RWJF alumna Rebecca Thurston has published a study which reveals that psychosocial stress brought on by early life adversities may have implications for the development of risk factors for heart disease later on. The study results have been reported in multiple media outlets, including US News & World Report.
Thurston’s Study on Hot Flashes and Weight Loss in the News
A study by Harvard RWJF Scholar Alum Rebecca Clark Thurston, PhD, on the connection between a reduction in menopausal hot flashes and weight loss has received some press in The Pittsburgh Business Times. The study has been published in the July online issue of Menopause.
Does losing weight help to reduce menopausal hot flashes?
Harvard RWJF Scholar Alum Rebecca Clark Thurston, PhD, has co-authored a pilot study designed to test whether weight loss reduces hot flashes.
Thurston examines link between MetS and subclinical atherosclerosis
Rebecca Thurston, a former RWJF scholar at the Harvard Pop Center, has co-authored a study (based on participants in The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation) recently published in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association, that examines the association between MetS (the metabolic syndrome) and subclinical atherosclerosis, and the role that race/ethnicity in midlife women may play.
A reason to reduce anxiety, and an opportunity to do so!
We’ve long known that anxiety puts people at risk for coronary heart disease, but now a nationally representative longitudinal study of the US population has shown that anxiety also increases the risk of stroke. Pop Center faculty member Laura Kubzansky and RWJF alum Rebecca Thurston co-authored the study, which was published in Stroke. And speaking of reducing anxiety, please join us for a cup of tea on April 28th, when we kick off…
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Thurston’s findings stress importance of targeting economically disadvantaged women in fight against heart disease
Rebecca Thurston, former RWJF scholar at the Pop Center, has co-authored a study recently published in Stroke, a journal of the American Heart Association, on the link between consistently low socioeconomic status in midlife and heart disease later in life.
Predicting Cardiovascular Disease in Adolescents
Study by Rebecca Thurston, former Harvard RWJF Health & Society scholar, explores methods to predict cardiovascular disease in adolescents.