Select stories from BRInk Magazine, Spring 2009
From Bench to Bedside and Beyond: As one of the nation's top academic medical centers, Brigham and Women's Hosptial leads a myriad of research studies that hold the promise to transform medicine.
A Beautiful Walk : What will help spinal cord injury patients recover the use of their limbs? BWH researchers are working to find out.
Uncovering How Sex Differences Affect Health : A Growing body of evidence from BWH demonstrates that gender and sex affect every major system in the body.
Mending A Broken Heart : BWH scientists are challenging medical frontiers as they explore the possiblities of cardac regeneration.
Homing In On Cancer : BWH researchers are using nanoparticles to chase down and destroy turmor cells and prevent them from recurring.
Getting to the Heart of It : Breakthroughs at BWH are shaping stroke and heart attack prevention worldwide.
Saving A Lifetime of Memory: A new BWH study finds that protein fragments can disrupt memory. What does this mean?
Vitamin D: We all know that vitamin D is important for bone growth. New research reveals that it plays an important role in the fight against cardiovascular disease, asthma, and more.
Why Are We Low on Vitamin D? : Vitamin D deficiency is a growing problem in the United States. It is in fortified milk and other foods, so why are American's not getting enough?
Unraveling the Causes of Rheumatoid Arthritis : BWH researchers are zeroing in on new targets to halt the relentess destruction caused by rheumatoid arthritis.