For immediate release: April 24, 2019 Boston, MA – Consumption of propionate, a food ingredient that’s widely used in baked goods, animal feeds, and artificial … Continue reading “Could a popular food ingredient raise the risk for diabetes and obesity?”
For immediate release: April 24, 2019 Boston, MA – Popular electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) products sold in the U.S. were contaminated with bacterial and fungal toxins, … Continue reading “Microbial contaminants found in popular e-cigarettes”
Study is first meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials to look at health effects of red meat in diet by swapping it for other types … Continue reading “Substituting healthy plant proteins for red meat lowers risk for heart disease”
For immediate release: April 4, 2019 New research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has identified numerous genes that influence how … Continue reading “Fats, stress, death: Uncovering the toxic effects of saturated fatty acids on cells”
For immediate release: March 18, 2019 The more sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) people consumed, the greater their risk of premature death—particularly death from cardiovascular disease, … Continue reading “Higher consumption of sugary beverages linked with increased risk of mortality”
For immediate release: February 27, 2019 Boston, MA – Mosquitoes that landed on surfaces coated with the antimalarial compound atovaquone were completely blocked from … Continue reading “Applying antimalarial drugs to bed nets could lead to drop in malaria transmission”
For immediate release: February 26, 2019 Boston, MA – Nearly half of all childhood cancers are not being diagnosed globally, according to a new modeling … Continue reading “Nearly half of childhood cancers worldwide undiagnosed”
For immediate release: February 15, 2019 Boston, MA – Active, middle-aged men able to complete more than 40 push-ups had a significantly lower risk … Continue reading “Push-up capacity linked with lower incidence of future cardiovascular disease events among men”
For immediate release: February 14, 2019 Boston, MA – A newly discovered ribosomal DNA (rDNA) clock can be used to accurately determine an individual’s chronological and … Continue reading “Uncovering a “smoking gun” of biological aging”
For immediate release: February 5, 2019 Boston, MA – Men who have smoked marijuana at some point in their life had significantly higher concentrations of … Continue reading “Marijuana smoking linked with higher sperm concentrations”
