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Mantzoros Promoted at HMS and HSPH
Acclaimed epidemiologist Christos S. Mantzoros has been promoted to at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health.
Competition Seeks Ideas About Diabetes
Harvard Catalyst, an interdisciplinary health research organization, will launch a competition soliciting insights related to type 1 diabetes from all across the campus—an endeavor that organizers say will hopefully lead to diverse perspectives on the disease and its treatment.
Findings on HIV Mutations May Provide Leads in Drug Research
Scientists at Harvard and the University of California, San Diego have discovered that mutations in the HIV virus work together to induce drug resistance—a finding that may offer new leads in HIV drug research and therapy.
Hospital Chair To Resign Dec. 31
The resignation of Arthur L. Day, who has served as chair of neurosurgery at the Harvard affiliate since July 2007, was announced in an e-mail to the hospital’s community Monday.
Study Shows Coffee’s Benefits
The consumption of coffee and vigorous exercise may have a hand in decreasing the risk of prostate cancer, according to separate findings recently presented by two researchers affiliated with the Harvard School of Public Health.
Sweet Drinks Contribute to Disease
Women who frequently drink sugar-sweetened drinks while pregnant may have a significantly higher risk of developing a condition similar to type II diabetes, according to a recent study conducted by Louisiana State University and Harvard researchers.
Professors in Several Parts of University Offered Retirement Package
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences and four of the University's professional schools offered retirement plans to members of their faculty earlier today, marking the realization of an idea that surfaced when it became clear last fall that the University's endowment would be hard-hit by the financial crisis.
Income Gap Linked to Public Health Linked to Health
Income inequalities beyond a specific threshold appear to negatively affect the health of the entire population, a study authored in part by Harvard School of Public Health researchers revealed.
H1N1 Vaccine Not Meeting Demand
Only 30 percent of American adults who have tried to obtain the H1N1 influenza vaccine were actually able to receive it, according to a recent Harvard School of Public Health survey.
HSPH Professor Criticizes AAFP
An HSPH professor has called for a physician's group to return a six-figure grant to Coca-Cola.
Prof To Advise Health Care Group
In 2006 Michael E. Porter co-authored a text that would establish an intellectual framework informing the health care reform debate. ...
Got Lice? Who cares!
Lice. Those nasty, hard to kill, infectious little creatures haunted your elementary school days. The memory alone must be making you genuflect for a match book to burn those suckers. Well, you might want to calm down. Richard J. Pollack, a research associate with the Harvard School of Public Health, says that head lice (Pediculus capitis) just aren't that big of a deal. And your elementary school principal, well he is probably among the ranks of school administrators nation-wide who overreact about these harmless creatures. FlyBy picked his brain yesterday (pun intended) about this bold assertion. Pollack estimated that on average there is one child absent from school from every elementary school in the country everyday due to the diagnosis or misdiagnosis of head lice. "Oh and I think that's conservative," he said. Pollack, who said he and his colleagues have screened over 10,000 school-children, characterized most of what people hear about the creatures, which live in the human head, as bunk. “As far as I can tell head lice does not impart any advantage to a child. There might be who knows," Pollack said (emphasis added). While he conceded it is "wild speculation" to suggest the head lice may be beneficial, he strongly emphasized the absence of any demonstrated health risks associated with head lice. So call up your teacher who embarrassed you in front of your 3rd grade class and tell him how wrong he was. Follow the jump to find out the facts surrounding head lice and to learn more about them than you ever expected to find interesting.
Obesity Linked to Multiple Sclerosis
<p>Adolescent obesity is strongly associated with increased risk of multiple sclerosis later in life, according to a recent Harvard School of Public Health study that analyzed data from more than 200,000 women over a period of 40 years.</p>
HSPH Studies Support for Health Care Proposal
Public support for proposed health care legislation hinges more on how it promises to impact individuals, rather than on its potential effect on the nation as a whole, according to a study earlier this week from Harvard School of Public Health researchers.
Health Care Reform Lauded
Approximately 70 percent of in-state physicians support the current Massachusetts Health Care Reform Law that authorized near universal health care coverage for the state in 2006, according to a study released by the Harvard School of Public Health earlier this month.
Harvard School of Public Health Partners with Cyprus Government
The government of the island nation of Cyprus has pledged $8.8 million towards increasing opportunities in public health education, research, ...