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...cardiac dangers of drinking coffee, a study conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health has found that coffee consumption has no statistically significant effect on the risk of coronary heart disease. Conducted by Sarah A. Rosner—a doctoral student in epidemiology at the School of Public Health??and colleagues, the study followed a group of Swedish women between the ages of 40 and 74 for over a decade. The findings revealed that the women who drank five or more cups of coffee per week had a 32 percent reduced relative risk of getting a heart...
...cream after that, but I ran out of time before my exam.” As the term draws to a close, Nkuebe is not the only student witnessing a drastic change in eating habits. According to Christopher Duggan, an associate professor in the Harvard School of Public Health??s (HSPH) department of nutrition, the pressing specter of exams has effects on the body that go beyond sweaty palms. “The psychological stress of finals can result in significant alterations in eating, sleeping, and exercise patterns, which closely mimic what are thought of as more...
...have promised to limit their energy use by signing the Harvard Sustainability Pledge, earning certificates for wind energy for 30 Harvard buildings. The pledge drive—sponsored by the Harvard Green Campus Initiative in conjunction with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Medical School, and School of Public Health??reported a 75 percent increase in pledges from last year, amounting to a total of 7,000 students, faculty, and staff who vowed to reduce their energy use by carrying out a range of tasks such as turning off their computers, using fluorescent bulbs, and donating used laboratory...
...study, released Sunday in the advance online edition of the journal Nature Genetics, may help in the fight against Plasmodium falciparum, the most deadly of the four parasites responsible for human malaria. The lead researcher, Dyann F. Wirth, who is also chair of the School of Public Health??s Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, said that the finding could help producers of malaria vaccines respond to adaptations by the parasite in much the same way as the influenza vaccine is updated to combat changes in that virus. “We’ll be able...
...also drew attention to the section of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ Undergraduate Handbook entitled, “Consultations and Interventions for Behavioral Disturbances Due to Alcohol or Drug Abuse and Psychological Disorders,” which she said prejudices the term “behavioral health?? and links it to the threat of punishment by the administration. Although all the panelists said they thought that Harvard’s mental health services compared favorably with those of other Ivy League universities, due in large part to the appointment of Hyman, who is also Director...