News and Views from Harvard Health Blog

Heart’s “fountain of youth” starts flowing early
Jan 27, 2012

Doctors debate use of email for communicating with their patients
Jan 26, 2012

Health care largely ignored in State of the Union address
Jan 25, 2012

New from Harvard Health Publications

• Top health headlines of 2011

  We present the top stories of the year as reported on our blogs, in HEALTHbeat, and on Twitter. To read any of these top stories, just click on the headline. From all of us at Harvard Medical School, best wishes for a healthy 2012. Top 5 Blog Posts... Read more »

• Twelve tips for healthier eating in 2012

  If healthier eating is on your list of resolutions for 2012, look no further. The January issue of the Harvard Women’s Health Watch offers 12 ways to break old dietary habits and build new ones. According to the article “12 for 2012: Twelve tips... Read more »

• Obsessions and compulsions in children

  It is normal for many children, at various stages of development, to be concerned about sameness and symmetry and having things perfect, to insist on certain bedtime routines, or to develop superstitions and rituals like avoiding cracks in the... Read more »

• What is it about coffee?

  Remember when people (and their doctors) used to worry that coffee was bad for the heart, would give them ulcers, and would make them overly nervous? In excess, it can cause problems. But recent research has linked coffee to health benefits, not... Read more »

• Are you doing all you can to prevent a heart attack or stroke?

  That's the central question posed—and answered—in the January 2012 issue of the Harvard Heart Letter. In keeping with the self-improvement resolutions that accompany the new year, this issue of the Harvard Heart Letter revolves around the goals... Read more »

• Thick thighs may protect health

  Obesity may soon overtake smoking as the leading preventable cause of death in the United States. But not all body fat is created equal, reports the January 2012 issue of the Harvard Men's Health Watch. Fat located around the body's internal organs... Read more »

• Don’t let food poisoning crash your holiday party

  Most people are aware of the hazards of excessive food and drink during the winter holidays, but few worry about a lesser-known risk of year-end celebrations: foodborne illness, better known as food poisoning. Every year, 48 million Americans... Read more »

• Late angioplasty no benefit after heart attack

  People who arrive at the hospital a day or more after experiencing a heart attack might expect to receive an artery-opening angioplasty. But they shouldn’t, according to guidelines issued in 2007 based on evidence that angioplasty was no more... Read more »