Latest Clinical & Research News
Traumatic cerebrovascular injury (TCVI)—blunt or penetrating injury to the carotid arteries, vertebral arteries, venous structures or a combination—can be a serious sequela of traumatic brain injury. TCVI may be obscured by nearby neurological injury and go undetected for weeks or even years after the initial injury.
Read More...
Electronic health records (EHRs) have multiple benefits for both clinicians and patients, but can lead to clinician burnout. Martin Kathrins, MD, and Anna Goldman, MD, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, discuss how EHRs can optimize the treatment of hypogonadal men.
Read More...
From March 7 – 11, leaders from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital will present their latest advancements at the 2023 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Read More...
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital are using an integrated systems approach—a publicly available database, zebrafish chemical screens, machine learning and mouse models—to identify environmental chemicals that promote intestinal inflammation.
Read More...
Cardiovascular experts from Brigham and Women’s Hospital will present their latest research and clinical advancements at this year’s American College of Cardiology Scientific Session & Expo on March 4 – 6, 2023, held virtually and in-person in New Orleans, LA.
Read More...
It’s been established that unequal distribution of physicians contributes to overall healthcare disparities between urban and rural communities. Now, Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers have demonstrated the same is true for orthopedic trauma outcomes.
Read More...
Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine (HCQ/CQ) have known cardiovascular adverse effects. However, Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers found that before the COVID-19 pandemic, electrocardiograms were infrequently obtained prior to initiation of HCQ/CQ and even less often during follow-up.
Read More...
Brigham researchers reinforce previous studies showing LSD1 heterozygote knockout mice displayed altered aldosterone secretion/MR activation in an age- and sex-dependent manner, and for the first time, they report that even at the level of aldosterone biosynthesis, there is an effect of biological sex.
Read More...
Joshua D. Bernstock, MD, PhD, G. Rees Cosgrove, MD, and colleagues described unsuccessful thalamotomy in a patient who displayed hyperostosis calvariae diffusa—expansion of the frontal endocranium in addition to the bones within the skull—as well as tricortical osseous anatomy.
Read More...
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital conducted the first randomized, active comparator trial to explore the effect of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs on vascular inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis.
Read More...