A three-cents-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages proposed in Philadelphia could help 36,000 people per year avoid obesity, prevent 2,280 annual cases of diabetes, avert … Continue reading “Philadelphia soda tax could help prevent diabetes, avert deaths”
Howard Koh and his family were named one of 32 “power families” in Boston in the May 2016 issue of Boston magazine and Koh … Continue reading “Howard Koh and his family featured in Boston Magazine”
Reparations for historical injustices should extend to the Roma, who were slave laborers in parts of Romania for nearly 500 years, say two human … Continue reading “A call for reparations for Roma slavery”
California legislators are weighing a new law that would create health standards and workplace protections for professional models.
Friends of distressed individuals can have a role in helping to reduce the nation’s rising suicide rate by showing compassion, optimism, and coaxing the … Continue reading “Removing guns from distraught individuals may help curb suicide rate”
When news media report — and consumers read — stories about the latest scientific and medical discoveries, more emphasis should be placed on studies … Continue reading “When eyeing research findings, media focus should be on the big picture”
The way that patients rate their experience in a hospital may provide some useful insight into the quality of care at the facility.
Being a person of color in America is bad for your health. That’s the theme of a new op-ed written by David Williams and Risa Lavizzo-Mourey.
The late Nelson Mandela’s leadership skills and issues related to organ donation were among the topics Howard Koh, Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the … Continue reading “Q&A with Howard Koh featured in STAT”
Vasanti Malik, a research scientist in the Department of Nutrition, answered questions about the new Dietary Guidelines in the U.S. during a reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything).