
HPFS
@hpfscohort
The Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (HPFS) is a cancer epidemiology cohort of 50,000 US male health professionals to evaluate hypotheses about men’s health
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https://sites.sph.harvard.edu/hpfs/ 06-04-2018 17:11:01
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Participants from HPFS contribute information to Coronavirus Pandemic Epidemiology consortium: publication in tomasz baniak public health examines excess risk of #COVID19 in healthcare workers Andy Chan long nguyen David A. Drew pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32745512/


New study from @hpfs and Nurses' Health Study provides strong evidence that diets with high inflammatory or insulinemic potential increase risk of type 2 #diabetes Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Harvard Epidemiology American Diabetes Association hsph.me/2ar

Longitudinal study of >20,000 men in HPFS suggests healthy dietary patterns associated with lower risk of erectile dysfunction, led by @scottryanbauer Stacey Kenfield JAMA UCSF Epidemiology & Biostatistics Harvard Cancer Epi UCSFUrology jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

New study by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health scientists found that higher anxiety and depression symptoms associated with worse survival in adults with colorectal #cancer from Nurses Health Study & HPFS, beyond established risk factors Dr Claudia Trudel-Fitzgerald (same handle on bsky) Harvard Cancer Epi hsph.me/2c9

New study led by Harvard Cancer Epi Mingyang Song highlights benefit of health lifestyle in addition to endoscopy to prevent colorectal #cancer HPFS Harvard Epidemiology hsph.me/2d5


New HPFS study finds men who experienced angry feelings and expressed them aggressively more likely to die of CVD & #cancer over 20 years and beyond traditional risk factors. Dr Claudia Trudel-Fitzgerald (same handle on bsky) Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33901055/

Congratulations to Harvard Cancer Epi PhD student Kristen Brantley, who successfully and beautifully defended her doctoral thesis on metabolomics and #breastcancer risk: Mentoring team Rulla Tamimi heather eliassen and Bernie Rosner Harvard Epidemiology Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health





September is #NationalProstateCancerAwarenessMonth - Check out Harvard Cancer Epi for some Prostate Cancer Facts throughout this month!

Harvard Cancer Epi research has found #VitaminD pathways to reduce #ProstateCancer death - so get outside and enjoy the sun (safely)!! #ProstateCancerAwarenessMonth #pcsm Harvard Epidemiology

#ProstateCancer has a significant hereditary component - Our Harvard Cancer Epi researchers study the Polygenic Risk Scores (#PRS) which combine genetic variants #ProstateCancerAwarenessMonth #pcsm ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… europeanurology.com/article/S0302-…

Hot off the press in ACS Journal Cancer: Plant‐based diet associated with better quality of life in #prostatecancer survivors in HPFS HT Scott Bauer Stacey Kenfield Alicia Morgans, MD, MPH June M. Chan Erin Van Blarigan Alaina Shreves @loreleimucci acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cn…
