Researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) are recruiting 100,000 nurses to expand the landmark Nurses’ Health Study. Female RNs, LPNs, and nursing … Continue reading “Wanted: 100,000 nurses for next generation of landmark study”
Bottled water enhanced with vitamins—and loaded with sugar—gets low marks from Walter Willett, chair of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public … Continue reading “Enhanced water “unequivocally harmful to health,” says HSPH nutrition expert”
A Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) health policy expert says the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should more closely monitor the increasing … Continue reading “More drugs being approved for rare diseases in kids”
In his February 26, 2012, Health Stew blog on Boston.com, HSPH’s John McDonough, professor of the practice of public health and director of the … Continue reading “Health care reform will change individual health insurance, but won’t destroy insurance companies”
“Stress wears the body down,” HSPH Prof. Jack P. Shonkoff, director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard, told the Boston Globe. … Continue reading “Prolonged childhood stress takes toll on developing brains that can last a lifetime”
A vast majority of U.S. adults support reducing nicotine in cigarettes to below nonaddictive levels if it means fewer children and adults will become addicted … Continue reading “Most Americans support reducing nicotine levels in cigarettes to stop children from taking up smoking”
Eating more slowly and relishing each bite could help people eat less or eat healthier, according to Lilian Cheung, lecturer in the Department of … Continue reading “Savor every bite with mindful eating”
A new study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers suggests certain changes to mental health systems in low- and middle-income countries … Continue reading “Improving access to psychotropic medicines in low- and middle-income countries”
Collaborators from 30 scientific organizations worldwide, led by researchers at the University of Oxford and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), have agreed … Continue reading “New standard helps bioscience researchers overcome data-sharing obstacles”
People with higher-than-average levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their blood may be roughly 30 percent less likely than those with the lowest levels … Continue reading “Omega-3s tied to lower risk of irregular heartbeat”