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Author discusses transformative battle with breast cancer at book launch
November 6, 2012 -- The difficult but transforming experience of facing and surviving cancer takes center stage in the personal and professional saga, Beauty Without the Breast, by Felicia Marie Knaul (Harvard University Press, 2012). An economist who has lived and…
The cost of not helping the world's most vulnerable children
November 1, 2012 -- It’s not enough to refrain from harm. We must take positive action. This is the core message of The Cost of Inaction: Case Studies from Rwanda and Angola, a new book published by the François-Xavier Bagnoud…
Painting the big picture on a Navajo reservation
November 1, 2012 -- Once upon a time, Anne Newland wanted to go to film school. But because life unfolds with its own logic, she instead became a doctor with the federal Indian Health Service (IHS). And shaped…
Black women with breast cancer more likely to die within 3 years of diagnosis
Coverage on CBS News, October 31, 2012, featuring HSPH's Erica Warner
Diets of low-income adults in federal food program SNAP need improvement
October 9, 2012 -- Researchers offer policy recommendations to better address dual challenges of food insecurity and obesity in low-income Americans More than 44.7 million Americans — roughly one in seven — receive benefits to purchase food from the…
Closing the cancer divide
October 2, 2012 -- A young Rwandan girl named Claudine is one of the lucky ones. In 2005, after months of seeking a diagnosis for leg pain, she was introduced to a physician from Boston-based Partners In Health…
Life expectancy declines among least-educated whites
Life expectancy among the least-educated white Americans has fallen markedly over the past two decades, according to recent research, including some studies by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) experts. A front-page article in the September 20, 2012…
Dean's message: Health and wealth
[ Fall 2012 ] The cover story in this issue of Harvard Public Health explores one of the most complicated intersections in policymaking: the nexus of public health and the economy. With the November U.S. elections just two…
Sleep problems and poverty: how socioeconomics impact our sleep and health
Coverage in Huffington Post featuring HSPH's Cassandra Okechukwu, September 4, 2012
Sleep apnea among health problems hitting the poor hardest
The poor are disproportionately afflicted with a wide range of health problems, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, asthma, infant mortality, and dental disease. Sleep deficiency and disorders including sleep apnea also are particularly common among minority groups…