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...appearance of bird flu in the United States could cause extensive economic disruption, according to a new poll surveying 1,043 people by the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH...
...Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) professor faced criticism this week for making appearances at Anheuser-Busch events to discuss his research on the benefits of moderate alcohol consumption. Meir J. Stampfer, the chair of HSPH’s department of epidemiology, attended two luncheons in New York and Chicago to discuss his studies, Francine I. Katz, vice president of communications and consumer affairs for Anheuser-Busch, wrote in a statement. The company paid for his travel expenses. While Stampfer has not been personally compensated, the company has donated $150,000 to the HSPH, which is used for student scholarships...
...will join the other participants of the Nieman Fellow Program, which allows both U.S. and international journalists to study at Harvard for a year, according to Jay A. Winsten, associate dean and Stanton director of the Center of Health Communication at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). In addition to the activities they will pursue with the other Nieman Fellows, the Global Health Fellows will study at HSPH and throughout the University. At the end of their academic year, they will spend four months applying their learning by doing fieldwork in developing countries. “You can think...
...American Medical Association. This is the first time a link has been found between breast-feeding and health benefits for the mother, said Karin B. Michels, the study’s senior author and associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). “We know that breast-feeding is good in particular for the child, but this study adds evidence that it is also good for the mother,” she said. The study found that, after data had been controlled, each additional year of breast-feeding brought a drop...
...AMOD program is funded through 2008 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. According to Nelson, HSPH researchers will continue evaluating the approach in the coming years...