For immediate release: March 30, 2015 Boston, MA – Men who ate fruits and vegetables with higher levels of pesticide residues—such as strawberries, spinach, and peppers—had … Continue reading “Eating fruits and vegetables with high pesticide residues linked with poor semen quality”
For immediate release: March 25, 2015 Boston, MA — New research from Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and Imperial College London shows that … Continue reading “New model for predicting cardiovascular disease risk worldwide”
For immediate release: Monday, March 23, 2015 Boston, MA ─ Schools collaborating with a professionally trained chef to improve the taste of healthy meals significantly … Continue reading “Chef-enhanced school meals increase healthy food consumption”
Many believe their health has been impacted by negative childhood experiences For immediate release: March 2, 2015 Boston, MA – A new NPR/Robert Wood … Continue reading “Poll: U.S. public sees ill health as resulting from broad range of causes”
Findings could lead to new methods of malaria control For immediate release: February 26, 2015 Boston, MA ─ Sexual biology may be the key to … Continue reading “Malaria transmission linked to mosquitoes’ sexual biology”
For immediate release: February 26, 2015 Boston, MA — Targeting mechanisms in the central nervous system that sense energy generated by nutrients might yield … Continue reading “Altering perception of feeding state may promote healthy aging”
For immediate release: February 18, 2015 Boston, MA – Allergies affect 30% of people around the world and asthma afflicts 10% of all children. Now, … Continue reading “Newly found genes affecting allergies and asthma could provide new drug targets”
For immediate release: February 18, 2015 Boston, MA ─ To combat the failure of countries to reverse the global obesity epidemic, authors of a new … Continue reading “Global failure to reverse obesity epidemic demands new ways of thinking”
For immediate release: January 30, 2015 Boston, MA – A drug already approved for treating other diseases may be useful as a treatment for cerebral malaria, … Continue reading “New molecular target identified for treating cerebral malaria”
For immediate release: January 28, 2015 In some U.S. health plans, HIV drugs cost nearly $3,000 more per year than in other plans. If left … Continue reading “Health insurers may be using drug coverage to discriminate”