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HSPH Update
Research news and other updates from Harvard School of Public Health
  • June 2012 Newsletter
  • Chef in school boosts healthy eating; Human Microbiome Project identifies microbes that play role in health; Hospitals receive letter grades for patient safety; Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver wins award from HSPH
  • May 2012 Newsletter
  • Childbirth checklist; Some HDL, or "good" cholesterol, may not protect against heart disease; Preventing obesity; Positive feelings and heart health
  • April 2012 Newsletter
  • Summer temperature variability may increase mortality risk for elderly with chronic disease; Routine mammograms may result in significant overdiagnosis of invasive breast cancer; Use of common pesticide linked to bee colony collapse
  • March 2012 Newsletter
  • Red meat consumption linked to increased risk of mortality; Sleepless in America; Harvard Humanitarian Initiative investigates abuses by Kony and LRA
  • February 2012 Newsletter
  • Gender disparities in cancer; Alumna's educational video on cholera; Common chemicals linked to lowered immune response to childhood vaccinations
  • January 2012 Newsletter
  • New from the Harvard Public Health Review:
    mHealth: Mobilizing a revolution; Fighting malaria with spermless mosquitoes; HSPH helps "make over" the muffin
  • December 2011 Newsletter
  • Elevated BPA levels linked to canned soup consumption; New evidence on drug-resistant tuberculosis; Daily vitamin is a good insurance policy
  • November 2011 Newsletter
  • Healthier school lunches; cancer in the developing world; Do we shrink as we grow older?
  • October 2011 Newsletter
  • Reforming the farm bill; China health summit; Fall 2011 issue of the Harvard Public Health Review
  • September 2011 Newsletter
  • HSPH's Healthy Eating Plate; Disaster response lessons learned in the decade since 9/11
  • August 2011 Newsletter
  • 9/11 disaster response webcast; Red meat risks; World population to surpass 7 billion; National health reform progress
  • July 2011 Newsletter
  • Forum webcast on Alzheimer's; Modest changes in diet may impact long-term weight gain; U.S. Secretary of State Clinton visits health center in Tanzania
  • June 2011 Newsletter
  • TV viewing and diabetes; AIDS at 30; New gov't dietary guidelines; Leadership preparedness
  • May 2011 Newsletter
  • Training disaster relief workers; Coffee may reduce risk of lethal prostate cancer; Heat waves and urban fatalities
  • April 2011 Newsletter
  • Spotlight on environmental health; Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick speaks at HSPH; Fighting cancer Worldwide; Demographic Dividend; Centennial of Triangle Shirtwaist Fire; New epidemiology book by Nancy Krieger; Why Public Health? videos
  • March 2011 Newsletter
  • HSPH Forum: Vitamin D; HSPH awarded $8 million from EPA for air pollution research
  • February 2011 Newsletter
  • New U.S. dietary guidelines; Obesity rises worldwide; Forum on mammograms
  • January 2011 Newsletter
  • Satellite Sentinel Project; Gun violence; Stories from the Winter 2011 Harvard Public Health Review; HSPH Forum launch
  • December 2010 Newsletter
  • Medical education for a new century; Neighborhoods and health
  • November 2010 Newsletter
  • Coffee: The good news; Chemical compounds linked to asthma, allergy in children; Public health priorities during disaster
  • October 2010 Newsletter
  • Stories from the Fall 2010 Harvard Public Health Review
  • August 2010 Newsletter
  • Cancer in developing countries; pesticides linked to ADHD in children
  • July 2010 Newsletter
  • HSPH faculty advise on Gulf Oil spill cleanup; Alumna named to Afghan government
  • June 2010 Newsletter
  • Commencement 2010; research on sugary drinks and brown rice
  • May 2010 Newsletter
  • Why we don't spend enough on public health; cut the salt, keep the flavor; Gawande named to Time's influential people list
  • April 2010 Newsletter
  • Four preventable risk factors; health reform; preventing stroke
  • March 2010 Newsletter
  • HSPH in Haiti; plus, evolving foes and crimes of the heart
  • January 2010 Newsletter
  • Can cost-effective health care=better health care?
  • November 2009 Newsletter
  • Tracking H1N1; health reform in an era of pandemics
  • October 2009 Newsletter
  • Sugar and salt; HSPH investigators lead H1N1 response; bold ideas for managing scarce water
  • August 2009 Newsletter
  • Water bottle concerns; health care cost conundrum; and more
  • May 2009 Newsletter
  • Society is his patient: Q&A with HSPH Dean Julio Frenk; Obesity in China portends diabetic disaster; and more
  • April 2009 Newsletter
  • Salt in the spotlight; HSPH alumna interviews militia members in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and more
  • February 2009 Newsletter
  • Employer wellness programs; stress and heart disease; and more
Nutrition Source Updates
News from HSPH's nutrtion experts to help you cut through confusing information and find practical strategies for healthy eating
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