Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention

The Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention leads in the creation and dissemination of new knowledge and skills essential to maximizing the health of defined populations within available resources.

Affiliation: Harvard Medical School
Web site: http://www.hms.harvard.edu/ambulatory/index.html

Recent articles about Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention

Suboptimal sleep, TV watching correlate with overweight in infants and toddlers (April 7, 2008)
Weight gain in pregnancy linked to overweight in kids (Harvard University Gazette, April 2, 2007)
High-deductible health plans are linked to fewer ER visits (Harvard University Gazette, March 15, 2007)
Nicotine vaccine to be tested at Massachusetts General Hospital (Massachusetts General Hospital, May 30, 2006)
Warning labels on high-risk drugs inconsistently heeded by doctors (Harvard Medical School, November 18, 2005)
Research in brief (Harvard University Gazette, October 6, 2005)
Spread of common day care illnesses caused by misconceptions about illness transmission (Harvard University Gazette, April 4, 2005)
Low-dose aspirin shown to reduce risk of first stroke in women (Brigham and Women, April 4, 2005)
Preventive removal of both breasts reduces chance of breast cancer in women at elevated risk (Harvard Medical School, March 14, 2005)
Older doctors less likely to follow current standards of care (Harvard Medical School, February 14, 2005)
Older doctors less likely to follow current standards of care (Harvard Medical School, February 14, 2005)
Hold that penicillin (Harvard University Gazette, October 2, 2003)
Hospital length of stay may not affect a newborn's health (Harvard Medical School, December 19, 2002)
Black, Latino children with asthma receive lesser standard of care (Harvard Medical School, May 6, 2002)

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