Articles, tagged with "harvard school of public health", page 5
15th February 2007
According to recent research, a nap after lunch just might save your life. A study released from Harvard School of Public Health as well as research from Athens reported that Greeks who took a 30 minute nap sometime during the day were 37 percent less lik...
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Author:
Greg Edwards
15th February 2007
Want to escape type 2 diabetes? Start eating dairy foods today!
Yes, this is what the studies conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health has revealed. The researchers kept a track on 41,000 men, who consumed large quantities of diary products, f...
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Jeremy Parker
16th November 2006
The Popular Wisdom is that most of us will put on a few extra pounds between Memorial Day and the New Year. While there is no definitive study to support or debunk that theory, practical experience does suggest that this may be the most difficult period...
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Author:
Peter Amaral
02nd October 2006
The food pyramid is a nutritional guide published primarily by the federal government to provide proper dietary information or instruction to the American. As like anything organic, the food pyramid has constantly evolved since its inception.
Originall...
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Author:
Roy Barker
31st August 2006
According to a survey conducted by Harvard School of Public Health, 3/4 of the participants in US rated Obesity as a serious public health issue. The high frequency of diet related ads shown on TV, publication, and internet served to validate this alarmin...
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Author:
Rex Ng
11th May 2006
Overall, Americans are breathing easier than they did in 2005, but over 150 million of us are still exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to the American Lung Association's State of the Air 2006 report. "Our report shows real improvement...
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Author:
Brian Vaszily
16th April 2006
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, about 80 percent of the electricity in New Mexico is generated each year by burning coal. The irony is that the dominant anti-nuclear group in New Mexico, Southwest Research and Information Center (...
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Author:
James Finch
25th January 2006
It's well known that obesity and diabetes often go hand-in-hand. Over 60 million Americans are obese, a condition that makes it 20 to 40 times more likely that you'll develop diabetes than someone of a healthy weight, according to the Harvard School of Pu...
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Author:
Brian Vaszily
20th November 2005
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Of the seven million worldwide cancer deaths reported in 2001, 35 percent were attributable to nine well-known behavioral and environmental risk factors, according to an analysis published in The Lancet.
Researchers...
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Author:
Rita Jenkins
30th October 2005
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The type of stroke that results when a blood clot travels to the brain -- called an ischemic stroke -- is more likely to occur on days when the air contains a larger concentration of particulate matter, according to a ...
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Author:
Rita Jenkins
28th October 2005
Every day, 7 percent of the U.S. population visits a McDonald's, and 20-25 percent eat fast food of some kind, says Steven Gortmaker, professor of society, human development, and health at the Harvard School of Public Health. As for children, 30 percent b...
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Author:
Brian Vaszily
05th August 2005
What's the use?
Nothing you do will hold down the cost of medical malpractice. It feels that way sometimes, doesn't it?
Unfortunately, for many risk managers, that's not too far off the mark. What they're doing isn't working.
We can point to othe...
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Author:
Tim Dawes
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