Related stories – Chronic Disease Prevention

Stories related to chronic disease prevention from sources outside of the Harvard Public Health Magazine – including Harvard Magazine, the Harvard Gazette, The Boston Globe, and The New York Times:

• Women generally have same heart disease symptoms as men (MedPage Today, April 12, 2013)
• Researchers uncover 74 new genetic risk factors for breast, prostate and ovarian cancer (HSPH Feature, April 11, 2013)
• Harvard events highlight benefits of Mediterranean diet (Harvard Gazette, April 10, 2013)
• Eating too much salt led to nearly 2.3 million heart-related deaths worldwide in 2010 (CTV and CBS News, March 22, 2013)
• Roughly 180,000 deaths worldwide linked to sugary drink consumption (USA Today, March 20, 2013)
• Poor suffer disproportionately from cancer (Harvard Gazette and HSPH Feature, March 19, 2013)
• How racism is bad for our bodies (The Atlantic, March 12, 2013)
• New York’s sugary drink ban struck down (WBUR, March 12, 2013)
• HSPH program fills training gap for nutrition researchers in India (HSPH Feature, March 11, 2013)
• Panelists examine effects of stress on health at Forum talk (HSPH Feature, March 8, 2013)
• Crash course in healthy cooking aims to help docs better help their patients (HSPH Feature, March 1, 2013)
• Study finds Mediterranean diet reduces heart disease risk (New York Times and Boston Globe, February 28, 2013)
• Does being overweight really reduce mortality? (February 22, 2013)
• HSPH researchers support petition calling for limits on added sugars in beverages (Los Angeles Times and Boston Globe, February 14, 2013)
• Carotenoids may delay or prevent onset of Lou Gehrig’s disease (CBS News, January 31, 2013)
• Growing ‘weight extremes’ among women in developing world (PLOS Medicine, January 25, 2013)
• Obesity studies generate debate on impact of weight, sugar on health (British Medical Journal, USA Today, and JAMA, January 18, 2013)
• Berries may lower women’s heart attack risk (CBS News and NPR, January 15, 2013)
• HSPH experts help U.S. News rank top diets (U.S. News and World Report, January 11, 2013)
• Does a little excess weight help you live longer? (NPR Morning Edition and JAMA, January 2, 2013)
• Coffee: Drink up, but watch the cream and sugar (The Atlantic and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, November 30, 2012)
• Symposium Explores Cancer Stem Cells and Tumor Metabolism (HSPH Feature, November 16, 2012)
• Can Soda With Fiber Fight Fat? (HSPH’s Walter Willett and Lilian Cheung comment on soda with added dietary fiber for Time.com, November 15, 2012)
• Author Discusses Transformative Battle with Breast Cancer at Book Launch (HSPH Feature, November 6, 2012)
• Fish Oil Doesn’t Prevent Irregular Heartbeat in Cardiac Surgery Patients (US News & World Report, November 5, 2012, quoting HSPH’s Dariush Mozaffarian)
• Aspirin May Lengthen Life for Colorectal Cancer Patients with Certain Gene Mutation (HealthDay, October 24, 2012)
• Diets of Low-Income Adults in Federal Food Program SNAP Need Improvement (HSPH Feature, October 9, 2012)
• Closing the Cancer Divide (HSPH Feature, October 2, 2012)
• Seven Tips for Losing Weight — Without Dieting (Huffington Post, September 25, 2012, written by HSPH’s Lilian Cheung)
• Speaker Says Epidemiology Got Its Start Centuries Ago (HSPH Feature, September 24, 2012)
• Replacing Juice with Water, Fruits, and Vegetables in Afterschool Programs Cuts Calories (HSPH Feature, September 17, 2012)
• Does Mammography Screening Save Lives? (HSPH Feature, September 13, 2012)
• Fish Oil Supplements and Heart Health  (NBC Nightly News, September 12, 2012)
• Researchers Identify 43 Top Health-Improving Strategies, From Better Playgrounds to Higher Tobacco Taxes (Circulation, August 20, 2012)
• Blood Type Linked to Heart Disease Risk (American Heart Association press release and CBS News coverage, August 14, 2012)
• The Best Diet? One You Can Follow (HSPH Feature, August 13, 2012)
• HIV-infected Patients at Higher Risk of Metabolic Syndrome (Reuters Health, August 7, 2012)
• Chef in School Kitchens Helps Students Eat Healthier (Boston.com and WGBH radio, July 17 and 18, 2012)
• Combatting Obesity with Mindful Eating (Huffington Post, July 13, 2012)
• HSPH Students Lead High-Profile Diabetes Screening in a Chicago School (HSPH Feature, July 12, 2012)
• HSPH Researchers Uncover How a Key Inflammatory Pathway is Regulated (HSPH Feature, July 2, 2012)
• Coffee Appears To Protect Against Heart Failure, Skin Cancer(The Atlantic and ABCNews.com, July 2 and June 29, 2012)
• Education Levels Linked to Hypertension in African Americans (MSN Health, June 16, 2012)
• Taxing Soda Could Help Curb Obesity Epidemic, says HSPH Expert (WBUR show Radio Boston, June 11, 2012)
• Selenium-Rich Diet May Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk (Reuters, June 8, 2012)
• Chef in School Kitchen Boosts Healthy Eating (HSPH Feature, June 7, 2012)
• Replacing One Daily Sugary Beverage With Water May Lower Women’s Diabetes Risk (Reuters, May 31, 2012)
• Personalized Medicine Still a Long Way Away, Says Cutter Lecture Speaker (HSPH Feature, May 31, 2012)
• Jamie Oliver Receives 2012 Healthy Cup Award (HSPH Feature, May 23, 2012)
• New Research Explores Role of Genetics in Smoking and Lung Cancer (HSPH Feature, May 15, 2012)
• HSPH Healthy Pyramid Helps Guide Offerings at Google’s Cafés (Los Angeles Times, May 11, 2012)
• TREC Center at HSPH Tackles Obesity, Cancer Prevention (HSPH Feature, May 10, 2012)
• High-fructose corn syrup or table sugar: For better health, avoid too much of either (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 30, 2012)
• Professor teaches health care professionals to be healthy eating role models (The New York Times, April 10, 2012)
• Foods, drinks with flavonoids may reduce risk of Parkinson’s disease (U.S. News & World Report, April 4, 2012)
• Cancer patients at increased risk for suicide, cardiac deaths (ABC News and MSNBC, April 4, 2012)
• Benefits of fish outweigh potential risk for individuals who are not pregnant (The Washington Post, April 2, 2012)
• Two studies look at eating patterns and risk of type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer risk (March 2012)
• Global health focus transitions to the elderly, chronic disease (Harvard Gazette, March 27, 2012)
• Moderate drinking may help men live longer after heart attackDaily sugar-sweetened drink may increase heart attack risk for men (WebMD and CBS News, March 12, 2012)
• Harvard Gazette highlights groundbreaking HSPH research linking diet, overweight, and diabetes (Harvard Gazette, March 7, 2012)
• Working healthy snacks into after-school programs (HSPH Feature, February 22, 2012)
• Bring lessons from the “AIDS Decade” to fight against global epidemic of noncommunicable diseases(HSPH Feature, February 22, 2012)
• Hispanics born abroad face lower stroke risk than US-born Hispanics and Whites (Reuters Health,February 21, 2012)
• Most cancers strike men, but reasons are enigmatic (HSPH Feature, February 9, 2012)
• Omega-3s tied to lower risk of irregular heartbeat (Reuters, January 26, 2102)
• Confused about carbs? HSPH expert offers tips (Chicago Tribune, January 25, 2012)
• Red meat linked to higher stroke risk (Reuters, January 11, 2012)
• Recent bereavement greatly increases heart attack risk (Time and the BBC, January 10, 2012)
• Use anti-smoking tactics to combat obesity (Voice of America, January 7, 2012)
• Can brown rice slow the spread of type 2 diabetes? (HSPH Feature, January 3, 2012)
• Harnessing the power of crowds for cancer prevention (The New York Times, December 8, 2011)
• Expert panel releases report on environmental links to breast cancer (Bloomberg News, December 7, 2011)
• Depression in nursing home workers linked to work-family stress (HSPH Feature, December 5, 2011)
• Nutrition news: USDA’s ‘MyPlate’ doesn’t go far enough (WBUR show “Radio Boston,” November 30, 2011)
• Coffee may reduce women’s risk of endometrial cancer (Time Magazine and USA Today, November, 22, 2011)
• Nutrition News: Widely studied Mediterranean diet linked to good health (Los Angeles Times, November 21, 2011)
• In developing nations, the rich get heavier while the poor stay thin (Reuters, November 2, 2011)
• Mounting evidence links Epstein-Barr virus, multiple sclerosis (HSPH Feature, October 9, 2011)
• Energized, global effort needed to target noncommunicable diseases (HSPH Feature, October 17, 2011)
• Hairdressers may be first to spot skin cancer (Health Day, October 7, 2011)
• Vigorous exercise boosts vitamin D while lowering heart risk (USA Today, October 4, 2011)
• Study raises questions about ‘double malnutrition’ theory (HSPH Feature, September 28, 2011)
• Researchers shed light on what triggers tumors in lung cancer (HSPH release, September 27, 2011)
• Drinking coffee may decrease depression risk in women (New York Times, September 26, 2011)
• Lowered “time-price” of food to blame for rising obesity, says HSPH prevention expert (HSPH Feature, August 2011)
• Take it to heart: positive emotions may be good for health (HSPH Feature, August 2011)
• Stress does not increase risk of getting MS, study finds (USA Today, May 30)
• Study blames 2,200 deaths on traffic emissions (USA Today, May 25, 2011)
• HSPH’s Connolly fighting worldwide tobacco spread (Harvard Gazette, May 12, 2011)
• New insight into obesity and metabolic disorders (Focus, May 6, 2011)
• Rapid population growth poses daunting challenges for Africa (New York Times, May 4, 2011)
• Curbing tobacco use in the developing world (The Harvard Crimson, April 13, 2011)
• Study finds coffee craving may be in the genes (UPI, April 8, 2011)
• HSPH’s Walter Willett endorses sugary drinks ban on Boston city property (WHDH-Boston, April 7, 2011)
• Health risks from estrogen pills fade after women stop taking them (The New York Times, April 6, 2011)
• Overweight adults who fail to recognize excess pounds less likely to eat healthy and be active (Duke University press release, March 2011)
• Experts debate the proper dose of Vitamin D at HSPH Forum (Harvard Gazette, March 30, 2011)
• Efforts by HSPH Dean Julio Frenk and colleagues to fight cancer in the developing world highlighted inScience magazine special issue (March 25 issue)
• Experts at HSPH Forum debate effectiveness of mammograms for breast cancer screening (Harvard Gazette, March 9, 2011)
• New understanding of cell movement could spark new cancer treatment research (The Harvard Crimson, March 4, 2011)
• Traffic and air pollution most significant triggers of heart attacks worldwide (The Boston Globe, February 28, 2011)
• HSPH’s Connolly passionate about curbing smoking worldwide (coverage in Harvard Magazine, March/April)
• Eating berries may protect against Parkinson’s disease (coverage on Fox.com, February 15, 2011)
• New findings that young men also benefit from HPV vaccine my warrant reconsideration of vaccination guidelines, HSPH researcher says (The New England Journal of Medicine, February 3, 2011)
• HSPH Dean Julio Frenk, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon call for action to address chronic disease in developing countries (World Economic Forum, January 27, 2011)
• Time to stop talking about low-fat, say HSPH nutrition experts (World of Healthy Flavors Conference in Napa, CA, January 19 – 21, 2011)
• Lowering medical costs by providing better care (NPR, January 19, 2011)
• Hospitals treating high number of heart failure patients see better outcomes than low-volume hospitals, but at higher cost for care (Reuters, January 18, 2011)
• HSPH alum explores role of stress in heart health disparities (Boston Globe, December 27, 2010)
• Nutrition News: The good and bad of carbohydrates (Los Angeles Times, December 20, 2010)
• HSPH researchers seek to understand Africa’s chronic diseases (coverage from the Harvard Gazette, December 16, 2010, featuring HSPH’s Hans-Olav Adami and Michelle Holmes)
• Health is key component of global agenda, says HSPH Dean Frenk coverage from (The Huffington Post, December 10, 2010)
• Turner, Frenk discuss global health challenges at Forum launch (coverage of the launch of The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health with Ted Turner and Dean Julio Frenk)
• Rebuilding the food pyramid for 2010 (December 8, 2010, featuring HSPH’s Walter Willett)
• Diabetes and depression are a “two-way street,” study finds (CNNHealth, November 22, 2010)
• Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, internationally recognized metabolic disease expert, receives diabetes research award (Columbia University Medical Center, November 20, 2010)
• Fructose-rich beverages and risk of gout in women (Journal of the American Medical Association online, November 10, 2010)
• Nutrition news: The role of diet in type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer (Télématin Santé on the France 2 network, November 1, 2 and 3, 2010)
• Nutrition news: Few Americans eat all of their fruits and vegetables (NPR’s Talk of the Nation, October 8, 2010)
• Nature paper on inflammation and metabolic disorders cited by Essential Scientific Indicators (ScienceWatch.com, October 2010)
• Expansion of cancer care and control in countries of low and middle income: A call to action (Lancet, October 2, 2010)
• Mediterranean diet tied to lower breast cancer risk (Reuters, August 3, 2010)
• Tips for healthy living: Vitamin D (CNN, June 23, 2010)