Big Guns Take Aim at Big Tobacco
World experts team up for a two-day conference on tobacco control in developing countries.
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Articles tagged health and medicine
Harvard Portrait: Abigail Donovan and Laura Prager
The pediatric psychiatrists’ book depicts emergency-room experiences with mentally ill children.
2.14.13
Cheating the Reaper
New study reveals just how many years of life are added by varying levels of exercise.
2.14.13
A Cardiac Conundrum
How gaps in medical knowledge affect matters of the heart
2.14.13
A Pediatrician Takes the Long View
David G. Nathan on watching his patients grow up and flourish
12.14.12
The Placebo Phenomenon
An ingenious researcher finds the real ingredients of “fake” medicine.
12.14.12
Harvard Weighs In on the Fiscal Cliff
Joins 15 other leading Massachusetts universities and hospitals in urging Congress to reach a resolution.
11.14.12
Soda and Violence
A Harvard School of Public Health study links soda to teen violence.
10.15.12
Labor, Interrupted
The rise in the use of C-sections
10.15.12
An Arctic Mercury Meltdown
Arctic mercury pollution flows from rivers, not the atmosphere.
10.15.12
Harvard Portrait: David Jones
David Jones, Ackerman professor of the culture of medicine, works in both history and medicine.
8.17.12
Cancer-fighting Robots
Shawn Douglas of the Wyss Institute is developing drug-delivering machines that target designated cells.
8.17.12
Curbing Clots
Rutin, a substance found in apples, could help prevent heart attacks and stroke.
8.17.12
Thinking Outside the Pack
Robert Proctor’s Golden Holocaust urges abolition of cigarettes, the leading preventable cause of death.
6.15.12
Harvard Portrait: Russell Phillips
Meet the director of Harvard Medical School’s new Center for Primary Care.