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Butter is not back: Limiting saturated fat still best for heart health
For immediate release: September 28, 2015 Boston, MA ─ People who replace saturated fat (mainly found in meats and dairy foods) in their diets with refined carbohydrates do not lower their risk of heart disease, according to a…
Investing in radiotherapy for cancer patients worldwide
Access to radiotherapy for all of the world’s cancer patients who could benefit from the treatment—an estimated 12 million people by 2035—is achievable with an investment of as little as $97 billion, according to a new report by…
Tracking disease at world’s largest religious festival
September 24, 2015 — From July through September this year, up to 30 million people are traveling to the cities of Nashik and Trimbakeshwar in India to bathe in the holy waters of the Godavari River, as part…
Smoking linked with higher risk of type 2 diabetes
For immediate release: September 17, 2015 Boston, MA ─ Current smokers and people regularly exposed to second-hand smoke have a significantly increased risk for type 2 diabetes compared with people who have never smoked, according to a new meta-analysis…
Mobile phone records may predict epidemics of mosquito-borne dengue virus
For immediate release: September 7, 2015 Boston, MA ─ A new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds that mobile phone records can be used to predict the geographical spread and timing…
Overcoming the opioid crisis
In response to opioid abuse that has skyrocketed in the U.S. in recent years, communities, clinicians, state and local leaders, and federal officials have been working on several fronts to stem the crisis—but there’s still much more to…
Expanded insurance coverage under ACA linked with major improvement in chronic disease diagnosis, treatment
For immediate release: September 8, 2015 Boston, MA ─ People with health insurance are more likely to have their high cholesterol, diabetes, and high blood pressure correctly diagnosed—and to have these chronic conditions under control—than similar uninsured people,…
Expanding cervical cancer screenings
August 2015- Each year there are more than 500,000 cases of cervical cancer around the world, leading to the deaths of 300,000 women. 85% of those cases and deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. Jane Kim (pictured left),…
Cell phone data effective in tracking infectious disease transmission
A new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Princeton University researchers shows that data from cell phones captures population fluctuations that can predict infectious disease transmission. The researchers tracked the movements of nearly…
Maintaining rigorous drug development standards in personalized cancer treatment
New advances in genomic testing have the potential to radically change the way cancer drugs are developed and prescribed, offering personalized therapy with treatment tailored to the patient’s tumor genome. With the advent of this “personalized medicine,” scientists…
