May 31, 2001

HARVARD GAZETTE ARCHIVES

Alum study extols exercise
After tracking the health of Harvard alumni for 41 years, researchers offer this advice for a longer life: exercise, exercise, exercise, and quit smoking. It's not new advice, but the researchers have found that heeding it can add almost four years to your life.

Important step in teaching with technology
Improving teaching and learning with technological tools was the topic of a one-day workshop in early May sponsored by the office of Provost Harvey V. Fineberg and the Harvard Academic Computing Committee.

Researchers develop mice resistant to atherosclerosis
Team led by HSPH professor has discovered a new pathway that could be manipulated to prevent and treat hardening of the arteries.

Program connects environmental dots
What will it cost corporations to reduce the sulfur emissions that lead to acid rain? What incentives will spur consumers to conserve water?

'Green' Initiative looks to save energy worldwide
The year-old program aims to put a commitment to environmental preservation and sustainability to work on the Harvard campus.

Steps to a longer life Epidemiologist I-Min Lee led a study of Harvard alumni which shows it's never too late to begin an active lifestyle. "Even among those 75-84 years old, exercising and quitting smoking added almost two years," says Lee. Full story

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