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When reading food labels, be aware that added sugar can hide under other names.
Close to half of U.S. population projected to have obesity by 2030
For immediate release: Wednesday, December 18, 2019 Boston, MA – About half of the adult U.S. population will have obesity and about a quarter will have severe obesity by 2030, according to a new study led by Harvard…
Mother’s diabetes in pregnancy may increase child’s risk of heart disease in adulthood
Adults with mothers who had diabetes during pregnancy may have a greater risk of cardiovascular disease compared to those who did not, according to a new study.
Dealing with health problems and health care as the climate changes
Climate change makes it harder for people to stay healthy and for medical providers to do their jobs, says Aaron Bernstein, co-director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of…
Q&A: Why Sex Matters (in Disease Susceptibility)
John Quackenbush and colleagues have been turning over a boulder of faulty assumptions about how sex differences affect disease risk and progression.
People with gradual heart attack symptoms slow to seek care
Among U.S. patients seeking emergency room care for heart attacks, those whose symptoms came on gradually and didn’t follow exertion took up to six hours longer to get to the hospital than those with sudden symptoms.
Lown Scholars work to improve heart health worldwide
The Lown Scholars program brings together mid-career public health scientists and professionals from low- and middle-income countries to take short courses together on topics related to cardiovascular disease prevention, and work with faculty mentors to develop project proposals.
Detail-oriented, with an eye on the big picture
Allison Andraski, PhD ’19, bridges her passion for research with her interest in health by studying the little-understood world of HDL, or “good” cholesterol. May 22, 2019 – In her senior year at UC Santa Barbara, Allison Andraski…
Nurses’ Health Study 3 ramps up its recruiting efforts
May 10, 2019 – As nurses in the U.S. celebrate National Nurses Week (May 6-12, 2019), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers want them to know that they can contribute valuable information to improve the health…
In India, wealth linked to increased obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure risk
India's cardiovascular disease risk burden is highest among high socioeconomic status populations who have the highest rates of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension.