Nov 18, 2009
Cigarettes increase risk of seizures, while moderate caffeine or alcohol use was found to have no association with seizures.
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Nov 18, 2009
Therapy's effects on airway hyperresponsiveness, not lung function, was affected by genetic mutation.
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Nov 13, 2009
Researchers have found that the characteristics of the blood vessels within prostate tumor cells may indicate the aggressiveness of the cancer.
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Nov 9, 2009
The failure to order tests, report results to patients, or follow-up with abnormal test findings, are leading types of diagnostic errors, according to a survey of primary care and specialist physicians in the United States.
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Nov 4, 2009
New research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is the first to identify a therapeutic protein with potential to prevent fibrosis.
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Oct 30, 2009
Researchers found no significant differences in deaths, heart attacks, heart failure, or need for dialysis compared to placebo. However, researchers found an increased risk of stroke among those assigned to darbepoetin alfa compared to placebo.
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Oct 29, 2009
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that inflammation is associated with heightened pain sensitivity at joint sites, whereas increased sleep problems are associated with heightened pain sensitivity at both joint and non-joint sites.
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Oct 28, 2009
Researchers discover why fish oils produce anti-inflammatory effects, which could have major clinical implications for the treatment of a number of diseases related to inflammation.
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Oct 27, 2009
Specific structures on the surface of prostate cancer cells trigger prostate cancer cell adhesion inside blood vessel walls in bone tissue, greatly increasing the prospect of prostate cancer cells metastasizing to bone.
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Oct 26, 2009
Researchers at BWH have discovered a novel means of controlling stem cell differentiation into desired cell types.
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Oct 26, 2009
The effectiveness of treating HIV with antiretroviral therapy is undermined by the large number of individuals who initiate treatment but do not continue regular clinic visits.
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Oct 23, 2009
The benefits in survival for treating HIV with antiretroviral therapy appear to differ by both gender and ethnicity.
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Oct 22, 2009
Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD, the Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, has been named the next president. Dr. Nabel will assume her position January 1, succeeding Gary Gottlieb, MD, MBA.
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Oct 21, 2009
MetLife Foundation and the Afterschool Alliance today honored the Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Student Success Jobs Program (SSJP) with an Afterschool Innovator Award.
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Oct 15, 2009
Free Screening and Health Lectures Sponsored by Brigham and Women’s/Mass General Health Care Center in Foxborough.
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Oct 14, 2009
BWH to work with CVS Caremark, which is sponsoring research to investigate patient adherence to prescription drug therapies and identify ways to increase adherence.
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Oct 14, 2009
Researchers measured the level of amyloid ß peptides in the blood of Nurses’ Health Study participants and found that higher plasma Aß 40:42 ratios in late midlife was significantly associated with greater decline in cognitive function later in life.
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Oct 13, 2009
New research finds that procedures performed the day after attending physicians worked overnight were not more likely to have an increased risk for complications if the physician had an opportunity to sleep for six or more hours.
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Oct 13, 2009
Researchers find the minimally invasive approach results in a higher rate of genitourinary complications, incontinence and erectile dysfunction.
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Oct 6, 2009
New system at BWH is the first in the world to allow the capabilities of both MRI and x-ray angiography in a single suite.
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Sep 30, 2009
Researchers have identified a possible means of storing platelets in cold temperatures to improve usability.
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Sep 29, 2009
Woodmansee joins the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension and the Department of Neurosurgery
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Sep 24, 2009
Two of the 115 awards supported by the NIH Common Fund’s Roadmap for Medical Research are awarded to three BWH researchers.
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Sep 21, 2009
The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program recognizes BWH as one of 25 to have achieved exemplary outcomes for surgical patient care.
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Sep 18, 2009
Researchers demonstrate the use of cardiac CT to detect both coronary artery stenosis and resulting myocardial ischemia in a single visit.
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Sep 18, 2009
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have found that totally blind women have more than a 50 percent reduction in breast cancer compared to visually impaired women and that this same group of totally blind women have an earlier menarche.
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Sep 15, 2009
For the children of Mothers who experienced physical or sexual abuse before pregnancy, a higher likelihood of developing asthma and allergies.
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Sep 15, 2009
Researchers at BWH found that in patients with recent onset type-2 diabetes, insulin and metformin did not reduce inflammatory biomarkers.
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Sep 10, 2009
Unique online learning tool called Interactive Medical Cases enhances clinical learning in an innovative virtual format.
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Sep 4, 2009
Researchers share lessons learned from the experience of implementing an HIV testing program in a busy academic teaching hospital
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Sep 1, 2009
Researchers find that skin infection visits to physicians’ offices have not become more common since the discovery of community-associated MRSA.
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Aug 31, 2009
Researchers found that proton pump inhibitors do not interfere with the clinical benefit of the anticlotting drugs clopidogrel or prasugrel in patients after an acute coronary syndrome.
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Aug 30, 2009
Phase II clinical trial of drug designed to block the formation of blood clots shows potential to reduce the risk of death, a second heart attack, or other coronary complications.
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Aug 25, 2009
Researchers have now identified the specific underlying health conditions that increase the risk of death in men treated with hormonal therapy for prostate cancer.
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Aug 17, 2009
Researchers identify a coronary vascular progenitor cell capable of growing new coronary arteries
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Jul 31, 2009
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s African Health Initiative has awarded an eight million dollar research grant to BWH's program to strengthen and study community-based, integrated primary health care systems in rural Rwanda.
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Jul 29, 2009
New research has uncovered an early disruption in the process of memory formation in older humans who exhibit some early brain changes associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) but show little or no memory impairment.
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Jul 27, 2009
The Cord Blood Donation Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), sponsored jointly with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) opened in May 2009 and is the first cord blood collection program in Boston.
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Jul 26, 2009
By stabilizing mast cells, the allergy drugs examined reduced type 2 diabetes and obesity in mice
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Jul 24, 2009
The 2009 AHA NOVA Award went to BWH and four other hospitals for their collaborative efforts toward improving community health.
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Jul 21, 2009
Lifetime risk of heart failure can be reduced in men who follow a combination of healthy lifestyle choices.
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Jul 21, 2009
Women who simultaneously address six modifiable risk factors can drastically reduce their risk of developing hypertension.
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Jul 16, 2009
2009 marks the 17th consecutive year that Brigham and Women's Hospital has appeared on the Honor Roll.
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Jul 15, 2009
To maintain sleep, transdermal melatonin may have advantages over oral melatonin
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Jul 13, 2009
Researchers at BWH have found that a single treatment method of seed therapy alone in men with with high-risk prostate cancer is associated with higher death rates when compared to a combination of treatments.
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Jul 13, 2009
Women who drink moderately may have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and death from CVD in part because of how alcohol affects the body’s processing of fats and sugar in the blood.
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Jun 30, 2009
Bone-morphogenetic protein used in spinal fusion is found to be associated with a higher rate of complications in certain types of fusions.
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Jun 29, 2009
Hospitalized Diabetics who develop hypoglycemia have longer stays and higher risk of death
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Jun 26, 2009
In collaboration with Boston’s disability community and the Boston Center for Independent Living (BCIL), BWH and MGH have begun a comprehensive and landmark effort to improve access and care for people with disabilities.
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Jun 23, 2009
Researchers will collect data from 20,000 men and women throughout the U.S. on the effects of these supplements on the prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease and the potential to reduce health disparities.
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Jun 22, 2009
High-volume health centers confer greater value per dollar spent compared to low-volume centers.
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Jun 19, 2009
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the University of Michigan have developed a software program that prescribes a regimen for avoiding jet lag using timed light exposure.
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Jun 8, 2009
Dry eye disease is common among American men older than 50 and increases with age, high blood pressure, benign prostate disease and the use of antidepressants, according to researchers at BWH.
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Jun 4, 2009
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), have found that older men, who are otherwise healthy, benefit from aggressive treatment for unfavorable-risk prostate cancer.
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May 27, 2009
Perceived neightborhood safety was found to affect the likelihood of elderly adults developing a mobility disability.
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