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Non-communicable diseases threaten health of India’s population
As India makes development progress, it also faces a growing threat from non-communicable diseases (NCDs)—cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes, and mental health conditions. These NCDs—which many people don’t even realize they have—add to India’s already substantial…
Author discusses transformative battle with breast cancer at book launch
November 6, 2012 -- The difficult but transforming experience of facing and surviving cancer takes center stage in the personal and professional saga, Beauty Without the Breast, by Felicia Marie Knaul (Harvard University Press, 2012). An economist who has lived and…
Black women with breast cancer more likely to die within 3 years of diagnosis
Coverage on CBS News, October 31, 2012, featuring HSPH's Erica Warner
Study results linking diet soda to cancer fall into the 'gray zone' of science
Coverage on NPR, October 25, 2012, featuring HSPH's Walter Willett
Aspirin may lengthen life for colorectal cancer patients with certain gene mutation
Colorectal cancer patients with a particular gene mutation may gain several years of life if they take aspirin, according to Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) research. Roughly 20 percent of those with colorectal cancer have the mutation,…
Closing the cancer divide
October 2, 2012 -- A young Rwandan girl named Claudine is one of the lucky ones. In 2005, after months of seeking a diagnosis for leg pain, she was introduced to a physician from Boston-based Partners In Health…
Does mammography screening save lives?
September 13, 2012 -- Over the past 40 years, many have come to view mammography screening as the “gold standard” for early breast cancer detection. But a number of recent studies have cast doubt on its benefits. Some…
Men with prostate cancer more likely to die from other causes
Study Suggests Prostate Cancer Management Should Emphasize Healthy Lifestyle Changes Boston, MA – Men diagnosed with prostate cancer are less likely to die from the disease than from largely preventable conditions such as heart disease, according to a…
Most prostate cancer patients don't die from the disease: study
Coverage in the Philadelphia Inquirer, July 27, 2012, featuring HSPH postdoc Mara Epstein
HSPH researchers uncover how a key inflammatory pathway is regulated
July 2, 2012 -- Findings could help identify new therapeutic targets for inflammatory diseases A team of scientists led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers has discovered how a protein complex known as the NLRP3 inflammasome, part…
