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Editor’s Note: One Small Thing is a new series to help you take a simple step toward a healthy, impactful goal. Try this one thing and you’ll be heading in
Health Sports betting worries grow as wagers skyrocket Experts see rise in gambling problems, possible wider cultural fallout Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer January 6, 2026 5 min read Americans
As you add more ultraprocessed foods to your diet, your risk of a premature death from any cause rises, according to a new meta-analysis of research involving more than 240,000
Health How smoking divides America Ellen Meara. Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Alvin Powell Harvard Staff Writer February 2, 2026 5 min read Mapping the midlife effects of a lethal habit
Just because you say you don’t have a favorite child, doesn’t mean everyone around you can’t tell whom you like best. Take the episode of “The Crown” in which Prince
Health It’s time to get more comfortable with talking about dying Palliative care physicians offer advice for end-of-life conversations between patients, loved ones Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer February 3,
American adults say sticker shock at the grocery store is making it harder for them to have a healthy diet, according to a nationally representative survey of adults by the
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May I recommend … hangin’ out in coffee shops Coffee shops may not save the world, but with every frothy cappuccino sip and crumbly blueberry muffin, they are doing more
Eric Pierce using a NovaSeq 6000 machine in the lab. Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Health Turns out inherited eye diseases aren’t a sure thing Study finds only fraction of those






