Chagas disease, which is endemic in Latin America, can cause serious cardiac and intestinal complications in about 30% of infected people. The disease is … Continue reading “Harvard Chan student sheds light on the cause of Chagas disease”
Black women face risks to their health from discrimination—both from health professionals who don’t take their concerns seriously and from biological wear and tear caused by chronic stress.
Earlier this year the Endocrine Society awarded Robert V. Farese, Jr., professor of genetics and complex diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public … Continue reading “In Q&A, Robert Farese talks about his research and lab”
More than 2 million teenagers in the U.S. are now using e-cigarettes, and their growing popularity has health experts worried. In hopes of preventing … Continue reading “Preventing teen e-cigarette use poses challenges”
Early in the HIV/AIDS epidemic, children born with the virus often suffered from severe cardiac-related conditions. These conditions have largely been alleviated by current antiretroviral treatment combinations, but some risks remain.
Although post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is often thought of as combat-related, there are actually far more women than men who suffer from the disorder, … Continue reading “Women far outnumber men with PTSD”
In more than 30 countries around the world, there are hospitals that hold patients prisoner until they can settle their accounts, sometimes long after … Continue reading “Many hospitals detain patients who can’t pay”
Nearly 90 rural hospitals have closed in the U.S. since 2010 and many more are at risk of shutting, a trend that has health … Continue reading “Rural hospital closings on the rise”
Many people in rural communities appear open to the idea of accepting help from the federal government and other outside agencies to counter the … Continue reading “Poll: Rural communities increasingly open to outside help with opioid epidemic”
More than two dozen common oat-based breakfast products that are marketed to children contain small amounts of a weed killer called glyphosate that may … Continue reading “Trace amounts of weed killer found in breakfast foods”