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Kenfield’s study??which followed 2,686 men who had already been diagnosed with prostate cancer and quantified their exercise habits after their diagnoses—found that vigorous activity decreased the risk of mortality due to prostate cancer...
...overall message of this study is that, though individuals should still take cautions, the overall impact on our society is fortunately less severe than the upper end of what we thought was possible,” said Marc Lipsitch, one of the study??s authors and a professor of epidemiology at HSPH...
...H1N1 virus is still quite a serious public health threat, Lipsitch said, but he added that the study??s results could be helpful for health officials in better gauging the necessary resources and precautions needed to combat the virus. For example, these results could be used to justify decisions not to close schools in large numbers...
Willett, known as an active proponent of taxing sugared drinks to reduce consumption, said he believes that the study??s conclusions should translate into policy action and lead to greater public awareness, especially since the average American currently drinks 11 servings of sugared beverages every week...
Arkansas resident Kathryn C. Stephens ’13 said she was not completely surprised by the Harvard study??s conclusions...