Replacing those saturated fats
Although for nearly 60 years people have been urged to decrease their consumption of saturated fats to prevent heart disease, there has been surprisingly little scientific evidence that doing so...
View ArticleThe rise of chronic disease
A three-pronged health challenge is putting the squeeze on already-scarce resources in the developing world, with heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic ailments growing. At the same time, the...
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Dose response
In a webcast this week (March 29), researchers used a recent federal report to start a conversation on vitamin D. How much is enough, and how much is too much? The hour-long panel was sponsored by The...
View ArticleEthics and genetics in the digital age
When five Texas parents found out in 2009 that the Department of State Health Services had saved DNA samples collected through its newborn screening program and was sharing them with researchers (and,...
View ArticleCorporation member steps down
Patricia A. King, the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Medicine, Ethics, and Public Policy at Georgetown Law Center, plans to step down from the Harvard Corporation at the end of December, the...
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Replacing those saturated fats
Although for nearly 60 years people have been urged to decrease their consumption of saturated fats to prevent heart disease, there has been surprisingly little scientific evidence that doing so...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The rise of chronic disease
A three-pronged health challenge is putting the squeeze on already-scarce resources in the developing world, with heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic ailments growing. At the same time, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dose response
In a webcast this week (March 29), researchers used a recent federal report to start a conversation on vitamin D. How much is enough, and how much is too much? The hour-long panel was sponsored by The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ethics and genetics in the digital age
When five Texas parents found out in 2009 that the Department of State Health Services had saved DNA samples collected through its newborn screening program and was sharing them with researchers (and,...
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Corporation member steps down
Patricia A. King, the Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Medicine, Ethics, and Public Policy at Georgetown Law Center, plans to step down from the Harvard Corporation at the end of December, the...
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Brown named to National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering has elected Emery N. Brown to its ranks, putting him among the few who hold membership in the three major U.S. scientific academies. Brown, the Warren Zapol...
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Jha, Mello elected to Institute of Medicine
Two Harvard School of Public Health faculty members from the Department of Health Policy and Management — Ashish Jha and Michelle Mello — have been elected to the Institute of Medicine (IOM). They are...
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