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Cancer prevention strategies save lives. Let’s put them to work.
March 20, 2017 – Karen Emmons, Professor and Dean for Academic Affairs at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an expert in cancer prevention interventions, says that knowledge we already have about ways to prevent cancer is…
Firefighters’ workplace cancer risk explored
Researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are taking a new approach to studying cancer risk among firefighters. They have partnered with the Boston Fire Department to conduct a novel exposure assessment…
Workers at electronics recycling facilities exposed to toxic metals
Employees at three U.S. electronic scrap recycling facilities were overexposed to metals known to cause serious health effects—including cancer as well as respiratory, neurologic, renal, and reproductive damage—according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School…
Genetics and disease risk
In this week’s episode: The link between our genes and disease risk. A new study is shedding light on how genetic mutations may increase our risk of a range of diseases—from cancer to heart conditions.
Optimism may reduce risk of dying prematurely among women
For immediate release: December 7, 2016 Boston, MA – Having an optimistic outlook on life—a general expectation that good things will happen—may help people live longer, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public…
We have the knowledge and technology to reduce global cancer deaths
The world does not need to wait for new cures to prevent cancer deaths, according to David Hunter, Vincent L. Gregory Professor in Cancer Prevention at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In an editorial published online…
Cervical cancer screening could be less frequent, start later
Study suggests changes to current U.S. guidelines could provide greater health benefit at lower harms and costs in women vaccinated against human papillomavirus For immediate release: October 17, 2016 Boston, MA – Women may only need cervical cancer screening…
Michelle Williams, Karen Emmons elected to National Academy of Medicine
October 17, 2016—Michelle A. Williams, ScD ’91, Dean of Faculty at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Karen M. Emmons, professor and Dean for Academic Affairs, have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), the…
Colonoscopy benefits after age 75 questioned
Colonoscopies may not provide much cancer prevention benefit after age 75, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers. The study was published online September 27, 2016 in the Annals of…
The imprecision in ‘precision medicine’
The rapidly evolving field of “precision medicine”—when medical care is tailored to the characteristics of each patient—is likely in the future to generate a “potentially bewildering array of probabilities” for physicians and patients, making it more challenging for…