Month: August 2025

Health Dr. Robot will see you now? Pierre E. Dupont holds a transcatheter valve repair device with a motorized catheter drive system, replacing the traditional manual handle.Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer

Health Brain implants that don’t leave scars Axoft’s flexible brain implant. Axoft Inc. Kirsten Mabry Harvard Office of Technology Development August 14, 2025 6 min read Harvard startup is developing a

Health Keeping kids safe in extreme heat Experts outline threats to childhood development, school challenges, play-time risks Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer August 12, 2025 4 min read With heat

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Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Health ‘Hopeful message’ on brain disease Researcher Sanjula Singh has looked at stroke, dementia, late-life depression for years, finds lifestyle changes make big difference Jacob Sweet

Health A setback to research that offered hope for fibrous dysplasia patients Halt to federal funding disrupts study of rare skeletal disease Heather Denny HSDM Communications August 7, 2025 3

Antonella Zanobetti.Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Health Is dirty air driving up dementia rates? Federal funding cuts halt 3 studies exploring how pollution and heat affect the brain and heart Liz

Health Getting to the root of teen distracted driving Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer July 29, 2025 3 min read 7 in 10 young people use cellphones while behind the

Illustration by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Health Going to bed earlier may help you hit fitness goals New study finds link between sleep curfew, higher levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity Alvin

Health Overlooked climate-change danger: Wildfire smoke Max Larkin Harvard Staff Writer July 21, 2025 7 min read Researchers rush to get hands around multiple serious health risks as blazes mount