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China considering tobacco tax to reduce smoking deaths
Adding a 50% excise tax onto tobacco products in China – which has the highest number of tobacco users in the world – could significantly reduce smoking-related deaths while generating substantial financial risk protection and poverty alleviation benefits…
New model for predicting cardiovascular disease risk worldwide
For immediate release: March 25, 2015 Boston, MA — New research from Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and Imperial College London shows that more people are at high risk of developing fatal cardiovascular disease (CVD) in many developing countries…
Eating vegetarian, adding fish may lower risk of colon cancers
A new study of dietary habits of more than 70,000 people by California researchers found that those who followed a vegetarian diet had a 22% lower risk of colon cancer than non-vegetarians. When fish was added to a…
Cost of hormone-disrupting chemical exposure in Europe in billions
March 10, 2015 — Exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDC) is estimated to cost the European Union more than €150 billion ($209 billion) a year in health care expenses and lost earning potential, according to studies by a team…
Newly found genes affecting allergies and asthma could provide new drug targets
For immediate release: February 18, 2015 Boston, MA – Allergies affect 30% of people around the world and asthma afflicts 10% of all children. Now, a new study has uncovered more than 30 genes that have strong effects on…
Retooling primary care to tackle chronic diseases
February 13, 2015 — Primary care can be redesigned to combat the burgeoning global epidemic of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in developing countries by promoting healthy lifestyles, preventing disease complications, and other strategies, according to an article by Margaret…
Gawande discusses end-of-life care on Frontline
Doctors who ask patients nearing the end of life about their goals and priorities can help shape decisions about the individual’s end-of-life care and help the person and their families come to terms with their questions and fears,…
Cystic fibrosis and arsenic poisoning linked to same damaged protein
A new Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health co-authored study provides further evidence linking both arsenic poisoning and the chronic respiratory disease cystic fibrosis (CF) to damage in the CFTR protein. An examination of arsenic-exposed patients in…
Healthy diet associated with lower risk of type 2 diabetes in minority women
For immediate release: January 15, 2015 As minority women are at higher absolute risk for type 2 diabetes, benefit of healthy diet may be greater compared with white women Boston, MA – Consuming a healthy diet was associated…
A bold pathway in life—and biology
[ Winter 2015 ] Anthony Covarrubias, PhD ’15, grew up in a working-class neighborhood in South Los Angeles. While celebrities in sports cars whizzed to the beach just a few miles away, Covarrubias’s neighbors waited in long lines…