Tag: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  • Nation & World

    PTSD linked to increased risk of ovarian cancer

    A new study finds that women who have greater numbers of PTSD symptoms are at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer.

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    PTSD marked in book
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    Want to stop mass shootings?

    In the wake of mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, the Gazette spoke with David Hemenway, professor of health policy at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, director of the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, and author of the 2006 book “Private Guns, Public Health.” Hemenway has spent much of…

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    Woman mourns at memorial
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    Growing support for plant-based diet

    A new meta-analysis shows that people who follow predominantly plant-based diets with greater adherence have a 23 percent lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes than those who follow these diets with lower adherence.

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    Plant-based food on table
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    Reeling in rising distracted driving deaths

    Crashes caused by distracted drivers are believed to have been the biggest cause of a 14 percent rise in traffic fatalities since 2014. The Harvard Chan School’s Center for Health Communication is mounting an anti-distracted driving campaign this fall to make headway against a problem that has proven resistant to change despite efforts by government,…

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    Cars in traffic
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    Is your home making you sick?

    In a recent online report, researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health have compiled 36 expert tips to help make your home a healthier place to live. Happily, most of them are quick fixes that can have a major impact on well-being.

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    Illustration of bright multi-colored buildings.
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    As measles cases crack 1,000, a look at what to do

    Harvard public health and public safety experts recommended public education, elimination of nonmedical vaccination exemptions for schoolkids, and potentially more severe penalties as a way to get parents to comply with measles vaccination guidelines.

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    Juliette Kayyem and Barry Bloom.
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    Proven opioid treatment faces roadblocks

    A Harvard Chan School study reveals that buprenorphine-naloxone, a highly effective, evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder, is difficult to access in states with high rates of death associated with opiates.

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    Fighting for humane mental health treatment

    Faraaz Mahomed, of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is working to protect the rights of those using mental health systems throughout the world.

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    Faraaz Mahomed in an office
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    Four deans, and their journeys

    Four Harvard deans discuss their role models and their work as top administrators.

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    Four Harvard deans
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    Amid India elections, Harvard study aligns data with constituencies

    A team at the Center for Population and Development Studies and the Center for Geographic Analysis has remapped a trove of health and wellness data to align it with political districts in India, to help voters in the world’s largest democracy better decide how to vote in the six-week election.

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    S.V. Subramanian.
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    Pharma-to-doc marketing a vulnerability in opioid fight

    A University of Michigan-Harvard University summit brought experts from the two universities as well as outside organizations to consider ways to address the opioid epidemic.

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    Pills spilling from a bottle
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    In the cold and rain, a sprawling lesson on caring

    About 250 faculty, students, and volunteers descended on Massachusetts’ Harold Parker State Forest last weekend for a disaster simulation aimed to prepare students studying humanitarian disaster response for the real thing.

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    Participants learn to treat injuries in a humanitarian disaster simulation.
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    AI model predicts TB resistance

    A Harvard undergrad, working with Harvard Medical School scientists, has designed an artificial intelligence model that predicts tuberculosis resistance to 10 most commonly used drugs. The new model outperforms previous machine-learning tools, and incorporating it into clinical tests could dramatically enhance early detection and prompt treatment of drug-resistant TB.

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    Secondary tuberculosis in lungs and close-up view of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, 3D illustration
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    The dietary factor

    Based on new research, a randomized placebo-controlled trial in humans indicates that a popular food ingredient called propionate may raise the risk of diabetes and obesity.

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    Supermarket aisle with empty shopping cart
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    Sparking a national debate

    Environmental protection is not a goal to achieve but a task to be undertaken by one generation and handed to the next, Gina McCarthy, the former EPA administrator and current director of Harvard’s Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, told the Gazette in an Earth Day interview.

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    A 1967 photograph, showing old cars used as rip-rap along the banks of the Cuyahoga to protect it from erosion is held in front of the river decades later.
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    Inoculating against misinformation

    A new survey by Harvard researchers shows that trust in leaders and institutions are at a low ebb in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, highlighting the importance of gaining trust as part of the response to the growing Ebola epidemic there.

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    Nadia Murad: The making of an activist

    Nadia Murad came to Harvard as a survivor of genocide under ISIS, an advocate for victims of sexual violence, and the first Iraqi citizen to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Her talk focused on her personal journey and how her ordeal turned her into an activist.

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    Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Nadia
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    Homeless, hopeless, and sick

    Humanitarian workers from around the globe will visit Harvard to discuss how best to treat the increasing number of diabetics among refugee populations. Symposium organizers talk about the problem and what they hope the symposium will accomplish.

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    Sylvia Kehlenbrink (left) and Lindsay Jaacks.
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    How to feed 10 billion by midcentury

    A panel of experts at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discussed how the globe might feed an estimated human population of 10 billion by midcentury and suggested a diet high in plant foods, low in red meat, as well as a host of reforms to how food is produced and distributed today.

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    Anna Sortun, David Bennell, Gina McCarthy, and Walter Willett.
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    Sickly sweet

    A long-term study, led by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, found that the more sugar-sweetened beverages people consumed, the greater their risk of premature death — particularly death from cardiovascular disease, and to a lesser extent from cancer.

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    Soda with ice in a glass
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    Dying in childbirth on rise in U.S.

    Harvard panel discusses doubling of maternal mortality rates in U.S. caused by inadequate hospital facilities, lack of access, insurance gaps, and systemic racism.

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    Ana Langer and Wanda Barfield
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    Film shows how doctors can make a difference

    Documentary Night in Klarman Hall kicked off with a panel discussion on a clip from “Bending the Arc,” a film about Partners In Health, the NGO founded in 1987 by Harvard Medical School students Paul Farmer and Jim Yong Kim and social justice and health-care advocate Ophelia Dahl.

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    Chan School Dean Michelle Williams, Ophelia Dahl, Paul Farmer and Dean Nitin Nohria
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    Medicating mosquitoes to fight malaria

    Considering a new strategy for malaria control that complements existing insecticide-treated bed nets, a Harvard-led study found that mosquitoes landing on surfaces coated with the antimalarial drug atovaquone were blocked from developing the parasite that causes the disease.

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    Mosquito net
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    A program to give workforce well-being a boost

    Harvard Chan School of Public Health researchers are engaging with some of the world’s most recognizable brands to improve working conditions and workplace well-being around the world.

    5 minutes
    Eileen McNeely.
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    The endless struggle over racism

    Pervasive racism and hate requires a response that addresses it at various levels, from politics to public safety to schools, experts at a Harvard Chan School forum said.

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    Maureen Costello, Director of Teaching Tolerance and Member of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Senior Leadership Team; Dipayan Ghosh, Pozen Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; David Williams, Chair of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Oren Segal, Director, Center on Extremism, Anti-Defamation League; moderator Philip Martin, Senior Investigative Reporter, WGBH News
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    Finding our genomic clockwork

    Harvard researchers have discovered that a novel biomarker of aging in rDNA can accurately determine an individual’s chronological and biological age. The biomarker opens new opportunities for monitoring responses to interventions and lifestyle choices.

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    Illustration of man's shadow forming hands on a clock.
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    The science, business of aging

    A half-day conference at Harvard Business School examined the growing promise of research on aging and the potential of now-experimental interventions to one day ease the burdens of infirmity.

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    A man at a podium with big projection screens on either side of him
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    A gathering to battle cancer

    Amid projections that global cancer rates will skyrocket, researchers from around the country gathered at Harvard Monday to share their latest findings and to launch a center whose aim is to boost cancer early detection and prevention.

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    Controversy over e-cigarette flavorings heats up

    A new study finds two chemicals commonly used to flavor e-cigarettes may be damaging cilia production and function in the human airway.

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    hand holding an electronic cigarette
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    Leadership lessons from Harvard’s president

    Harvard President Larry Bacow talks about his leadership journey and the lessons along the way.

    6 minutes
    President Larry Bacow and Dean Michelle Williams.