Harvard School of Public Health

• Dean's Distinguished Lecture speaker says design public health initiatives with users in mind (HSPH feature)
• Funding knowledge gaps, increasing patient involvement top comparative effectiveness research agenda (Kaiser Health News)
• Prof. John Briscoe tackles water problems around the world (Harvard Magazine)
• La Niña weather patterns linked to flu pandemics (Toronto Star)
• Red meat linked to higher stroke risk (Reuters)
• Lifelong effects of early childhood adversity and toxic stress (New York Times)
• Recent bereavement may increase heart attack risk (Time, BBC)
• North Carolina task force, headed by HSPH alumna, recommends compensation for sterilization victims (Associated Press)
• Use anti-smoking tactics to improve American diet, combat obesity (Voice of America)
• Survey: Public view of comparative effectiveness research and health care cost-cutting (HSPH release)
• E-cigarette health risks; declines in Greek smoking rates (Reuters Health, SETimes)
• Nan Laird, Robert Blendon, Sarah Fortune appointed to named professorships (HSPH feature)
• Dean Julio Frenk featured in story on family planning in Mexico
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• Many uninsured in Mass. likely eligible for public health insurance programs (CommonHealth)
• Coffee may reduce women's risk of endometrial cancer (Time Magazine)
• Why no Vermont-style health system transformation in Massachusetts? (Boston.com)
• Indian Health Service director and HSPH alumna Yvette Roubideaux on challenges of doing more with less (HSPH feature)
• Harnessing the power of crowds for cancer prevention (New York Times)
• HSPH Center promotes health, safety in the workplace (HSPH feature)
• All foods not equal: Factors linked to long-term weight gain (WUNC Radio)
• Cutter Lecture: Health care expert says now is the time to focus on prevention (HSPH feature)
• Conference addresses quantitative challenges of using complex genomic data in medical research (HSPH feature)
• In memorium: Mary Ellen Avery, pioneer in medicine and public health (HSPH feature)
• Expert panel releases report on environmental links to breast cancer (Bloomberg News)
• Preventing auto-pedestrian crashes (HSPH feature)
• William Hsiao helps Vermont reform its health care system (Harvard Crimson)
• Depression in nursing home workers linked to work-family stress (HSPH feature)
• USDA's MyPlate doesn't go far enough (WBUR/Radio Boston)
• David Hemenway honored for violence prevention work (Harvard Crimson)
• Harvard ministerial leadership in health program launches (HSPH feature)
• Why the Mediterranean diet is good for health (Los Angeles Times)
• Novel malaria research wins Gates funding (HSPH feature)
• Treating trauma patients in Libya, advancing health care in Nepal; HSPH alumni share experiences (The Takeaway)
• Patient safety expert on adverse events in healthcare (Boston.com)
• How media affect youth (Harvard Magazine)
• HSPH research on benefits of treating AIDS patients cited by Sec. of State Clinton
• Alumnus Nathan Wolfe hunts for the next pandemic (PBS Newshour)
• Building trust and collaboration in health care (HSPH feature)
• Mounting evidence links Epstein-Barr virus, multiple sclerosis (HSPH feature)
• Prof. John McDonough launches "Health Stew," new blog for Boston.com
• HSPH researchers contribute five papers to Health Affairs issue on community development and health
• Poll: Majority of Americans favor more government spending on health services (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/HSPH)
• Three HSPH faculty honored for research achievements (HSPH feature)
• In developing nations, rich get heavier, poor stay thin (Reuters)
• Tackling the U.S. obesity epidemic (New England Journal of Medicine)
• HHS official stresses importance of public health work (HSPH feature)
• Health care in China: progress made, more needed (New York Times)
• Much can be done to ease cancer burden in developing nations (Lancet)
• Ensuring universal health insurance a moral issue (Boston Globe)
• Why civilian war deaths need our attention (HSPH feature)
• Greenhouse gases and the threat to public health (HSPH feature)
• Policy makers should prepare for major uncertainties with Medicaid expansion (HSPH release)
• Prof. Walter Willett discusses "Could Vitamins Do More Harm Than Good?" (NPR, On Point)
• Poll: More than three-fourths of Mass. residents see health care costs as serious problem (Boston Globe, WBUR)
• Harvard TREC Center, NCI-funded research center focused on relationship between obesity and cancer, launches new website
• Hairdressers, barbers could play role in detecting skin cancer (HealthDay, NPR)
• UN Population Fund director says population growth demands response (Harvard Gazette)
• Mother's trans fat consumption linked to baby's size (Reuters)
• Three HSPH faculty elected to Institute of Medicine (HSPH news)
• Energized, global effort needed to combat noncommunicable diseases (HSPH feature)
• "Do we shrink as we grow older?" HSPH alum pens book on middle-aged health issues (HSPH feature)
• HSPH partners with Mass. on childhood obesity prevention in New Bedford, Fitchburg (Boston Globe)
• Researchers shed light on how tobacco use leads to lung cancer tumors (HSPH feature)
• A neurosurgeon, MPH degree in hand, returns to Louisiana focused on public health (HSPH feature)
• International symposium in Boston targets drug resistance (HSPH feature)
• Surgery common among elderly Medicare patients at end of life (New York Times)
• So-called "worst" hospitals treat twice as many elderly, poor, minority patients as "best" hospitals (U.S. News & World Report)
• Vigorous exercise linked to higher vitamin D levels, lower heart disease risk (USA Today)
• Pioneering research by HSPH's Goldie on cost-effectiveness of inexpensive cervical cancer treatment cited (Harvard Magazine)
• Minimizing the risk of infections at the gym (Boston Globe)
• In memorium: Dade Moeller, former Chair, HSPH Department of Environmental Health Sciences
• Dean Frenk inducted into Academy of Arts and Sciences (HSPH feature)
• Wages decrease as employers pay more for health care (Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel)
• Should health professionals have coaches? (New Yorker)
• Poll: Pre-retirees may underestimate health, financial challenges of retirement (HSPH/NPR/RWJF release)
• Dean Frenk steps up efforts to keep global health issues center stage (HSPH feature)
• Drinking coffee may decrease risk of depression in women (New York Times)
• Health advocate urges countries to move prevention to top of health care agenda (HSPH feature)
• Eating fish may lower stroke risk (Reuters)
• HSPH faculty Kane, Miller, Gelber, Hide receive awards (HSPH feature)
• Low-income countries committed to improving health of mothers, children (Guardian)
• Electronic health records, other technologies, critical to providing patient "medical homes" (HSPH feature)
• Pursuing risk factors for chronic fatigue syndrome (Wall St. Journal)
• Healthy Eating Plate launched (HSPH release)
• HSPH researchers call Florida gun law unconstitutional (HSPH feature)
• Student team documents health conditions on isolated Idjwi island (Initiative for Idjwi)
• Daily drink for middle-aged women may promote health in later years (PLoS Medicine)
• VA hospital patients readmitted at similar rates as private hospitals (Washington Post)
• City of Boston launches ad campaign to curb consumption of sugary drinks (Boston Globe)
• Journal special series celebrates 50 years of universal health coverage in Japan (Lancet)
• Vitamin A supplement programs improve child survival (BBC)
• U.S. must focus health resources on high-value care to control health spending (Bloomberg, NPR)
• New computer model system shown effective in toxicology testing (Environmental Health Perspectives)
• Check out the latest news from the HSPH AIDS Initiative (HAI Spotlight)
• Lowered "time-price" of food to blame for rising obesity (HSPH Hot Topics series)
• Pinpointing health risk factors is tricky business (Harvard Magazine)
• Malaria resurgence in Senegal raises concerns (NPR)
• Population explosion demands thoughtful response (CNN)
• Protecting children from adversity key to healthy development (HSPH Hot Topics series)
• Positive emotions may be good for health (HSPH Hot Topics series)
• Depression linked to stroke risk in women (Huffington Post)
• School obesity-prevention program may reduce medical costs (Boston Globe)
• Foods helpful in preventing weight gain (NPR)
• Heart disease: A little exercise goes a long way (HealthDay)
• World population to surpass 7 billion in 2011 (HSPH release)
• World Health Organization needs 'major reform,' says HSPH's Barry Bloom (HSPH feature)
  
• Where you live can affect your health (HSPH feature)
• Stiffer air pollution regulations crucial, HSPH's Schwartz tells congressional committee (HSPH feature)
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• Video: Atul Gawande interviews doctor trying to lower health care costs in Camden, N.J. (PBS Frontline)
• HSPH researchers honored at national epidemiology conference (HSPH feature)
• Secondhand smoke may cause mental health problems in children (Huffington Post)
• International survey: Most respondents would seek early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (HSPH/Alzheimer Europe release)
• Fawzi, Williams appointed HSPH department chairs (HSPH feature)
• Mediterraneans abandoning their famous diet (NPR)
• Hold the salt, pass the potassium (Reuters)
• Night shift work may raise women's diabetes risk (U.S. News & World Report)
• Mass graves documented in Sudan (Satellite Sentinel Project)
• Evidence of autism risk factors at birth elusive (Reuters)
• Indonesian prime minister discusses challenges of implementing health reform (HSPH feature)
• Healthy lifestyle may lower risk of sudden cardiac death among women (Reuters)
• Report finds dramatic increases in US obesity rates (Bloomberg)
• Satisfaction with daily life may protect against heart disease (European Society of Cardiology release)
• Inequalities in consumer health spending essential in controlling Mass. health care costs (WBUR's CommonHealth)
• Patient safety experts call for shorter resident physician shifts (Reuters)
• Smoking may increase risk of prostate cancer recurrence, death (HSPH release)
• Costly noncommunicable diseases on rise in developing world (New York Times)
• Prolonged TV-viewing linked with increased risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, premature death (HSPH release)
• HSPH alum freed from Iranian prison thanks supporters (Boston Globe)
• Energy-efficient buildings can be hazardous to health (Institute of Medicine)
• Boys who bully may grow up to abuse women (USA Today)
• Poll: Support for Mass. landmark health reform law rises in 2011 (HSPH release)
• HSPH alumna/professor celebrates 60-year connection to Harvard
• Stress not linked to increased risk of multiple sclerosis (Neurology)
• Emissions from traffic congestion may shorten lives (USA Today)
• Selective abortion of girls appears common throughout India (Lancet)
• Leadership crucial for U.S. emergency preparedness (Washington Post)
• New HSPH building wins environmental award (HSPH feature)
• HSPH researcher Mike Wolfson participated in the Freedom Ride, which fought segregation in 1961 (PBS, "American Experience")
• Students, researchers display study findings at 25th annual Poster & Exhibit Day (HSPH feature)
• Atul Gawande wins National Magazine Award for New Yorker article on end-of-life care (HSPH feature)
• Heat waves tied to climate change could increase urban deaths (HSPH feature)
• Rapid population growth poses daunting challenges for Africa (New York Times)
• Electronic health records, other technologies discussed at 3rd annual Public Health and Technology Conference (HSPH feature)
• Yerby diversity lecture highlights lack of access to medical care, health insurance among urban youth of color (HSPH feature)
• Video: Expert panel discusses business models for delivery of medical technologies in developing countries
• Stress plays key role in racial disparities in health (HSPH feature)
• Study finds early treatment may delay onset of AIDS (Annals of Internal Medicine)
• Report: Protein, calories may help lessen effect of traumatic brain injury (Institute of Medicine)
• Video: Former U.S. Senate aide on pushing healthcare decisions through Congress
• Women's height declining in many low-income countries (HSPH feature)
• Dean Julio Frenk elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Harvard Gazette)
• Diet soda may not boost type 2 diabetes risk (Reuters)
• Poll: Americans believe quality of U.S. health care average at best (HSPH/RWJF press release)
• Panel addresses smoking in developing world (Harvard Crimson)
• Report recommends new UN Population Fund head focus on sexual and reproductive health (Center for Global Development)
• South African health minister describes plan to stem tide of HIV/AIDS (HSPH feature)
• Boston to phase out sugary drinks on city property
• Health risks from estrogen pills fade after women stop taking them (JAMA)
• National Public Health Week 2011 focuses on injury prevention (HSPH feature)
• 10 reasons for optimism about health reform legislation (Kaiser Health News)
• New report outlines ways aid workers can use technology during humanitarian emergencies (Harvard Humanitarian Initiative)
• Public officials convene for disaster leadership workshop (HSPH feature)
• Concept of "demographic dividend," pioneered by Prof. David Bloom and colleagues, included as one of Time's "10 ideas that will change the world"
• Overweight adults who do not recognize excess pounds less likely to eat healthy, be active
• Prof. Nancy Krieger authors new book tracing history of--and debates over--epidemiologic theories (HSPH feature)
• WHO's Flavia Bustreo inspires students to join fight for women's and children's health (HSPH feature)
• Risk to U.S. from Japan radiation low, expert says
• Panelists discuss response to Japan disasters at HSPH Forum event
• Conference addresses burden of non-communicable diseases of world's poorest billion (HSPH feature)
• Dean Frenk on health reform lessons from Mexico (Harvard Business Review)
• New understanding of cell migration may have implications for cancer treatment research (Harvard Crimson)
• Economic growth in India not associated with reduction in child undernutrition (PLoS Medicine)
• Prof. John McDonough on President Obama’s support for legislation to give states more flexibility to implement health reform (Kaiser Health News)
• Asking patients to pay more for health care may not reduce costs (Robert Wood Johnson report)
• Mass. Governor Deval Patrick releases new health care payment reform proposal (CommonHealth)
• Ibuprofen may reduce risk of developing Parkinson's disease (HSPH release)
• Traffic, air pollution most significant triggers of heart attacks (Lancet)
• Prof. Gregory Connolly aims to curb smoking in the U.S. and abroad (Harvard Magazine)
• Little historical evidence to support cutting global health aid during recessions (HSPH release)
• Poll: Whites without college degrees pessimistic about economy’s future (The Washington Post)
• Podcast: Repealing health care reform law would damage potential to address racial and ethnic health inequalities (Conversations in Public Health)
• Eating berries may protect against Parkinson's disease (Foxnews.com)
• Time to stop talking about low-fat, say HSPH nutrition experts
• Aging light fixtures in New York City schools may be leaking PCBs (Wall St. Journal)
• Moderate alcohol intake may decrease men's risk for type 2 diabetes (HSPH feature)
• Biking on cycle tracks safer than biking on roads (Injury Prevention)
• Millions of Americans may churn in and out of health coverage under Affordable Care Act (Health Affairs)
• New findings that young men may also benefit from human papillomavirus vaccine may warrant reconsideration of vaccination guidelines (New England Journal of Medicine)
• WEBCAST: Walter Willett discusses the new USDA dietary guidelines on NPR's The Diane Rehm Show (WGBH Radio)
• Accountable care organizations offer promise for cost-savings, greater efficiency (New York Times)
• HSPH health policy experts weigh in on proposed Harvard Pilgrim, Tufts health plan merger (WBZ, Boston Globe, WBUR)
• Poll: Americans remain divided over health reform (HSPH release)
• Hsiao recommends single-payer system for Vermont (Vermont Public Radio)
• Can health care costs be lowered by providing the neediest patients with better care? (New Yorker)
• HSPH faculty, alumni reflect on recovery efforts in Haiti (Harvard Gazette)
• Former HSPH Dean Barry Bloom named AAAS Fellow (Harvard Gazette)
• President Obama calls on Americans to volunteer as mentors (Harvard Mentoring Project at HSPH)
• Arizona shooting spree casts light on gun violence in U.S. (WBUR)
• Exposure to PCBs, dioxin, appears to stunt growth in Russian boys (Reuters Health)
• Violence against mothers linked to 1.8 million female infant and child deaths in India (HSPH release)
• HSPH alum explores role of stress in heart health disparities (Boston Globe)
• Marc Lipsitch discusses challenges and lessons learned from the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic (HSPH video)
• The good and bad of carbohydrates (Los Angeles Times)
• Ethicist Daniel Wikler on health care rationing (Public Radio International)
• Study finds intensive care cost-effective for newborns in Mexico (PLoS Medicine)
• New York City deals with PCBs in schools (WNYC Radio)
• No link found between HIV and intimate partner violence among women in developing countries (PLoS One)
• Podcast: Sodium intake of U.S. adult population has not increased over time--but it's still high (Conversations on Public Health)
• Reforming Vermont's health care system won't be cheap (Vermont Public Radio)
• Some experts question utility of government food pyramid (Boston Globe)
• Scientists discover molecular "switch" that contributes to cellular aging process (HSPH release)
• Report: 20th century medical education and training will not work in the 21st century (Lancet)
• Diabetes linked to higher risk of depression and vice-versa (CNNHealth)
• Drinking alcohol in midlife appears to improve health for older women (Wall St. Journal)
• Overweight primarily a problem among wealthier women in developing countries (HSPH release)
• Killing deer not the answer to reducing Lyme disease (HSPH feature)
• Sugary beverages may increase gout risk for women (Journal of the American Medical Association)
• Institutional changes needed to accommodate longer life spans (Harvard Gazette)
• Poll: Economic downturn takes toll on health of Americans with chronic illnesses (HSPH release)
• Must cholera join other endemic diseases in Haiti? Join the discussion (HSPH Forum)
• Heavy smoking during pregnancy boosts odds of criminal activity among adult children (BBC Radio)
• Dean Julio Frenk discusses universal access to health care at mobile technology and health conference (RTTNews)
• HPV vaccine may be cost-effective way to prevent anal cancer (Lancet)
• Nanoparticles could be used to develop therapeutic agents to treat pulmonary disease, understand health effects of air pollution (Boston Globe)
• Poll analysis finds Americans have conflicting views on spending on public health system (HSPH release)
• Podcast: New study measures levels of BPA, a chemical used in consumer products, in pregnant women (Conversations in Public Health)
• HSPH key partner in program to improve medical education, research capacity in Africa (HSPH feature)
• Understanding sexual violence in the Congo (Public Radio International)
• Poll: Prospective Democratic, Republican voters hold starkly different views on new health care law (HSPH press release)
• David Bloom edits journal issue on social security and the challenge of demographic change (International Social Security Review)
• Mass. gubernatorial candidates debate health care (CommonHealth, WBUR)
• HSPH water expert says universities can help Pakistan rebuild water management system
• HSPH awarded $10.5 million grant for research on genetic risk for breast cancer
• Audio slideshow: Hilarie Cranmer talks about her experience running a field hospital in earthquake-ravaged Haiti
• Robert Wright is principal investigator for $11 million grant to HSPH to establish Superfund Research Program
• Survey: What Americans really think of government (HSPH/Kaiser/Washington Post)
• Dean Frenk joins world leaders in Millennium Development Goals Advocacy Group
• HSPH paper on inflammation and metabolic disorders widely cited
• Video: Meredith Rosenthal talks about the new health care regulations (Fox25 Boston)
• Global health leaders advocate for expanding cancer care in developing countries (Lancet)
• HSPH alum Suraya Dalil on the challenges of leading Afghanistan's public health efforts (NPR)
• Recent HSPH faculty awards and honors
• Arnold Epstein named to Board of Governors for new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
• Podcast: The need to cut health costs and slow the rate of health cost growth (Conversations in Public Health)
• HSPH hosts TEDx event tied to Millennium Development Goals
• HSPH lecturer helps lead disaster-preparedness exercise in Milwaukee (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
• Mammography screening may be less effective in reducing death rates from breast cancer than previously estimated (HSPH press release)
• PCBs in older buildings a source of concern (Fox 25, Boston)
• Mexican health care leader on improving global health systems in future (HSPH feature)
• Photo exhibit records tragic results of remote conflicts (Harvard Gazette)
• Surgical checklists can improve care and save money (press release)
• Controlling water key to preventing future disasters in Pakistan (Harvard Gazette)
• Dean Frenk letter to HSPH community: "Opportunities and the New School Year"
• Report: Healthy, educated youths key to Nigeria's future
• Cutting carbs? Replace them with proteins from plant-based foods (USA Today)
• Poll: Most Americans aware of egg recall (press release)
• Tobacco signs target poor neighborhoods (Boston Globe)
• Philosopher-author discusses the meaning of happiness in new book (NPR)
• Harvard and Australia join together to make water a priority (press release)
• Shifting protein sources away from red meats may reduce risk of heart disease in women (press release)
• Study finds Mediterranean diet may lower breast cancer risk for some women (Reuters)
• Missouri voters express displeasure with mandatory health insurance (Associated Press)
• Cranberries, marketed as a "superfruit," often used in high-sugar products (Boston Globe)
• Head lice not a reason to keep kids home from school (Time)
• Adults born in famine may have higher pre-diabetes risk (Reuters)
• Dean Julio Frenk elected to board of Commonwealth Fund (press release)
• Harvard continues to aid rebuilding efforts in Haiti (Harvard Crimson)
• Op-ed: Four misconceptions about the global HIV/AIDS epidemic (Reuters)
• Can cash payments encourage people to adopt healthier lifestyles? (Reuters)
• HSPH alum Suraya Dalil leads Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health (HSPH News)
• Report proposes new research agenda to address the pregnancy intentions of HIV-positive women (HSPH release)
• Brigham and Women's Hospital to recruit patients for gene study (Boston Globe)
• Is milk good or bad for us? The answer is unclear (LA Times)
• Movies and television linked to increased tobacco consumption in India (PLoS ONE)
• Handguns shouldn't be a household staple (Chicago Tribune)
• Walter Willett discusses the benefits of Vitamin D (CNN video)
• Sarah Fortune receives clinical scientist development award (Doris Duke Charitable Foundation)
• Emergency room visits grow in Massachusetts (Boston Globe)
• William Hsiao chosen to design new models for Vermont health care system (Times Argus)
• Early-life exposure to PCBs may reduce immune response to vaccination (Environmental Health Perspectives)
• Dean Julio Frenk joins Bill Gates, Ted Turner, others on new United Nations advocacy group formed to combat poverty (UN News)
• Massachusetts may find U.S. health care changes costly (Boston Globe)
• Frank Hu receives diabetes epidemiology award (HSPH feature)

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