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2009

Plastics: Danger where we least expect it December 15, 2009

[Winter 2010] They hold your water, line your canned goods, and even help save sick babies. But are the potential…

Bridging a cultural divide December 15, 2009

[Winter 2010] Are better tools needed to identify emotional distress in non-Western refugees? More than 17,000 Iraqi refugees arrived in…

Harvard Public Health: Fall 2009 September 15, 2009

In this issue Public health takes aim at sugar and salt Evidence has mounted that too much sugar and salt—often…

Public health takes aim at sugar and salt September 15, 2009

[Fall 2009] The war on obesity and other lifestyle ills has opened a new battlefront: the fight against sugar and salt. It may…

Cancer is on the rise in developing countries September 15, 2009

[Fall 2009] by Julio Frenk, MD, MPH, PhD Dean, Harvard School of Public Health While it's well known that cancer is a…

John Briscoe offers bold, unorthodox ideas for managing scarce water September 15, 2009

[Fall 2009] What do people in developing nations understand about water that people in wealthy nations do not? "They understand…

HSPH investigators help lead H1N1 research and response September 15, 2009

[Fall 2009] Catching the flu before it catches the world As a new influenza pandemic this spring set off alarms…

Researchers Tap into a New Source of Government Dollars September 15, 2009

[Fall 2009] Scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health and around the country are hoping that a busy spring…

Combatting the health consequences of poverty and stress September 15, 2009

[Fall 2009] Couple's combined expertise forges new directions for treatment On their way to school one morning, two middle-school boys…

Students target air pollution from Boston to Sub-Saharan Africa September 15, 2009

[Fall 2009] Kathie Dionisio and Emmanuel Baja A pair of HSPH doctoral students look at air pollution in new ways.…