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...surrounding media controversy—occurred in response to allegations from a Washington D.C.-based non-profit, the Environmental Working Group (EWG). In a letter to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), a government organization which funded Douglass’ $1.3 million dollar study researching the potential link between fluoride and osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, the EWG claimed that Douglass’ final report contained “potential, serious misrepresentations of research results...
...already serves the alumni community. But Kopit said that 02138’s goals don’t overlap with those of Harvard Magazine. Harvard Magazine, Kopit said, “does a terrific job of letting people know about what’s happening at the institution. It links people back to Harvard, and it is endowment-driven.” But she said 02138 is not looking to get alumni directly in touch with the University. “We are markedly different, in that we’re not trying to link anyone back to anything...
...high hostility” performed worse on every examination than less hostile men. Even when confounding variables such as smoking habits and Body Mass Index were taken into account, hostility still emerged as an independent predictor of the rate of pulmonary deterioration. While many researchers have examined the link between stress and cardiovascular disease, this study is the first to investigate the long-term effect of negative emotions on the lungs. Lead researcher Laura D. Kubzansky, an assistant professor of society, human development, and health at HSPH, said in a phone interview, “while we suspected that...
Clearly, the cycle has to be broken somewhere, and the good folks of Madrid should be applauded for trying. Alas, they picked on the scrawniest link in the whole fashion chain, the model. It's like trying to wipe out Lyme disease by killing Bambi...
...Derevensky, co-director of the McGill University Youth Gambling Research Clinic, called out government and private industry for the unprecedented marketing of gambling to kids--from using cartoon characters on state lottery scratchers to mainstream retailers' selling World Poker Tour chocolates. He cited a number of studies showing a link, although not necessarily a causal relationship, between teen gambling and higher rates of drinking, drugs and suicide. He estimated that there are 5 million youths in the U.S. and Canada who have some kind of gambling problem. Parents are a big part of that problem, he said. "Just...