An international study of junior high- and high school-aged students who attended schools where smoking was banned were less likely to smoke than those … Continue reading “School smoking bans reduce teen smoking”
Working long hours appears to drive people to drink more alcohol, according to an international study published January 13, 2015 in the journal BMJ … Continue reading “Working long hours linked to heavier drinking”
If you want to lose weight or maintain a proper weight, eat a healthy breakfast, Eric Rimm, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard … Continue reading “A healthy breakfast essential to losing weight”
Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, J.S. Simmons Professor of Genetics and Metabolism, chair of the Department of Molecular Metabolism, and principal investigator of the Sabri Ülker … Continue reading “Hotamisligil to receive Endocrine Society’s 2015 Laureate Award”
Transgender youth are more at risk for mental illness, including depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts and attempts, and self-harm than their non-transgender peers, according to … Continue reading “Transgender youth at risk for depression, suicide”
Between 1,500 and 2,100 U.S. Air Force reservists who trained and worked on C-123 cargo planes that were used during the Vietnam War to … Continue reading “Air Force reservists possibly exposed to Agent Orange from planes”
More nations need to open their doors to Syrian refugees, according to three researchers at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at … Continue reading “Nations need to open borders to Syrian refugees”
As economies improve in sub-Saharan Africa, the region’s 12 countries could cover more of the funding for HIV/AIDS programs, according to a new analysis … Continue reading “African countries could pay greater share of HIV/AIDS funding”
In a December 23, 2014 opinion piece in CommonWealth, health policy expert John McDonough of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health lamented Vermont … Continue reading “Vermont calls it quits on single payer”
Massachusetts Governor-elect Charlie Baker has named Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) alumna Monica Bharel, MPH ’12, as the new head of the state’s … Continue reading “Monica Bharel, MPH ’12, named Mass. health commissioner”