Does losing weight help to reduce menopausal hot flashes?
Harvard RWJF Scholar Alum Rebecca Clark Thurston, PhD, has co-authored a pilot study designed to test whether weight loss reduces hot flashes.
Helpful algorithm for quantifying cardiometabolic risk may help motivate prevention and intervention
Harvard Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman and affiliated researcher Orfeu Buxton have co-authored a study that presents a way to quantify cardiometabolic risk using modifiable, non-self-reported risk factors which may help to motivate an…
Are Adolescent Smokers Using E-Cigarettes to Help Them Quit?
One of our RWJF Health & Society Scholars, Adam Lippert, PhD, has recently published a paper on which adolescent subgroups are using e-cigarettes and whether they are using them to help them quit smoking. The study has been published in the American…
The Impact of Childhood Social Disadvantage
How does social disadvantage in childhood correlate to cardiometabolic function and chronic disease status 40 years down the line? RWJF alumna Amy Non, along with Pop Center faculty members Ichiro Kawachi, Matthew Gilman, and Laura Kubzansky, take a look…
Minority neighborhoods found to have higher access to fast-food restaurants in the United States
The findings of a recent study co-authored by Harvard Pop Center faculty member S.V. Subramanian and Yerby Fellow Mariana C. Arcaya have been published in Health & Place. The study examines whether minority and poor neighborhoods have higher access…
David Cutler's Earlier Optimism on Increasing Efficiency of Healthcare System May Have Been Right, say New Republic
Harvard Pop Center affiliated faculty member David Cutler is referenced in this article in New Republic on some recently released statistics on healthcare spending, indicating that the healthcare system may be becoming more efficient and services more…
Harvard RWJF Alum Reanne Frank Comments on Hispanic Population Growth in Ohio Newspaper
Harvard RWJF Alum Reanne Frank is quoted in an article in The Columbus Dispatch on the growth of the Hispanic population. Frank, currently an associate professor of sociology at Ohio State University, explains that nationally Hispanic population is…
Older American workers more likely to be depressed after job loss than their European counterparts
In support of a recent study on job loss and depression in the USA and Europe published in the International Journal of Epidemiology and reported by CBS News, Harvard Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman has written a commentary. The HSPH researchers and…
Can friends help friends quit smoking?
According to a new study published in Journal of Health and Social Behavior and co-authored by RWJF alum Steven Haas, adolescents tend to be more powerful in influencing their friends to start smoking than in helping them to quit. “In…
Debt hurts more than just your credit rating
A recent study led by former RWJF scholar Elizabeth Sweet found that high student debt leads to a greater incidence of high blood pressure and depression in people ages 24-32. The study was featured in both Time and Forbes. With regard to…