HSPH in the News Archives
2012
Wanted: 100,000 nurses for next generation of landmark study
February 29, 2012
Researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) are recruiting 100,000 nurses to expand the landmark Nurses’ Health Study. Female…
Enhanced water "unequivocally harmful to health," says HSPH nutrition expert
February 28, 2012
Bottled water enhanced with vitamins—and loaded with sugar—gets low marks from Walter Willett, chair of the Department of Nutrition at…
More drugs being approved for rare diseases in kids
February 28, 2012
A Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) health policy expert says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should more…
Health care reform will change individual health insurance, but won’t destroy insurance companies
February 26, 2012
In his February 26, 2012, Health Stew blog on Boston.com, HSPH’s John McDonough, professor of the practice of public health…
Prolonged childhood stress takes toll on developing brains that can last a lifetime
February 25, 2012
“Stress wears the body down,” HSPH Prof. Jack P. Shonkoff, director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard,…
Most Americans support reducing nicotine levels in cigarettes to stop children from taking up smoking
February 20, 2012
A vast majority of U.S. adults support reducing nicotine in cigarettes to below nonaddictive levels if it means fewer children and…
Savor every bite with mindful eating
February 7, 2012
Eating more slowly and relishing each bite could help people eat less or eat healthier, according to Lilian Cheung, lecturer…
Improving access to psychotropic medicines in low- and middle-income countries
January 31, 2012
A new study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers suggests certain changes to mental health systems in…
New standard helps bioscience researchers overcome data-sharing obstacles
January 27, 2012
Collaborators from 30 scientific organizations worldwide, led by researchers at the University of Oxford and the Harvard School of Public…
Omega-3s tied to lower risk of irregular heartbeat
January 26, 2012
People with higher-than-average levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their blood may be roughly 30 percent less likely than those…