HBS Perspectives on Healthcare as a Management Challenge

The Harvard Business School Health Care Initiative presents a speaker panel titled "Perspectives on Healthcare as a Management Challenge." Speakers at the event include Dr. David Cutler, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, Dr. Atul Gawande of Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard School of Public Health, and Dr. Rafaella Sadun, Assistant Professor of Business Administration at HBS. The event took place yesterday at Spangler Auditorium.

Free Water Bottles on Friday

Oh, the irony. Tomorrow, the Drug & Alcohol Peer Advisors (DAPAs) and Office of Alcohol & Other Drug Services (AODS) will give out Camelbak water bottles—some of which will inevitably be used to smuggle alcohol into the Harvard-Yale football game next year.

Students Simulate Health Talks

A small room at the Harvard Kennedy School was transformed into the setting of a Malawi aid coordination meeting last Friday as students from four Harvard graduate schools, Boston University, and Tufts gathered to simulate a global health conference.

Dr. Marisa Silveri talks about binge drinking.

Dr. Marisa Silveri speaks about the influence of GABA, a neurotransmitter that affects impulsivity, on binge drinking.

Andrea Miller, a reproductive health expert from NARAL, discusses "The Economics of Birth Control", sponsored by the Harvard Students for Choice as a part of Women's Week. Miller spoke about the new and controversial decision made by the House of Representatives to stop funding for Family Planning, and said she hopes to open conversations about reproductive and familial health in the United States.

Activist Stresses Personal Costs of Cutting Birth Control Funds

Andrea Miller argued at a “Women’s Week” event yesterday that a woman’s right to control her body transcends financial concerns.

Health Care Merger Efforts Fail

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, which announced in January that they were exploring a merger, have jointly decided to end merger talks and remain independent companies.

Study Finds Governments No More Likely To Cut Global Health Funding During Economic Crisis

There is no historical precedent for cutting global health funding during times of economic crisis, according to a study released one day after the U.S. House Majority Leader Eric I. Cantor defended such cuts at the Institute of Politics on Thursday.

Coffee Causes Strokes...Sort Of

Now that finals are in full swing, many Harvard students are undoubtedly staying up all night, trying to learn what they were supposed to have learned throughout the fall term. As a result, most will likely turn to coffee, the quintessential source of caffeine, to fuel their late night study sessions.

Dartmouth President Discusses Future of Global Health Delivery

Focusing on the delivery of health care will not only help reform the current, flawed medical system, but will also become the newest frontier in science, Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim said in a lecture at Harvard yesterday.

Group Rallies for World AIDS Day

Last night’s World AIDS Day Rally took both a commemorative and a political tone as more than 100 people gathered in the Boston Common gazebo to honor the millions of lives that have been lost to the disease and to advocate for further funding and support for health care across the globe.

Feeling Stressed? We've Got Your Back.

Feeling stressed? Flyby has compiled a list of various resources around campus to help you keep calm during the busy finals season.

Harvard Scientists Reverse Aging Symptoms in Mice

For centuries, man as sought to find eternal youth. Although such a concept has remained a myth, for household rodents at least, that dream has finally come true.

Massachusetts Four Loko Ban Raises Questions

In the wake of growing controversy and public health concerns, Massachusetts last week became the fifth state in the U.S. to ban the sale of the much-publicized drink Four Loko.

Students Challenge Government on AIDS at Conference

Harvard students, wearing shirts and holding signs saying “HIV POSITIVE”, demonstrated at a high-profile global health conference in Boston Friday, calling on the Obama administration to fulfill its pledge to sharply increase funding for AIDS programs.

Harvard Smiles Directs Students to Mental Health Resources

Harvard students looking for support can now turn to HarvardSmiles.com, an online hub launched last week to direct students to mental health resources on campus.

Harvard College Warns of Four Loko’s Risks

Harvard health officials issued a warning against the consumption of the Four Loko, which has been receiving nationwide scrutiny.

Want a Baby? Then Skip Breakfast

What could possibly be manlier than a full English breakfast of sausage, eggs, and bacon, slathered with butter and cream?

Diets High in Saturated Fats Can Lower Sperm Count, Researchers Say

As if the risk of heart disease was not enough, men now have another incentive to monitor their fat intake with the release this week of a Harvard Medical School study that found that high levels of saturated fats could damage their sperm.

Measuring Happiness

John Helliwell, professor of economics at the University of British Columbia, discusses the different measures of happiness.

Harvard Enters into Research Collaboration with Pharmaceutical Company

Harvard enters into new research collaboration with Sanofi-Aventis, a pharmaceutical company that will provide grants to fund projects proposed by Harvard researchers.

Cost of Care Essay Contest

Though UHS provides Harvard students with flu shots for free, exorbitant health care costs burden millions of Americans every year. ...

Flu Shots...Coming to a Dining Hall Near You

All right, so the idea of getting the flu shot in a dining hall might make you queasy. But it's better than getting the flu in a dining hall (hope everyone's using that hand sanitizer)

Body Building Club

(From left to right) Jordan R. Milan '12, Ge (Andy) Zhang '13, and Hugh G. Martin '12, enjoy snacks while listening intently to the upcoming plans for Harvard's Body Building Club including practice schedules, and fundraising efforts.