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Flame retardants associated with neurobehavioral problems in children
November 30, 2012 -- Flame retardants found in furniture, cars, carpet padding, and baby products are supposed to make these products safer. But according to neuropsychologist and epidemiologist Brenda Eskenazi, they may do more harm than good—particularly in…
Health ministry teams gather in South Africa for regional workshop
November 27, 2012 -- In Rwanda, health officials would like to reduce childhood stunting. In Zambia, there’s an interest in improving the quality of service in provincial hospitals. Other African nations hope for further reductions in maternal and…
Younger students more likely than older peers to be prescribed ADHD medications
Being younger than one’s classmates affects academic performance throughout childhood and into puberty and increases children’s risk of being prescribed stimulants for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a study from the University of Iceland and Harvard School of…
Modern-day slavery: New book provides economic, historical, and legal overview of bonded labor
November 19, 2012 -- In Bangladesh, workers wade into muddy, parasite-infested waters near the Sundarban mangrove forests to catch baby shrimp that will later be processed for export. Elsewhere in rural South Asia, they toil in locked buildings,…
Roger Goodell speaks to packed HSPH audience about player safety in both NFL and youth sports
November 2012 -- Roger Goodell, Commissioner of the National Football League, spoke about player safety in both the NFL and youth sports at The Dean’s Distinguished Lecture. Below is a short video that captures some of the highlights…
Interventions recommended to promote healthy behaviors among HIV-infected youth
As young people infected at birth with HIV enter adolescence and some, like other adolescents, begin having sex, it would be wise to offer interventions to promote healthy behaviors, say Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers and…
Reclaiming childhood
Article in Harvard Magazine, November-December 2012 issue, featuring HSPH’s Theresa Betancourt
The cost of not helping the world's most vulnerable children
November 1, 2012 -- It’s not enough to refrain from harm. We must take positive action. This is the core message of The Cost of Inaction: Case Studies from Rwanda and Angola, a new book published by the François-Xavier Bagnoud…
Mothers’ mercury levels linked to later ADHD behaviors in kids
Article on Boston.com featuring an HSPH study and study co-author, HSPH’s Susan Korrick, October 9, 2012
U.S. study links the chemical BPA to obesity in children
Coverage in Reuters featuring HSPH's Karin Michels, September 18, 2012