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William H. Foege, a senior fellow in the Global Health Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was awarded the inaugural Thomas H. Weller Prize yesterday at the “Ancient Diseases, Modern Killers: The Eradication of Infectious Disease?? symposium sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health...
While it is a fundamentally good thing that the Harvard community has been notified via e-mail of the disease??s potential to spread and of its presence on campus, perhaps the best thing about Harvard’s reaction is its commitment to informing the community instead of inspiring panic. We certainly echo the recommendations of University Health Services officials who have suggested taking small precautions such as frequent hand-washing, but we hope that students do not allow a fear of contracting this new flu strain to inhibit their daily routines and activities. In cases like...
...Harvard School of Public Health study recently showed that obesity leads to a significantly greater risk of periodontal disease??a severe form of gum disease that causes bone destruction and periodontal tissue inflammation. “This is one of the first, if not the first, study demonstrating such a significant relationship in such a large group of people,” said Frank B. Hu, professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at HSPH. The association found in this study can be of “substantial public health importance,” said...
...Modulating the activity of astrocytes might be an interesting therapeutic target slightly different than the neurocentric view,” said Kuchibhotla. Since this research can be applicable to other diseases—including Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, and Lou Gehrig’s disease??Bacskai and researchers at MIND are in the process of using these imaging techniques to study other neurodegenerative diseases. “The point of MIND is to have all the researchers in an open lab environment,” said Anne B. Young, the chief of neurology...
...While the scientists said that U.S. researchers have made enormous strides in unlocking the secrets of human health and disease??, they said that this progress may come to a grinding halt in the wake of stagnant funding at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). And not only is flat funding taking a toll on research, but it’s also affecting the careers of younger scientists, according to a new report released yesterday by Harvard and the six other research institutions...