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Parents’ exposure to chemicals prior to conception linked to child’s health problems
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Boston Mayor proposes ban on smokeless tobacco in city parks
A proposed ban on the use of smokeless tobacco in Boston’s ballparks and athletic fields is aimed at protecting the health of the professional athletes who use it as well as impressionable young people who often want to…
Frequent spicy food consumption linked with longer life
August 4, 2015 – People who eat spicy foods nearly every day have a 14% chance of living longer than those who consume spicy foods less than once a week, according to a new study. Regular spicy food eaters…
Citrus may raise skin cancer risk
A new study by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers and colleagues found that consuming 1.6 ounces or more of citrus fruit every day was associated with an increased risk of melanoma. Although the overall risk…
In memoriam: Fred Li, pioneer of population cancer genetics
June 18, 2015 -- Frederick Pei Li, who helped inaugurate the era of cancer genetics by demonstrating that people can inherit a genetic susceptibility to develop certain malignancies, died on June 12 at the age of 75. A professor…
Western diet may increase risk of death after prostate cancer diagnosis
For immediate release: June 1, 2015 Boston, MA ─ After a prostate cancer diagnosis, eating a diet higher in red and processed meat, high-fat dairy foods, and refined grains—known as a Western diet—may lead to a significantly higher…
Overweight teens may have increased risk for colorectal cancer
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Lorelei Mucci, Meredith Rosenthal honored by Committee on the Advancement of Women Faculty
May 13, 2015 — Lorelei Mucci, associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, presented the fifth annual Alice Hamilton Award Lecture on May 11, 2015. Mucci’s talk focused on her work in prostate…
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Irish Cancer Society join to advance cancer research
The Boston-Ireland Prostate Cancer Collaboration to focus on exchange of human capital and knowledge For immediate release: April 23, 2015 Boston, MA —With a goal of furthering the understanding of the causes of cancer and identifying new treatments…