Tag: Preventive medicine

  • Health

    How ‘traffic light’ labels promote healthier eating

    A simple, color-coded system for labeling food items in a hospital cafeteria appears to increase customers’ attention to the nutritional value of their food choices, and encourage the purchase of the healthiest items.

  • Health

    Hunting the missing health link

    Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital are launching a study of 100,000 patients to determine the link among genetics, lifestyle, and environmental factors in causing disease.