HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Treating ills with music
From anxiety to Alzheimer's, from pain to Parkinson's
She was the only one to survive the horrible car crash that killed her parents and siblings. The teenager was inconsolable. Shipped from her home in Oregon to the East Coast to live with an uncle, she suffered from depression and thoughts of suicide.

Protecting nature religiously
The Earth is getting hotter, there's little debate remaining about that. The world is about a degree warmer than 100 years ago. Sea levels are 4 to 10 inches higher. Ten of the 20th century's warmest years occurred over the past 15, with 1998 the warmest ever.

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