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Low birth weight combined with unhealthy adult lifestyle may increase type 2 diabetes risk
For immediate release: July 21, 2015 Boston, MA — People who are a low weight at birth and have unhealthy habits as adults, such as eating nutritionally poor diets or smoking, may have a greater risk of developing…
Poor sleep may contribute to health disparities
Insomnia, sleep apnea, snoring, and other sleep difficulties common among older adults are more common among blacks, Chinese, and Hispanics in America than in whites and may contribute to health disparities, according to a study led by Harvard…
New tool identifies novel compound targeting causes of type 2 diabetes
For immediate release: June 17, 2015 BOSTON — A new drug screening technology developed at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has identified a new potential anti-diabetes compound—and a powerful way to quickly test whether other…
Type 2 diabetes may protect against ALS
People with type 2 diabetes may have a lower risk for being diagnosed with the serious neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, according to a study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School…
Sudha Biddinger receives 2015 Armen H. Tashjian Jr. Award
May 21, 2015 — Sudha Biddinger, assistant professor of pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, is the 2015 recipient of the Armen H. Tashjian Jr. Award for Excellence in Endocrine Research. She spoke on “FMO3 as a novel player in…
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…
‘DNA clock’ can help predict lifespan
Scientists have found a biological clock that can provide clues about how long a person might live. The researchers found that people whose biological age was greater than their true age were more likely to die sooner than…
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…
Hotamisligil to receive Endocrine Society’s 2015 Laureate Award
Gökhan S. Hotamisligil, J.S. Simmons Professor of Genetics and Metabolism, chair of the Department of Molecular Metabolism, and principal investigator of the Sabri Ülker Center at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, has been selected to receive…
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…