School of Public Health news

The Exercise for Health Summit (EfHS), organised by EuropeActive, kicked off today at the Melia Castille in Madrid, with the timing designed to coincide with ... More

The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) has unveiled the Thich Nhat Hanh Center for Mindfulness in Public Health, following a US$25m (€22.7m, ... More

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) is gearing up to host its second annual Wellness Real Estate & Communities Symposium at JPMorgan Chase & Co. headquarters ... More

The Lake Nona Impact Forum will see leaders from health, wellbeing, technology and business gather in Florida during 8-10 March 2023. The annual event brings ... More

A new medical study from Tel Aviv University, Israel, has found that the risk of developing metastatic cancer, the leading cause of death in Israel, ... More

Researchers at Harvard have found the optimal amount of exercise is between 150 and 600 minutes a week, with no harm done by intensity, but ... More

The Global Wellness Summit (GWS) has revealed the full agenda for its 15th annual conference taking place both virtually and in person in Boston, Massachusetts, ... More

Fitness apps that emphasise death-related messaging are more effective in getting people physically active. The finding comes from a study that looked at five types ... More

School closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic will exacerbate the epidemic of childhood obesity in the US, according to public health scientists at Columbia University's ... More

Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) has combined social media posts and machine learning to chart entire populations' exercise habits. BUSPH researchers combed through ... More

A study of healthy, older adults has shown that even a single session of exercise can increase activity in the brain circuits associated with memory. ... More

Exercise alters brain blood flow and improves cognitive performance in older adults, according to research by the University of Maryland School of Public Health (UMD). ... More

Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas will operate a 60-bedroom hotel at The Forestias, a THB90bn (US$2.8bn), 119-acre green development at Bangna in Bangkok being developed ... More

Physical activity levels among teenagers are similar to that of 60-year olds, according to US research. The study confirmed that World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations ... More

Social psychologist Amy Cuddy has been confirmed as the opening keynote speaker for the 2017 ISPA Conference & Expo at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino ... More

Physical activity trackers are more likely to motivate people to get physically active if their use is coupled with wellness coaching – according to a ... More

The International WELL Building Institute has named US Green Building Council CEO and founding chair Rick Fedrizzi as CEO and chair of its board of ... More

Harvard University in the US is establishing a new Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public ... More

Researchers at Brown University in the US have found that people with higher scores for dispositional mindfulness – the inherent trait of being aware of ... More

Dr Josef Allen, assistant professor of Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, discussed Harvard’s Healthy Buildings Programme during the recent Global Wellness Summit in ... More

The afternoon session of the Global Wellness Summit day 1 (November 13 2015) tackled workplace wellness, commencing with a presentation on understanding workplace wellness by ... More

The Global Wellness Summit, set to take place 13-15 November at The St. Regis Mexico City, has announced key elements of its 9th annual conference ... More

Men who take muscle-building pills and powders are more likely to develop testicular cancer, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer. ... More

Architects OMA and landscape architects OLIN have been selected to design the 11th Street Bridge Park, an elevated park in Washington D.C, US. Chosen from ... More

ukactive CEO David Stalker has spoken out in favour of active lifestyles, following widespread news coverage suggesting that most cancers are the result of bad ... More