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Specialty: OB/GYN
In the face of rising Cesarean section rates – including nearly all twin births, obstetrician Daniela Anne Carusi, MD, MSc, and colleagues at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) questioned whether Cesarean delivery was warranted for all twins.
In the newly expanded NICU at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), advanced monitoring of newborn brain activity and oxygen saturation in the brain tissue provides optimal care and protection.
We are pleased to announce the completed expansion and renovation of the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. This regional Level 3 NICU, and the largest NICU in Massachusetts, is a state-of-the-art facility with a design that reflects evidence-based research about the optimal environment for critically ill infants and their families.
A Brigham and Women’s Hospital study examines the association among public health insurance, preconception care, and pregnancy outcomes in pregnant women with pregestational diabetes. Read More
With the help of artificial intelligence, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) have developed an early diagnostic tool for ovarian cancer that shows equal sensitivity but far fewer false positives than previous testing strategies. Read More
A recent study by Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) investigators found that women who breastfed for longer periods of time were less likely to develop endometriosis. These findings offer new insights into a condition that has had very few known, modifiable risk factors. The findings were published in The BMJ. Read More