Harvard Mental Health Letter articles from July 2007

Harvard Mental Health Letter archives from July 2007

Lifestyle therapy for prostate cancer: Does it work?(Clinical report)
July 1, 2007... Prostate cancer is the most common internal malignancy in American men; it's second only to lung cancer among the leading causes of male cancer deaths. That makes it an urgent problem, and it is finally getting the scientific respect it...

Preventing diabetes, Part II: An action plan.(Clinical report)
July 1, 2007... America is in the grip of a diabetic epidemic. About 21 million of us have the disease, and many more have pre-diabetes. And all the indications suggest that the prevalence of diabetes will continue to soar in the years ahead. Elevated...

Aspirin for hypertension?
July 1, 2007... Research chemists and pharmacologists spend long hours in their laboratories developing new medications to treat disease. Clinical investigators and practitioners are responsible for testing new products and using them wisely. But doctors are...

On call; More on the shingles vaccine.
July 1, 2007... Q. Your article on new immunizations for adults was very helpful. I already got my booster for tetanus, diphtheria, and whooping cough, but even though I'm 61, my doctor didn't want to give me the shingles vaccine because I've already had...