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.

Quercetin may not be a household word -- yet. But a study by researchers at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health shows that the powerful antioxidant/anti-inflammatory compound found in fruits and vegetables significantly boosts endurance capacity and maximal oxygen capacity (VO2max) in healthy, active but untrained men and women.