Past flu exposures weakened pandemic severity
Coverage in Reuters, November 18, 2011, featuring HSPH’s Marc Lipsitch
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Mass. falls from top in health care costs
Coverage in the Boston Globe, November 17, 2011, featuring HSPH’s John McDonough
Patient safety expert calls on health care institutions to better manage adverse events
In the seventeen years since Boston Globe health columnist Betsy Lehman died due to a medication error at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the institution … Continue reading “Patient safety expert calls on health care institutions to better manage adverse events”
Obese find telephone counseling on weight loss most effective
Coverage in Bloomberg Businessweek, November 15, 2011, with quote from HSPH’s Frank Sacks
Treating trauma patients in Libya, advancing health care in rural Nepal: HSPH alumni share experiences
Catherine Mullaly, MPH ’10, an anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), was working in a Libyan hospital on October 20, 2011, as rebels took … Continue reading “Treating trauma patients in Libya, advancing health care in rural Nepal: HSPH alumni share experiences”
HSPH research on benefits of treating AIDS patients cited by Secretary Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently cited ongoing research by Stephen Resch, deputy director of the Center for Health Decision Science at Harvard … Continue reading “HSPH research on benefits of treating AIDS patients cited by Secretary Clinton”
Poll finds Americans pessimistic about country’s health, favor more government health spending
A new poll by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) found that a majority of Americans—52 percent—prefer increased … Continue reading “Poll finds Americans pessimistic about country’s health, favor more government health spending”
HSPH’s John McDonough launches new Boston Globe health blog
In his new blog for Boston.com, “Health Stew,” John McDonough promises everything from soup to nuts on health care policy, politics, nutrition, exercise, and … Continue reading “HSPH’s John McDonough launches new Boston Globe health blog”
Much can be done to ease cancer burden in poorer nations
Although more than half of all new cancers and two-thirds of annual cancer deaths worldwide occur in low- and middle-income countries, with the cancer … Continue reading “Much can be done to ease cancer burden in poorer nations”
In developing nations, the rich get heavier while the poor stay thin
Weight-related ailments such as diabetes and heart disease are growing problems in developing countries. But such diseases are affecting mostly the rich. For the … Continue reading “In developing nations, the rich get heavier while the poor stay thin”