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Will miscarriage care remain available?
April 18, 2024When you first learned the facts about pregnancy — from a parent, perhaps, or a friend — you probably didn’t learn that up to one in three ends in a…
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Can AI answer medical questions better than your doctor?
April 15, 2024Last year, headlines describing a study about artificial intelligence (AI) were eye-catching, to say the least: ChatGPT Rated as Better Than Real Doctors for Empathy, Advice The AI will see…
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Why play? Early games build bonds and brain
April 2, 2024Want your child to grow up healthy, happy, smart, capable, and resilient? Play with them. Infants and toddlers thrive on playful games that change as they grow. Why does play…
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Co-regulation: Helping children and teens navigate big emotions
March 3, 2024When preschoolers are melting down or teens are slamming doors, parents face two difficult tasks: keeping themselves composed and supporting their kids’ ability to self-soothe while building skills to handle…
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A muscle-building obsession in boys: What to know and do
February 20, 2024By the time boys are 8 or 10, they’re steeped in Marvel action heroes with bulging, oversized muscles and rock-hard abs. By adolescence, they’re deluged with social media streams of…
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How do trees and green spaces enhance our health?
January 30, 2024Trees enhance life in a multitude of ways. They combat climate change by reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. They muffle sound pollution and reduce air pollution, drawing in carbon…
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What? Another medical form to fill out?
January 11, 2024You’re in a doctor’s office with a clipboard and a pile of medical forms on your lap. For the umpteenth time, you must now jot down your medical history —…
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Moving from couch to 5K
November 17, 2023Need a little motivation and structure to ramp up your walking routine? Want to wake up your workouts but not quite ready for a mud run? Consider trying a couch-to-5K…
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How — and why — to fit more fiber and fermented food into your meals
November 11, 2023An F may mean failure in school, but the letter earns high marks in your diet. The two biggest dietary Fs — fiber and fermented foods — are top priorities…
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Harvard Health Ad Watch: New drug, old song, clever tagline
October 28, 2023It’s not often that a new drug comes along that could help nearly a quarter of the adult population. But when it does, you can bet you’ll see ads for…