Although lead in house paint and water pipes has long been banned in the U.S., plenty of it is still around. Harvard Chan School’s Mary Jean Brown discusses why lead still persists and what people can do to reduce their health risk.
Drinking a daily cup or two of matcha—a form of powdered green tea—may provide a number of health benefits.
Methods to endure and alleviate endometriosis-related pelvic pain vary across age groups, according to a new study by Harvard Chan School.
A new genetic study of more than 1.2 million people has pinpointed 95 loci, or locations in the genome, linked with risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), in which exposure to trauma can harm a person’s quality of life with symptoms such as intrusive thoughts and mood instability.
Men have increasingly shorter lifespans compared to women, in part due to preventable deaths, according to experts.
A healthy mouth microbiome can help prevent a number of diseases, including cancer, according to Harvard Chan School’s Mingyang Song.
A sharp uptick in homelessness in the U.S.—driven by high rents, shrinking public assistance, a lack of affordable housing, and fallout from the COVID pandemic—represents “a hard and complicated public health issue,” according to Harvard Chan School’s Howard Koh.
Zyn pouches—nicotine pouches that people use by placing them in their mouths— may help adult smokers quit, but they could also unintentionally encourage young people to start using a nicotine product, according to Harvard Chan School’s Vaughan Rees.
Diseases related to problems in immune health—from nasal allergies to food allergies to rheumatoid arthritis to colorectal cancer—have spiked in recent years, and climate change appears to be playing a role, according to Harvard Chan School’s Kari Nadeau.
The startup Trans Health HQ—founded by Ivan Hsiao, a student at Harvard Chan School—has been named runner-up in the Social Enterprise Track of the 2024 Harvard Business School New Venture Competition.
