaw