Risk of dying from heart disease significantly lowered For immediate release: April 1, 2013 Boston, MA – Older adults who have higher blood levels … Continue reading “Higher blood omega-3s associated with lower risk of premature death among older adults”
For immediate release: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Boston, MA — Women who experienced physical, emotional, or sexual abuse as children are more likely to … Continue reading “Women abused as children more likely to have children with autism”
For immediate release: March 19, 2013 Boston, MA – There is wide variation in the rate of cesarean sections performed at different hospitals across … Continue reading “Pregnant women’s likelihood of cesarean delivery in Massachusetts linked to choice of hospitals”
For immediate release: March 14, 2013 Boston, MA – New research from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) shows that one year after the federal … Continue reading “Using color-coded packaging, tobacco industry appears to have evaded FDA’s ban on ‘light’ cigarette descriptors”
For immediate release: Monday, March 4, 2013 Boston, MA — The public is very supportive of government action aimed at changing lifestyle choices that … Continue reading “Survey finds public support for legal interventions to fight obesity, noncommunicable diseases”
Only 15% of kids have parents who say they are overweight, compared with national stats showing that 32% of young people are overweight or … Continue reading “Poll finds big gap between parents and experts: Parents less likely to recognize children as overweight or obese”
For immediate release: February 21, 2013 Boston, MA — The large antiretroviral treatment (ART) scale-up in a rural community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, has … Continue reading “Scale-up of HIV treatment in rural South Africa dramatically increases adult life expectancy”
For immediate release: February 3, 2013 Boston, MA – Having adequate levels of vitamin D during young adulthood may reduce the risk of adult-onset … Continue reading “Low vitamin D levels may increase risk of type 1 diabetes”
20 hours of TV weekly may nearly halve sperm count; 15 or more hours of moderate to vigorous exercise weekly may boost sperm count For … Continue reading “TV viewing, exercise habits may significantly affect sperm count”
More Americans Back Than Oppose State Medicaid Expansions but, Like Many Governors, Public Splits Along Party Lines On the Federal Deficit, Public Wants Action … Continue reading “Poll finds bipartisan public support for creating state insurance exchanges despite continuing party divisions over the ACA”