Harvard University
Using precisely-targeted lasers, researchers manipulate neurons in worms' brains, take control of their behavior
In the quest to understand how the brain turns sensory input into behavior, Harvard scientists have crossed a major threshold. Using precisely-targeted lasers, researchers have been able to take over an animal's ...
Neuroscience
Sep 24, 2012 |
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For a health reform model, try Brazil
With the 2015 deadline to meet the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDG) approaching, scholars and government officials gathered at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) on Tuesday to search ...
Health
Sep 24, 2012 |
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Targeting childhood obesity early
With childhood obesity now affecting 17 percent of American children, the nation is rallying around the concept that serious action is required. In 2010, President Barack Obama established the first Task ...
Overweight and Obesity
Sep 19, 2012 |
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When it comes to understanding fairness, young children get it
Most parents like to believe that their children are more intelligent and insightful than the average person realizes. When it comes to concepts of fairness, they might be right, according to Harvard researchers.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 14, 2012 |
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After 9/11, ongoing health issues and missed opportunities
The legacy of the 9/11 attacks in 2001 goes beyond the resultant war on terror and continued fighting in Afghanistan to include lies about public health threats at the time, ongoing health problems today, ...
Health
Sep 11, 2012 |
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Bringing the psych lab online
The Internet has already fundamentally changed the way that people communicate, shop, and even date, but now it is poised to revolutionize psychological studies by enabling researchers to quickly and easily ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 03, 2012 |
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Tapping the body to fight disease
Biju Parekkadan saw his future in the plight of a newborn thousands of miles away.
Medical research
Sep 03, 2012 |
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Mathematical model helps design efficient multi-drug therapies
For years, doctors treating those with HIV have recognized a relationship between how faithfully patients take the drugs they prescribe, and how likely the virus is to develop drug resistance. More recently, research has ...
Medical research
Sep 02, 2012 |
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A story that doesn't hold up: Research casts doubt on key aspect of dissociative identity disorder
It’s one of the most common plot twists in Hollywood — caught red-handed, the murderer claims to suffer from multiple personality disorder, says he has no memory of the crime, and points the finger ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 20, 2012 |
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Making sense of memory
It happens to all of us: We think we learned of the Sept. 11 attacks from a radio report, when, in fact, the news came from a co-worker; we’re sure the robber running from the bank was tall, when actually ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 17, 2012 |
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New method for predicting effects of drug ‘cocktails’ should reduce adverse reactions
Harvard researchers say they have discovered a new approach that could “drastically simplify” the process of designing drug cocktails to battle everything from bacterial infection to cancer and ...
Medications
Aug 13, 2012 |
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Estrogen and female anxiety: Study suggests lower levels can lead to more mood disorders
Some women’s vulnerability to anxiety and mood disorders may be explained by their estrogen levels, according to new research by Harvard and Emory University neuroscientists presented in this month’s ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 10, 2012 |
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Alcohol abuse after weight loss surgery?
A small group of scientists gathered last week at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study to share ideas about a medical mystery: the increasing evidence that some types of weight loss surgery affect not ...
Addiction
Jul 31, 2012 |
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A fresh look at mental illness: Researcher points toward a new way to classify disorders
Ask Assistant Professor of Psychology Joshua Buckholtz to explain his research into mental disorders, and he’ll likely start with a question that’s got more to do with basic medicine: When is the ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 31, 2012 |
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Researcher finds the use of traditional, natural medicines offer economic benefits
For millions of people around the world being sick doesn't mean making a trip to the local pharmacy for medicines like Advil and Nyquil. Instead it means turning to the forest to provide a pharmacopeia of medicines to treat ...
Medications
Jul 30, 2012 |
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