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4 days ago | health.harvard.edu | Julie Corliss

A 2025 study suggests that squeezing a week’s worth of exercise (150 minutes) into just one or two days (a “weekend warrior” pattern) is linked to the same heart benefits as daily exercise.

5 days ago | health.harvard.edu | Toni Golen

Ask the doctor July 1, 2025 By Toni Golen, MD, Editor in Chief, Harvard Women's Health Watch; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing; Contributor Share Print This Page My good friend and I have a long-established walking routine. Last week, she showed up wearing a weighted vest. What are the advantages? By increasing your body weight, rucking amps up your walking intensity.

1 week ago | health.harvard.edu | Joyce Hendley

With its bright green flesh, it looks like a vegetable — but botanically, an avocado is a fruit. And from a nutrition standpoint, it fits more into the healthy fat category: half of a medium avocado has as much fat as a tablespoon of olive oil. Indeed, avocados can defy categorizing. And they’re clearly popular: the average American eats about nine pounds of avocados per year, much of it around football season and holidays, where guacamole is a party staple.

3 weeks ago | health.harvard.edu | Christopher Cannon

Smart watches can monitor different parameters simply by measuring a person's pulse and body movements. Potentially helpful features include those to detect very low or high heart rates, irregular heart rhythms, and breathing disruptions during sleep.

3 weeks ago | health.harvard.edu | Heidi Godman

In the last few years, the prescribing rate for zolpidem (Ambien), a popular sleeping pill, has been declining in favor of the "off-label" use of an antidepressant called trazodone. But some doctors caution that trazodone hasn't been studied or approved for this use.