For immediate release: August 14, 2020 Boston, MA—Over the past 30 years, the incidence of dementia has declined an average of 13% every decade … Continue reading “Dementia incidence declined every decade for past thirty years”
For immediate release: July 22, 2020 Cambridge, Mass.– Harvard University’s Office of Technology Development (OTD) and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health … Continue reading “A versatile vessel for next-gen therapeutics”
For immediate release: July 13, 2020 Boston, MA – Life expectancy in the U.S. varies widely when analyzed at the census-tract level and the … Continue reading “Significant disparities in U.S. life expectancy found at census-tract level”
For immediate release: July 9, 2020 LOS ANGELES – #FirstRespondersFirst, an initiative of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Thrive Global, and the CAA Foundation, which launched … Continue reading “#FirstRespondersFirst Raises Nearly $8 Million to Support Healthcare Workers on the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Launches New Mental Health Initiative and Announces Leadership Council”
For immediate release: July 7, 2020 Boston, MA—Targeted taxes on sweetened beverages and policies that strengthen nutritional standards for meals and beverages at schools … Continue reading “Targeted taxes and school lunch policies benefit low-income populations”
For immediate release: June 26, 2020 Boston, MA – Strengthening U.S. air quality standards for fine particulate pollution to be in compliance with current … Continue reading “More evidence of causal link between air pollution and early death”
For immediate release: June 15, 2020 Boston, MA – Greater adherence to a variety of healthy eating patterns was associated with a lower risk of … Continue reading “Following a variety of healthy eating patterns associated with lower heart disease risk”
For immediate release: June 1, 2020 Boston, MA – JUUL and similar pod-based e-cigarettes have been popular with teenagers and young adults since they … Continue reading “Pod-based e-cigarettes may foster greater nicotine dependence than other devices”
For immediate release: May 19, 2020 Boston, MA – Workplace transmission of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 likely played a substantial role in the local spread … Continue reading “COVID-19 transmission among workers considerable during early outbreaks”
For immediate release: May 14, 2020 Boston, MA – A newly identified “metabolic signature” can evaluate an individual’s adherence and metabolic response to the Mediterranean … Continue reading “Newly identified ‘metabolic signature’ can determine adherence to Mediterranean diet, help predict CVD risk”
