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How the Nurses’ Health Study Transformed What We Know About Public Health

By Anna McTigue | Public Health | 0 comment | 30 April, 2025 | 0

The iconic study has been one of the most ambitious and fruitful investigations of the risk factors that can lead to chronic diseases.

The Science of Tea: What Research Tells Us about the Benefits of an Ancestral Tradition

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | Nutrition, Psychiatry, Women in Science | 0 comment | 8 March, 2023 | 0

Mass General clinician-researcher Uma Naidoo, MD discusses the benefits of tea, according to science.

Five Things to Know About The Benefits of Cutting Added Sugars

By Nicoletta Valenzano, MPH | Medicine, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 5 November, 2021 | 0

Researchers from Mass General and colleagues created a model to simulate the health and financial benefits of reducing added sugars.

Mass General Researchers Find Genes that Shed Light on the Breakfast Skipping Conundrum

By Gloria Rosado | Genetics & Genomics | 0 comment | 11 July, 2019 | 0

Could there be a genetic component that explains why some people skip breakfast? Does missing the so-called “most important meal of the day” impact overall health?

Nutritional Psychiatry: Mental Health from a Nutrition and Lifestyle Perspective

By Gloria Rosado | Gastroenterology, Psychiatry | 1 comment | 6 June, 2019 | 0

Most people have heard the expression “you are what you eat” and think about how what they eat affects their physical health, but could food be affecting mental health too?

Friday Read: How to Tell Nutrition Research Fact From Fiction in the News

By mghresearch | Communicating Science, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 21 July, 2017 | 0

If you’re confused whether coconut oil is good or bad for you or whether alcohol will lengthen or shorten your life, you’re not alone. With so many nutrition studies receiving coverage in the news, it’s often difficult to discern truth from hyperbole. A great article published today in the Washington Post discusses how we shouldn’tRead more

Diet Known to Reduce Risk for Hypertension May Also Prevent Gout

By mghresearch | Cardiology, Gastroenterology | 1 comment | 22 May, 2017 | 0

A recent study from Massachusetts General Hospital suggests that following the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet may reduce the risk of gout.

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