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Children in detention lack adequate health care, report finds
Children living in detention typically have a host of health problems—including high rates of mental illness, trauma, high-risk substance abuse, chronic disease, and neurodevelopmental disabilities—but lack adequate health services in places where they’re detained, according to a new…
Dark chocolate is best choice for health—but don’t turn it into medicine
Chocolate can be delicious and an expression of love, but can it also be healthy? It depends on the variety.
Metabolic disorders like diabetes linked to female reproductive factors
Certain female reproductive characteristics may be risk factors for developing metabolic disorders like diabetes later in life, according to a new study led by Harvard Chan School.
No one-size-fits-all diet for improving longevity
Identify whole foods you enjoy and make your own healthy eating pattern, says nutrition expert.
Time spent in nature can boost physical and mental well-being
Spending time outdoors in green spaces has been linked with myriad physical and mental health benefits, including lower mortality, according to Harvard Chan School’s Heather Eliassen.
Noise can harm your health—even if you sleep through it
A new study led by Charlie Roscoe, research fellow in environmental health, found that nighttime and daytime noise generated by things like cars, trucks, trains, and airplanes was linked with increased risk of cardiovascular disease in a group…
U.S. men die nearly six years before women, as life expectancy gap widens
New research from Harvard Chan School and UC San Francisco shows that the life expectancy of American women is now 5.8 years longer than that of American men—a trend researchers say is driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and…
Increasing workplace flexibility associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease
Increasing workplace flexibility may lower employees’ risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study led by Harvard Chan School and Penn State University.
Op-ed: Improving long COVID treatment by learning from the past
Long COVID is not a new phenomenon, but rather another form of a previously known syndrome—and applying lessons learned from that syndrome could help with treatment, according to an op-ed in STAT co-authored by Harvard Chan School's Michelle…
Improving accuracy of state-level obesity estimates to better inform prevention, treatment
A novel statistical method developed by Zachary Ward, assistant professor of health decision science at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and colleagues gets around biases in self-reporting.