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Sylvia Kehlenbrink, MD, endocrinologist and director of Global Endocrinology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and colleagues outline challenges and possible solutions for providing diabetes care during acute and prolonged humanitarian crises.
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Lead author Meryl S. LeBoff, MD, discusses the new Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation’s “Clinician’s Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis,” along with the urgency of enhancing the prevention, risk management, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and men aged 50+ years.
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Investigators at the Brigham’s Cardiac Arrhythmia Service are participating in several clinical trials seeking to develop new techniques to improve the current standard of care for atrial fibrillation—catheter ablation using cold or heat. Service Chief William Henry Sauer, MD, discusses progress and future plans.
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A recent Medical Grand Rounds presentation covering innovations in geriatric medicine included Shalender Bhasin, MD, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
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The Brigham’s AVM Program aims to provide the best possible nonsurgical and surgical treatment options for people with brain arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). Director Nirav J. Patel, MD, discusses his team’s use of an innovative surgical technique to treat AVM and efforts to set up similar programs internationally.
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The 5-item Frailty Index (5i-FI) accurately predicts morbidity and mortality after radical prostatectomy, cystectomy, and partial nephrectomy. Now, Brigham researchers report the 5i-FI is also useful for predicting surgical complications after endoscopic treatment for benign prostatic obstruction.
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Researchers in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy at Brigham and MIT address limitations of metals in medical devices by using liquid metal embrittlement, long viewed as a failure mechanism to be avoided, to stimulate on-demand breakdown of solid aluminum.
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The “glycemic gap” has previously been validated as a predictor of severe acute illness. Now, Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers have extended the glycemic index’s utility to COVID-19.
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Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently presented evidence of novel mechanisms by which intelectin-1 may affect an individual’s susceptibility to inflammation in the colon.
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Colorectal cancer surgeon Nelya Melnitchouk, MD, MSc, and emergency medicine physician Eric Goralnick, MD, MS, created a Ukrainian-language Stop the Bleed video that shows laypeople how to care for a traumatic injury. This is just one of Dr. Melnitchouk’s many efforts to improve trauma—and cancer—care in Ukraine.
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