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When teenagers seem to be experiencing conflicting emotions at the same time and struggling to make sense of them all, it may be because they are.
Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital have found a new target for researchers developing vaccines against HIV-1, the most common form of HIV worldwide.
A program that offered financial incentives to both patients and their physicians to control cholesterol could be a cost-effective intervention for patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Harvard and the University of Michigan have formed two partnerships designed to encourage economic opportunity in Detroit and to fight the national scourge of opioid addiction.
A new study finds that the college years are a time of increased risk of stressful events and a wide range of accompanying mental health challenges, including the risk of suicide.
People who gain weight after they quit smoking may face a temporary increase in the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, with the risk directly proportional to the weight gain, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
A research team believes a new kind of genome analysis called polygenic risk scoring could flag the likelihood of developing the fatal conditions before symptoms appear.
Men who most frequently wore boxers had significantly higher sperm concentrations and total sperm counts when compared with men who did not usually wear boxers, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Harvard University researchers have bioengineered a three-dimensional model of a human left heart ventricle that could be used to study diseases, test drugs and develop patient-specific treatments for heart conditions such as arrhythmia.
Harvard University researchers have developed a folding polyhedron sampler enables easy capture and release of delicate underwater organisms.