Among women who survive to age 70 or older, those who regularly participated in physical activity during middle age appear more likely to be in better overall health. Qi Sun, M.D., Sc.D., of the Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, and colleagues analyzed data from 13,535 participants in the Nurses' Health Study...

A new study from the US suggests that travel is linked to a higher risk of developing a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), also known as a venous thromboembolism (VTE). The study was the work of corresponding author Dr Divay Chandra, from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and other colleagues from HSPH and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, all in Boston, Massachusetts.

A recent study out of McLean Hospital, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, confirms that Cognizin(R) Citicoline, a dietary supplement composed of a powerful natural anti-aging compound, that has been shown to support the improvement of brain function by promoting neural and cognitive performance, will be presented at this year's International Society of Sports Nutrition Annual Conference in New Orleans by Dr. Deborah Yurgelun-Todd on Tuesday, June 16, 2009.