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...study—made by an HSPH team that included Hernan and Associate Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology Alberto Ascherio—has been investigating possible risk factors for Parkinson’s disease...
Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found that people who drink alcohol do not have a reduced risk of Parkinson’s disease, challenging the link between Parkinson’s and an avoidance of addictive behaviors that had been suggested by previous studies...
...disease—a progressive neurological condition that causes tremors, stiff limbs and difficulty in movement—and found there was “no significant difference between drinkers and non-drinkers,” according to lead researcher Miguel Hernan, an assistant professor of epidemiology at HSPH...
...survey points out the low level of understanding the average citizen has about what to do,” says Robert J. Blendon, professor of health policy and political analysis at the HSPH who directed the research. “The results suggest we have to have a serious conversation with the public, not about duct tape, but the usefulness of finding a safe room, to make sure somebody at school or at a workplace would know where to go if you couldn’t stay where...
...surveys the HSPH has previously conducted addressed the anthrax attacks related to Sept. 11, vaccinations against smallpox, and the recent concerns about the West Nile virus...