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Don't fear intermittent fasting just yet

"This does not mean that time-restricted eating caused cardiovascular death," researchers said.

Salon · Apr 15, 2024

Former Harvard Medical School Employee's Wife Pleads Guilty

Denise Lodge pleads guilty to interstate transportation of stolen human body parts, raising ethical concerns and highlighting the need for oversight in med...

Top News · Apr 14, 2024

Glasses aren't just good for your eyes. They can be a boon to income, too

That's the finding of a new study in Bangladesh, which gave reading glasses to hundreds of people and then measured their earnings.

WEKU · Apr 3, 2024

Study investigates what happens in brain when daydreaming

A mouse study published in Nature has taken a team led by Harvard Medical School researchers one step closer to understanding what happens in the brain during daydreaming. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Dec 28, 2023

‘A Christmas miracle’: the Ukrainian who got his sight back after 36 years

After Serhiy Sydorenko underwent corneal surgery in Poland last year, he saw his wife, children and a much-changed world

The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2023

Ex-Harvard professor accused of impregnating patient with his own sperm

Sarah Depoian alleges renowned fertility doctor Merle Berger committed an ‘extreme violation’

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2023

Lawsuit alleges ex-Harvard Medical School professor used own sperm to secretly impregnate patient

A former professor at Harvard Medical School and founder of one of the nation's largest fertility clinics is being accused in a lawsuit of secretly impregnating a patient in 1980 after promising the sperm would come from an anonymous donor

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2023

Daydreaming could increase your brain’s neuroplasticity, a new Harvard-backed study shows. Why researchers are touting the importance of ‘quiet wakefulness’

Interested? Step one: Put down the smartphone.

Fortune · Dec 13, 2023

Trump’s aberrant behavior gets worse

Mental health experts plot out what they believe is Trump’s increasingly psychopathic behavior

Salon · Nov 29, 2023

When does life end? A father didn’t believe his daughter was dead. He says the hospital still harvested her organs

After Brittany O’Connor was declared brain dead, her father clashed with medical authorities. The battle shines a light on America’s legal definition of death – and the thousands waiting for organ donation

The Guardian - US · Nov 28, 2023