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Blood Test of Three Factors Predicts 30-Year Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke and Cardiovascular Death in American Women

Jason Free — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 12:49:47 +0000

Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, shared new insights about women’s health and cardiovascular risk, finding that measurement of three independent biological markers in a blood sample can better predict risk of major cardiovascular events over the next three decades than measuring only one.

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Brigham Researchers Use AI Tools to Uncover Connections Between Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer and Heart Complications

Jason Free — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 11:59:32 +0000

Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, have used artificial intelligence tools to accelerate the understanding of the risk of specific cardiac arrhythmias when various parts of the heart are exposed to different thresholds of radiation as part of a treatment plan for lung cancer.

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Brigham Researchers Develop an Implantable Device to Detect and Respond to Opioid Overdose

Jason Free — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:40:20 +0000

In preclinical models, the subcutaneously implanted device continuously monitored vital signs and delivered naloxone automatically and rapidly when it detected opioid overdose

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Advanced ‘Parkinson’s in a Dish’ Model Accelerates Brain Disease Research

Jason Free — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:29:38 +0000

A new model developed by Brigham researchers rapidly converts stem cells to brain cells characteristic of Parkinson’s disease to create personalized stem cell models with opportunities to test treatments

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Nano-Immunotherapy Developed to Improve Lung Cancer Treatment

Jason Free — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:58:57 +0000

Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, have developed a new nanomedicine therapy that delivers anticancer drugs to lung cancer cells and enhances the immune system's ability to fight cancer.

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Study Finds Patients with Limited English Proficiency Have Poorer Experiences with Virtual Healthcare

Jason Free — Wed, 15 May 2024 14:50:09 +0000

People with limited English proficiency have a worse experience with virtual healthcare visits than those who are proficient in English, according to a new study led by a team of investigators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system.

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PET Scans Reveal ‘Smoldering’ Inflammation in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Jason Free — Thu, 02 May 2024 13:15:46 +0000

A new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, suggests positron emission tomography (PET) brain scans could reveal hidden inflammation in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) who are being treated with highly-effective treatments. The findings were published in Clinical Nuclear Medicine.

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New Brigham Research Highlights Combining Prostate MRI with a Blood Test to Avoid Unnecessary Prostate Biopsies

Jason Free — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 13:19:57 +0000

A new meta-analysis by investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, suggests that doctors and patients can avoid unnecessary prostate biopsies by combining MRI of the prostate findings with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) density.

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One in Five State Medicaid Programs Covers Weight Loss Medications

Jason Free — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:41:30 +0000

Mounting evidence suggests that FDA-approved weight loss medications, such as Wegovy, not only help patients lose weight but also protect against complications from obesity such as cardiovascular disease.

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Unifying Academic Medical Center Departments is Major Step in Harnessing Collective Expertise

Jason Free — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 13:37:02 +0000

Mass General Brigham clinicians, caregivers, and staff are coming together like never before to work to become the integrated academic healthcare system of the future with patients at the center.

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