The draw of ISIS for Western youth
A desire for a new identity and a taste for excitement and violence are among the factors that are attracting a growing number of … Continue reading “The draw of ISIS for Western youth”
A desire for a new identity and a taste for excitement and violence are among the factors that are attracting a growing number of … Continue reading “The draw of ISIS for Western youth”
The offensive fraternity chant recently caught on camera at the University of Oklahoma is a reminder that racism continues to envelop the U.S. “like … Continue reading “Racism harmful to health”
A new study by Chinese researchers has found that folic acid supplements are associated with significantly lower risk of stroke in people with high … Continue reading “Folic acid may help significantly lower stroke risk”
A new study of dietary habits of more than 70,000 people by California researchers found that those who followed a vegetarian diet had a … Continue reading “Eating vegetarian, adding fish may lower risk of colon cancers”
Exposure to trauma during childhood can dramatically increase people’s risk for 7 out of 10 of the leading causes of death in the U.S.—including … Continue reading “Childhood trauma’s devastating impact on health”
You don’t have to shell out big bucks to get the health benefits of nuts. The humble peanut—while technically a legume—appears to do just … Continue reading “Humble peanut appears to offer health benefits of pricier nuts”
The new journal Health Systems and Reform (HS&R) launched in March 2015 with an issue featuring authors affiliated with Harvard T.H. Chan School of … Continue reading “Harvard Chan researchers featured in inaugural issue of health systems journal”
Food-related research was on the plate at a Harvard-wide symposium in late February. The Harvard Food+ Research Symposium, hosted by the Weatherhead Center for … Continue reading “Improving the food system”
Reducing air pollution was associated with increased lung function in children ages 11 to 15, according to a new study in the New England … Continue reading “Cleaner air, better lungs”
Consumers using national hospital rating systems to judge the quality of particular hospitals may have a tough time doing so because those ratings often … Continue reading “Which hospitals are best or worst? Hard to tell”