Harvard School of Public Health Press ReleasesPress Releases
Tobacco Control Researchers
Call on FDA to Require Complete Disclosure from Tobacco Companies of Changes
Made to Cigarettes
June 19, 2009
As President Obama prepares to sign a bill giving
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) oversight of the tobacco industry, a new
study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers shows that tobacco
manufacturers have continually changed the ingredients and the design of their cigarettes
over time, even if those changes have exceeded acceptable product variance
guidelines. [more...]
D. Mark Hegsted, National Force in Science of Human Nutrition, Dies
June 19, 2009
D. Mark Hegsted, who was instrumental in the development of the federal “Dietary Guidelines for Americans,” died on Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at the age of 95 at a nursing center in Westwood, MA. Hegsted was a founding member of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). [more...]
Center in Guatemala to Combat Cardiovascular Disease
June 11, 2009
Eduardo Villamor,
Assistant Professor of International Nutrition at Harvard School of
Public Health (HSPH), will serve as co-principal investigator of a
research and training center in Guatemala to reduce the burden of
cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the Mesoamerican region, which includes
Central America, the Caribbean, and Southern Mexico. [more...]
BPA, Chemical Used to Make Plastics, Found to Leach
from Polycarbonate Drinking Bottles Into Humans
May 21, 2009
A new study from Harvard School of Public Health
(HSPH) researchers found that participants who drank for a week from
polycarbonate bottles, the popular, hard-plastic drinking bottles and baby
bottles, showed a two-thirds increase in their urine of the chemical bisphenol
A (BPA).
[more...]
Survey Finds Many Americans Have Taken Steps to Protect Themselves
Against H1N1
May 8, 2009
Survey Finds Nearly
Half of Americans Concerned They or Their Family May Get Sick from Swine Flu
May 1, 2009
In a Flu Pandemic, First Using Small Stockpile of Secondary Drug Could Delay Resistance to Primary Stockpiled Medication
April 30, 2009
Former Surgeon General David Satcher Receives
Richmond Award for Work on Disparities, Mental Illness, and Improving
Sexual Health of Youth
April 28, 2009
Smoking, High Blood Pressure and Being Overweight Top Three
Preventable Causes of Death in the U.S.
April 27, 2009
Majority of New Cases of Diabetes in Older U.S. Adults Could Be Prevented by Following Modestly Healthier Lifestyles
April 27, 2009
Study Suggests Inter-generational Transfer of Poor Health From Mother to Child in India
April 21, 2009
Nutrition Experts
Propose New Class of Low-Sugar Beverages to Reduce Role of Sugary Drink
Consumption In Obesity and Diabetes Epidemics
April 20, 2009
Newly Identified Genetic Variants Found to Increase Breast Cancer Risk
March 29, 2009
Prof. Howard Koh Nominated Assistant Secretary for Health in HHS
March 25, 2009
Study Finds U.S. Hospitals Extremely Slow to Adopt Electronic Health Records
March 25, 2009