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‘Heads, brains, skin and bones’: Everything we know about the Harvard Medical School body parts seller

Reverred institution’s veteran morgue manager Cecil Lodge accused of stealing human remains and selling them online to black market collectors

The Independent UK

Harvard morgue manager ‘sold body parts and human skin that was made into leather’

Paypal memo of one transaction read ‘head number 7’ as medical school deans call accusations ‘an abhorrent betrayal’

The Independent UK

Harvard Medical School morgue manager accused of stealing and selling donated body parts

Cedric Lodge was indicted with several others over what prosecutors said was a nationwide scheme.

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Harvard Medical School morgue manager, 4 others indicted in theft, sale of human remains

A former manager at the Harvard Medical School morgue, his wife and three other people have been indicted in the theft and sale of human body parts

The Independent UK

Former manager of Harvard morgue charged with trafficking human remains

BOSTON — A former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue has been charged with alleged trafficking of human remains.

Boston Herald

Morgue bosses 'stole and sold human BODY PARTS' in horror Harvard Medical School scheme

Harvard Medical School's morgue bossCedric Lodge is accused of letting people pick which human body parts they wanted to buy before stealing brains, skin and bones from donated cadavers to ship to them in the mail from his home

Daily Mirror

This Cutting-Edge Gene Therapy Could Revolutionize Birth Control — But It's Not for Humans

A new gene therapy that modifies the production of a hormone in cats could make spaying wild cats far easier.

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Pet psychologist discovers what dogs dream about, but warns never to wake them

Dr Deirdre Barrett, a clinical and evolutionary psychologist at Harvard Medical School, claims dogs experience similar dreams to humans and their owners likely feature in them

Daily Mirror

Stress is making your biological age older than it actually is. Recovering could make you younger again

New study shows correlation between stressful stimuli and aging.

Fortune

Communication in brain changes during dieting: Study

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research and Harvard Medical School have now shown in mice that communication in the brain changes during a diet: The nerve cells that mediate the feeling of hunger receive stronger signals, so that the mice eat significantly more after the diet and…

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The Digital Wellness Lab aims to mediate between TikTok and parents

The Digital Wellness Lab is trying to address concerns about kids' social media use.

Axios

Virtual or in person: Which kind of doctor’s visit is better, and when it matters

When the COVID-19 pandemic swept the country in early 2020 and emptied doctors’ offices nationwide, telemedicine was suddenly thrust into the spotlight. Patients and their physicians turned to virtual visits by video or phone rather than risk meeting face-to-face.

Tribune News Service

Getting good sleep could add years to your life, study suggests

The findings indicate simply getting enough sleep is not good enough, and that the quality of sleep has an important role to play, researchers say.

The Independent UK

The downfall of higher education rankings

Top schools are increasingly boycotting the U.S. News and World report ranking system.

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Microchips That Merge Brain With Machines Appear Safe: Study

These data suggest a favorable risk/benefit ratio. The post Microchips that merge brain with machines appear safe.

The Independent UK

Scientists make new discovery about reversing the ageing process

Researchers look at DNA of lab mice and ultimately reverse ageing process

The New Daily

Hangover cures to get you through the aftermath of ‘silly season’ festivities

While there is no definitive way to get rid of a hangover, there are a few tried and tested methods to at least help you get through the day.

Los Angeles Times

Experimental decoy drug tricks coronavirus, then destroys it

The coronavirus has been a shifty foe, with new variants and subvariants rapidly evolving to evade vaccines and treatments. Researchers at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are working on an experimental drug that takes one of the virus’ most dangerous traits — its talent for mutation — and turns it back…

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Dynamite News

Reduced Nicotine Cigarettes Make Anxious Smokers Smoke Less

According to Penn State College of Medicine and Harvard Medical School researchers, reducing the quantity of nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels may help smokers with mood or anxiety issues quit without harming their mental health. Read on for details:

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This ain’t your grandpa’s weed

As marijuana products get stronger, experts and policy-makers grapple with safety and health questions

The Independent UK

Millennial Money: Learn — don’t run — from your inner critic

Most people have an inner critic that sometimes judges their actions and behaviors, including those related to money

Al Jazeera

The tiny murder scenes of forensic scientist Frances Glessner Lee

Lee was a diorama-maker, criminal investigation educator and the first female police captain in the US.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: I am California’s acting surgeon general. And I have bipolar disorder

In 2011 I was a third-year medical student at Harvard Medical School. I was on my psychiatry rotation — and I had a secret.

The Guardian - US

‘You are not being heard’: the devastating black maternal mortality crisis in the US

Aftershock, a grimly revealing new documentary, focuses on grieving families in a system that endangers women of colour

Dynamite News

Study: Feeling of detachment after trauma has worse impact on mental health

The presence of dissociation, a profound sense of detachment from one's sense of self or surroundings may indicate a high risk of developing severe post-traumatic stress disorder. Read further on Dynamite News:

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