Clinicians should pull back on the widespread use of body mass index (BMI) as a metric for assessing people’s health because it can lead to patient distrust and delayed care, say some health experts.
The use of long-acting reversible contraception—such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) or contraceptive implants—increased among people who recently gave birth in states that switched their Medicaid policies to include hospital reimbursement for such contraception, according to a study from Harvard Chan School.
David Hemenway of Harvard Chan School is featured in two podcast episodes focused on the public health dangers of guns in America and possible solutions to the problem.
Although tofu’s history is a bit complicated, a nutrition expert from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health says that it’s healthy for most people.
Women in the U.S. who are pregnant or who have recently given birth are more likely to be murdered than to die from obstetric causes—and these homicides are linked to a deadly mix of intimate partner violence and firearms, according to researchers from Harvard Chan School.
The COVID death rate among Black Americans—which was the highest in the U.S. for many months during the pandemic, due to health disparities—is now lower than that of white Americans.
Experts have health cautions for those wanting to try TikTok’s butter board trend.
Recently, nutrition research has been linking both hunger and obesity to the same problem—diets high in sugar and refined starch.
Sales of energy drinks are on the rise, spurred by a host of new options being marketed as “healthier.” But experts continue to warn of the harmful effects of the high caffeine and sugar content of these drinks.
Radioactivity in fine particulate air pollution may be harming people’s cardiovascular health, according to a new study.