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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.
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Although prevailing wisdom holds that women experience heart attack symptoms differently from men, new research suggests otherwise. The traditional thinking has been that men’s heart attack symptoms typically involve crushing chest pain, while women have other symptoms such…
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A diet that includes peanuts may help prevent age-related cognitive decline.
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.
Renewal of NIEHS grant paves way for new research on how complex environmental exposures affect health
August 8, 2019 – With the renewal of a major federal grant, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s NIEHS Center for Environmental Health will focus on a broad new objective—the exploration of how a wide variety of…
Are all processed meats equally bad for health?
Eating too much bacon, sausages, hot dogs, canned meat, or lunch meat—meat that has been processed in some way to preserve or flavor it—is bad for health, according to experts. A number of studies have found links between…
Can education improve health?
Numerous studies have found a connection between education and health. In a June 3, 2019 New York Times article, Austin Frakt of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discussed research from the past few decades suggesting that…
NFL players die at higher rates than MLB players, but heart risks loom large for both sports
National Football League (NFL) players appear to be at an elevated risk of death compared with Major League Baseball (MLB) players, according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School.…
How should hospitals respond to climate change?
Hospitals should tackle climate change by taking steps such as better preparing for natural disasters and curbing their own greenhouse gas emissions, said Ashish Jha of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health at a recent Congressional hearing.…