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Aspirin may lengthen life for colorectal cancer patients with certain gene mutation
Colorectal cancer patients with a particular gene mutation may gain several years of life if they take aspirin, according to Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) research. Roughly 20 percent of those with colorectal cancer have the mutation,…
Using cell phone data to curb the spread of malaria
For immediate release: Thursday, October 11, 2012 Boston, MA — New research that combines cell phone data from 15 million people in Kenya with detailed information on the regional incidence of malaria has revealed, on the largest scale…
New HSPH online edX course will reach worldwide audience
October 3, 2012 -- Quantitative Methods Course Teaches Building Blocks of Public Health Research It’s time for biostatistics and epidemiology class. The professor is discussing Scotsman James Lind, who, in the mid-1700s, conducted one of the first-ever clinical experiments.…
Speaker says epidemiology got its start centuries ago
September 24, 2012 -- Can an academic discipline have an exact birthday? Alfredo Morabia thinks so, and he believes that epidemiology’s 350th birthday is 2012—because 1662 is the year that an Englishman named John Graunt compiled, for the first time…
Fish oil supplements and heart health
Dariush Mozaffarian, associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a cardiologist, was interviewed on NBC Nightly News on September 12, 2012 about a new study…
Vitamin D’s impact on infection
Coverage in the Harvard Gazette, August 20, 2012, featuring HSPH's Carlos Camargo
With physical activity, no need to be an Olympian
Coverage in Voice of America, August 15, 2012, featuring HSPH's I. Min Lee
Men with prostate cancer more likely to die from other causes
Study Suggests Prostate Cancer Management Should Emphasize Healthy Lifestyle Changes Boston, MA – Men diagnosed with prostate cancer are less likely to die from the disease than from largely preventable conditions such as heart disease, according to a…
Most prostate cancer patients don't die from the disease: study
Coverage in the Philadelphia Inquirer, July 27, 2012, featuring HSPH postdoc Mara Epstein
Prolonged sitting, TV viewing appear to shorten life
Sitting for more than three hours a day may shorten your life by two years, even if you are physically active and don’t smoke, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)…