“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”
Carbohydrates, a nutritional energy source found in many foods, are an important part of a healthy diet—as long as you stick to the good … Continue reading “Confused about carbs? HSPH expert offers tips”
The field of comparative effectiveness research, which aims to determine the most effective medical treatments, has drawn criticism from those who believe that it … Continue reading “Panel sidesteps controversy on draft for comparative effectiveness research”
A new study co-authored by HSPH’s Marc Lipsitch links the four most recent influenza pandemics (1918, 1957, 1968, and 2009) to the weather pattern … Continue reading “La Niña weather patterns linked to flu pandemics”
A new study by Harvard School of Public Health researchers and their colleagues finds that the death of a loved one greatly increases the … Continue reading “Recent bereavement greatly increases heart attack risk”