Losing weight and being healthier are at the top of everyone’s New Year’s resolutions. But, despite the best intentions, work, kids, and social events often...
Category - Health
What is diabetes? Diabetes is a disease in which blood glucose levels are above normal. Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose, or sugar, for our...
Foodborne illness is a common, costly—yet preventable—public health problem. CDC estimates that 1 in 6 Americans get sick from contaminated foods or beverages...
Boston, MA – A chemical that disrupts biological processes in female mosquitoes may be just as effective as insecticides in reducing the spread of malaria...
Boston, MA – U.S. chain restaurants participating in a National Restaurant Association initiative to improve the nutritional quality of their children’s menus...
Boston, MA – A family of highly drug-resistant and potentially deadly bacteria may be spreading more widely—and more stealthily—than previously thought...
Boston, MA – A new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health researchers provides powerful new tools to help clinicians around the globe predict...
Boston, MA – Hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases decline on days with major snowfalls compared to days with no snowfall, but they jump by 23% two...
At a glance: New research shows great variation among clinicians’ opioid prescribing practices and links physician prescription patterns to patients’ risk for...
A new review suggests that eating tomatoes and other lycopene-containing foods lowers prostate cancer risk. Consuming tomatoes, watermelon and other foods...
