Young East Germans still head west Nov 7, 2009
For young mothers it truly stank -- due to a shortage of diapers in the Hoyerswerda Women's Hospital. In the maternity ward people's anger was bubbling over and it wasn't only the babies who were screaming. (CNN -- International)
Wayne Rooney leaves hospital with baby Nov 5, 2009
Wayne and Coleen Rooney have left Liverpool Women's Hospital with their baby Kai Wayne. Wayne Rooney carried the baby, who was born on Monday, in a car seat. (BBC News)
End Run around Epo Nov 5, 2009
From the Hematology Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston. . (New England Journal of Medicine)
A Bloody Mystery Nov 5, 2009
From the Clinical Pathological Conference Series, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (J.M.C., J.T.K., B.D.L., J.L.); and the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (A.C.) ... Address reprint requests to Dr. Loscalzo at the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115, or to jloscalzo@partners. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Diet Soda, Sodium Tied to Kidney Troubles Nov 4, 2009
"There are currently limited data on the role of diet in kidney disease," researcher Dr. Julie Lin, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, said in a news release. "While more study is needed, our research suggests that higher sodium and artificially sweetened soda intake are associated with greater rate of decline in kidney function.". (MEDLINEplus)
Anemia Drug May Raise Stroke Risk in Kidney Patients Nov 3, 2009
"The benefits we assumed we would have by treating anemia were less striking and the risks were more striking," said lead researcher Dr. Marc A. Pfeffer, a professor of medicine in the cardiovascular division of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston ... Dr. Ajay Singh, clinical chief of the renal division and director of dialysis at Brigham and Women's Hospital, said this "landmark study" raises the fundamental question of whether epoetin or darbepoetin should routinely be used in treating... (MEDLINEplus)
Diets High In Sodium And Artificially Sweetened Soda Linked To Kidney Function Decline Nov 3, 2009
Julie Lin MD, MPH, FASN and Gary Curhan, MD, ScD, FASN of Brigham and Women's Hospital studied more than 3,000 women participating in the Nurses' Health Study to identify the impact of sodium and sweetened drinks on kidney function. "There are currently limited data on the role of diet in kidney disease," said Dr. Lin. (Science Daily)
Pain Thresholds Linked To Inflammation And Sleep Problems In Arthritis Patients Nov 2, 2009
Researchers from the Division of Rheumatology and Pain Management Center of Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Center of the University of Michigan Medical School, assessed experimental pain sensitivity, disease activity, sleep problems and psychiatric distress in 59 women with RA. The researchers used questionnaires to assess the women's sleep problems and psychiatric distress and measured the levels of C-reactive protein as an indicator of disease activity. They... (Science Daily)
Diet soda can damage your kidney Nov 1, 2009
The team from Brigham and Women's Hospital has found that individuals consuming a diet high in sodium or artificially sweetened drinks might be damaging their kidney. "There are currently limited data on the role of diet in kidney disease," said Dr Julie Lin, MPH, FASN of Brigham and Women's Hospital. (India Times, India)
Help your kidneys: Pass on salt and diet soda Nov 1, 2009
This is Julie Lin, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.S.N., from Brigham and Women's Hospital ... Julie Lin MD, MPH, FASN and Gary Curhan, MD, ScD, FASN of Brigham and Women's Hospital studied more than 3,000 women participating in the Nurses' Health Study to identify the impact of sodium and sweetened drinks on kidney function. (EurekAlert!)
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Cross-donor system planned for region's kidney patients Oct 31, 2009
Ross has faulted other approaches for discriminating against one group of patients in favor of another, but she said she's ''totally in favor" of Roth's system. The paired-exchange system comes 50 years after Dr. Joseph Murray carried out the nation's first kidney transplant at what is now Brigham and Women's Hospital, using a kidney taken from the patient's identical twin to avoid organ rejection. Today, in part to antirejection drugs, surgeons can often transplant kidneys between perfect... (Yahoo News -- Organ Donation & Transplants)
Stroke risk linked to anemia drug, study finds Oct 31, 2009
It not only failed to do that, but "we uncovered a risk that I think is substantial for stroke," said study leader Dr. Marc Pfeffer, a heart specialist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Strokes occurred in 101 patients given Aranesp and 53 patients given dummy shots. (MSNBC -- Health)
Migraine with Aura Can Double Stroke Risk Oct 29, 2009
"Migraine with aura is associated with a twofold increased risk for ischemic stroke compared to people without migraine, while migraine without aura does not appear to change the risk," said lead researcher Dr. Markus Schurks, from the division of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston ... "In the scheme of things, aura is just one among many potential risk factors for stroke, so it is important to put this in context," said Dr. Elizabeth Loder, chief of the division of... (MEDLINEplus)
'Aura' Migraines Double Stroke Risk Oct 29, 2009
Scientists led by Markus Schurks of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston sifted through nine studies in an effort to fill in some of these gaps. They found that migraines with aura push up the risk of strokes caused by reduced blood flow two fold, but uncovered no association between migraines of any kind and heart attacks or death due to cardiovascular disease. (Newsmax)
Is Smoking Tougher on Women? Oct 27, 2009
And Soerheim and her colleague, Dr. Dawn L. DeMeo, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, found that, in 2000, the number of women dying from COPD surpassed the number of men, although the researchers aren't sure why ... SOURCES: Michael Thun, M.D., emeritus director of epidemiological research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta; Dawn L. DeMeo, M.D., M.P.H., researcher, Channing Laboratory, and assistant professor, Harvard Medical... (MEDLINEplus)
Harvard researcher: coffee poisoning not accidental Oct 27, 2009
An ambulance carried Iannacone to nearby Brigham and Women's Hospital for treatment. Doctors could find nothing wrong, he said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Tainted Coffee Poisons Harvard Lab Workers Oct 27, 2009
Iannacone said he was taken by ambulance to nearby Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he was treated and released. Doctors could find nothing wrong, he said. (CBS News)
Baby Fae Stuns the World Oct 27, 2009
"It's very easy to sit back and be negative when a new treatment is announced," said Dr. John Collins, chief of cardiac surgery at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital. "If we all were afraid to attempt the untried, we would have no new treatments.". (Time.com)
Adding Drug Doesn't Help Control Blood Pressure Oct 27, 2009
"We showed results similar to what they [the authors of the new study] did," said Dr. Sripal Bangalore, a fellow in interventional cardiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, who published a similar meta-analysis a year ago ... Sripal Bangalore, M.D., interventional cardiologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; Oct. 20, 2009, Annals of Internal Medicine. (MEDLINEplus)
Genetic 'Co-dependence' Exploited To Kill Treatment-resistant Tumor Cells Oct 22, 2009
Senior author of that report was D. Gary Gilliland, MD, PhD of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber, the Broad, and HMS.. The new approach exploits a relationship between the KRAS and TBK1 genes known as "synthetic lethality." The term refers to a partnership in which two genes (usually mutated) in a cell have a combined effect that neither has by itself. (Science Daily)
Dana-Farber brings breast care center to South Shore Hospital Oct 22, 2009
Dr. Katherina Calvillo describes how an ultrasound machine is utilized in an exam room in the Breast Center at the Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Hospital Cancer Center at South Shore Hospital. Dana-Farber brings breast care center to South Shore Hospital. (Pembroke Mariner, MA)
Cancer Drug Crosses Key Hurdle in Brain Oct 20, 2009
"It is highly encouraging to see that ANG1005 has shown the potential to be effective in metastatic brain cancers and against drug-resistant tumors," Dr. Jan Drappatz of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, who is studying the drug, said in a statement. Drappatz said tumors shrank significantly in some patients and some neurological problems were reversed in several. (MEDLINEplus)
Angiochem crosses BBB, shows safety, efficacy in phase 1/2 brain cancer studies Oct 19, 2009
"It is highly encouraging to see that ANG1005 has shown the potential to be effective in metastatic brain cancers and against drug resistant tumors, that are highly aggressive and have few treatment options," commented Jan Drappatz, MD, Center for Neuro-Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and, Harvard Medical School, and lead investigator for Boston-area study centers. "Furthermore, significant reductions in tumor size and reversal... (EurekAlert!)
If Viagra Doesn't Work... Try Surgery? Oct 16, 2009
Dr. Jerome Richie, the chief of urology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, said, "I would foresee this stent as an application for younger individuals who have had traumatic injuries that decrease arterial inflow. Other than that selected group, I do not foresee widespread applicability.". Dr. Ajay Nehra, a professor of urology at the Mayo Clinic, agreed that young men whose erectile dysfunction stemmed from traumatic injury would be the most likely to be helped, and said they may prefer... (ABC News)
Impotence, Incontinence Risk Casts Doubt On High-Tech Prostate Surgery Oct 15, 2009
The presumed good stemming from the robotic technique are being oversold to a public that is all too willing to believe, said Dr. Jim C. Hu, a genitourinary surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston who led the study ... SOURCES: Stephen J. Freedland, professor, urology and pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.; Jim C. Hu, M.D., genitourinary surgeon, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston; Oct. 14, 2009 Journal of the American Medical... (MEDLINEplus)
Tired Doctors More Prone to Errors Oct 15, 2009
"Attending surgeons and obstetricians/gynecologists, like resident physicians and nurses, are vulnerable to the effects of fatigue and extended work shifts on performance and patient care," said Dr. Jeffrey M. Rothschild, a physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and the lead researcher on the study ... SOURCES: Jeffrey M. Rothschild, M.D., M.P.H., associate physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and instructor, medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston; David A. Lubarsky, M.D.,... (MEDLINEplus)
Minimally Invasive Radical Prostatectomy Shows Advantages, But Also Certain Complications Oct 15, 2009
Jim C. Hu, M.D., M.P.H., of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, presented the findings of the study at a JAMA media briefing in Chicago. Minimally invasive radical prostatectomy (MIRP), in particular with the use of robotic assistance, has increased from 1 percent to 40 percent of all radical prostatectomies from 2001 to 2006, according to background information in the article. (Science Daily)
Prostate Cancer Surgeries Compared Oct 14, 2009
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital compared outcomes at the time of surgery and in the months following for more than 9,000 men undergoing prostate surgery and found that the traditional prostatectomy may offer better long-term outcomes for patients. While studies have shown that those undergoing the minimally invasive procedure did have shorter hospital stays and fewer miscellaneous surgical complications, these men were also more likely to have urinary complications, incontinence, and... (KERO 23, CA)
Hospital breast care center in Weymouth Oct 14, 2009
Wicked Local staff photo by Tom Gorman Dr. Katherina Calvillo describes how an ultrasound machine is utilized in an exam room in the Breast Center at the Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Hospital Cancer Center at South Shore Hospital. By Ed Baker GateHouse News Service Posted Oct 13, 2009 @ 01:20 PM. (Weymouth News, MA)
George J. Buttrick Oct 14, 2009
GateHouse News Service Posted Oct 13, 2009 @ 03:13 PM. He was born in South Boston and raised and educated in Canton. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Fourth Stansel Sextuplet Dies Oct 14, 2009
The Stansels had four girls and two boys at Texas Women's Hospital on Aug. 4. Both boys did not survive. (Click2Houston, TX)
Robotic prostate surgery comes with trade-off Oct 14, 2009
"There's been a rapid adoption of this relatively new technique," said the study's lead author Dr. Jim Hu of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. For the study, appearing in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers analyzed Medicare data for nearly 9,000 prostate cancer patients who had surgical treatment from 2003-07. (MSNBC -- Health)
Many Doctors Still Don't Disclose Consulting Fees Oct 9, 2009
"In a high-tech field like orthopedics, surgeon relationships with industry are common," said lead researcher Dr. Mininder Kocher, an associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston ... SOURCES: Mininder Kocher, M.D., associate professor, orthopedic surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; Diana Zuckerman, Ph. (MEDLINEplus)
Jumping Genes, Gene Loss And Genome Dark Matter Oct 9, 2009
"We were determined to develop not only the map, but also to provide the resources that help other researchers and clinical cytogeneticists most rapidly use our CNV results," comments Dr Charles Lee, one of the project leaders from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. "Already, the data that we have generated is benefiting other large-scale studies such as the 1000 Genomes Projects as well as making an enormous difference in the accurate interpretation of... (Science Daily)
MicroRNA Drives Cells' Adaptation To Low-oxygen Living Oct 8, 2009
"The Pasteur effect is really best defined as the way by which cells adapt to low oxygen concentrations," said Joseph Loscalzo of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School ... The researchers include Stephen Y. Chan, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Ying-Yi Zhang, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Craig Hemann, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Christopher E. Mahoney, Brigham and Women's... (Science Daily)
Spin Doctors for Obamacare Oct 7, 2009
DFA president and co-founder Dr. Vivek Murthy, an internal medicine physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an instructor at Harvard Medical School, served as a member of Obama's Health Policy Advisory Committee and the New England Steering Committee during the 2008 presidential campaign. DFA vice president Dr. Alice Chen of Los Angeles is an Obama donor and avowed supporter of Organizing for America, Obama's campaign shop run by the Democratic National Committee. (Townhall.com)
New treatment more than doubles survival for high risk childhood leukemia Oct 7, 2009
CFRI works in close partnership with the University of British Columbia, BC Children's Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, BC Women's Hospital h Centre, agencies of the Provincial Health Services Authority, and BC Children's Hospital Foundation. CFRI has additional important relationships with BC's five regional health authorities and with BC academic institutions Simon Fraser University, the University of Victoria, the University of Northern British Columbia, and the British... (EurekAlert!)
Study Links Electronic Health Records To Improved Quality In Primary Care Treatment Oct 7, 2009
Other authors of the study are Kathryn L. Coltin of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Dana Gelb Safran of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Marguerite Dresser of Massachusetts Health Quality Partners, Alan M. Zaslavsky of Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Eric C. Schneider of RAND, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Harvard School of Public Health. RAND Health, a division of the RAND Corporation, is the nation's largest independent health policy research program, with a broad research... (Science Daily)
New football helmet technology aids in concussion reduction Oct 5, 2009
"I've seen firsthand with former and current athletes the trauma that football can have on the head and brain," says Dr. Robert Cantu, clinical professor of neurosurgery at Boston University Medical Center and co-director of the Neurological Sports Injury Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital. "This helmet is the greatest advance in helmet design in at least 30 years.". (Lake City Reporter, FL)
New CEO for Alaska Regional appointed Oct 4, 2009
Previous positions have included chief operating officer and chief clinical officer at St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City, chief executive at Indianapolis Women's Hospital, and chief executive at Methodist Children's Hospital and Women's Services in San Antonio, Texas. She has a master's in business administration from the University of Phoenix and bachelor's in nursing from the University of Utah, Alaska Regional said. (Anchorage Daily News)
Framingham medical center is expanding Oct 3, 2009
General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Newton-Wellesley Hospital, and other medical facilities. Charles River management has plans to install more than $1 million worth of equipment into its new digs. (Framingham TAB, MA)
Cardiac-Resynchronization Therapy for the Prevention of Heart-Failure Events Oct 1, 2009
From the Departments of Medicine (A.J.M., H.K., M.W.B., W.Z.) and Biostatistics and Computational Biology (W.J.H.), University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY; Division of Cardiology, Hospital of the Good Samaritan, Los Angeles (D.S.C.); the Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (J.P.D.); New England Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Tufts New England Medical Center, Boston (N.A.M.E.); Cardiology Unit, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco... (New England Journal of Medicine)
Obesity In Mid-life Reduces The Chance Of Healthy Survival In Women Oct 1, 2009
30, 2009) A new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) researchers has found that, among a large study population of women who lived until at least age 70, being overweight in mid-life was associated with having more health problems later in life, including multiple chronic diseases, and impaired cognitive function, physical function and mental health. Women who were lean at age 18 and maintained a healthy weight through mid-life had the best odds... (Science Daily)
The Writing on the Wall Oct 1, 2009
From the Clinical Pathological Conference Series, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (B.M.W., J.T.K., B.D.L., J.L.); Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (P.F.W.); and Harvard Medical School (B.M.W., P.F.W., J.T.K., B.D.L., J.L.) all in Boston ... Address reprint requests to Dr. Levy at the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115, or to blevy@partners. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Clot-Busting Therapy Under Review Sep 30, 2009
"The biggest news was that ticagrelor reduced total mortality by an absolute 1 percent, which was a relative 19 percent reduction in mortality compared to clopidogrel," said Dr. Christopher Cannon, an attending cardiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, who presented the trial results at the meeting ... Still, most people treated at Brigham and Women's Hospital get clopidogrel, with prasugrel reserved for cases in which excess bleeding is especially dangerous, he said ... SOURCES:... (MEDLINEplus)
'A fantastic addition to the South Shore' Sep 30, 2009
The center will provide outpatient treatment under a clinical affiliation with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. The medical oncology will be operated by Dana-Farber," project manager Robert Rodak said. "Patients will be able to get chemotherapy and infusion treatments here. (Weymouth News, MA)
Study Suggests a Wider Use for Statins Sep 24, 2009
"The JUPITER trial demonstrated that rosuvastatin, when given to apparently healthy men and women with low cholesterol but increased hs-CRP, reduced heart attack by 55 percent, stroke by 48 percent, angioplasty and bypass surgery by 46 percent and all-cause mortality by 20 percent -- all highly significant -- and did so in the absence of major side effects," said Dr. Paul Ridker, director of the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and a member... (MEDLINEplus)
MARSHFIELD AROUND TOWN: Learn about Sustainable Marshfield at meeting Sep 24, 2009
Chase was born June 20, 2009, at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He weighed 7 pounds and was 19 inches long. Also welcoming Chase is his brother, Kaden James. (Marshfield Mariner, MA)
Diabetes Medications Don't Lower Inflammation Sep 17, 2009
"Heart disease is one of the many co-morbidities associated with diabetes," explained study author Dr. Aruna Pradhan, an assistant professor at the Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and a cardiologist at the VA Boston Medical Center ... SOURCES: Aruna D. Pradhan, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and cardiologist, VA Boston Medical Center; Vivian Fonseca, M.D., professor and chief, endocrinology,... (MEDLINEplus)
Comprehensive Cardiac CT Scan May Give Clearer Picture Of Significant Heart Disease Sep 16, 2009
Ron Blankstein, MD, of the MGH Cardiac MR/PET/CT Program and the Noninvasive Cardiovascular Imaging Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is the lead author of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology paper. Co-authors of the JACC report are Leon Shturman, MD, Ian Rogers, MD, Jose Rocha-Filho, MD, David Okada, MD, Ammar Sarwar, MD, Anand Soni, MD, Brian Ghoshhajra, MD, Milena Petranovic, MD, Ricardo Loureiro, MD, Henry Gewirtz, MD, Udo Hoffmann, MD, MPH, and Thomas Brady, MD,... (Science Daily)
'Watchful Waiting' Is A Viable Option For Prostate Cancer Patients With Low-risk Tumors, Study Finds Sep 15, 2009
Sanda, together with coauthors from Brigham and Women's Hospital, the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of California, San Francisco, looked at the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, a large cohort study comprising 51,529 men who have been followed since 1986. Every two years, the participants respond to questionnaires inquiring about diseases and health-related topics, including whether they have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. (Science Daily)
Chelmsford police shoot, wound woman Sep 15, 2009
The woman was taken to Lowell General Hospital, and eventually transferred to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Her condition is unknown and her identity has not been released. (Chelmsford Independent, MA)
Patients suing 'negligent' Qld hospitals Sep 14, 2009
Luke Short from Trilby Misso lawyers, the firm handling the cases, said notice of claims had been served or were being prepared against the Royal Women's Hospital, the Wesley Hospital, the Wesley Medical Centre and Redlands Hospital in Brisbane and several regional hospitals ... A brain tumour was allegedly missed by the Royal Women's Hospital in Brisbane. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
In The Middle Of Brain Surgery, Patients Wake Up And Begin Talking Sep 14, 2009
13, 2009) Kim Delvaux was undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumor when doctors at Loyola University Hospital woke her up. Dr. Vikram Prabhu talked to her about her favorite topics -- NASCAR and her kids. (Science Daily)
Cross-donor system planned for region's kidney patients Sep 12, 2009
Ross has faulted other approaches for discriminating against one group of patients in favor of another, but she said she's ''totally in favor" of Roth's system. The paired-exchange system comes 50 years after Dr. Joseph Murray carried out the nation's first kidney transplant at what is now Brigham and Women's Hospital, using a kidney taken from the patient's identical twin to avoid organ rejection. Today, in part to antirejection drugs, surgeons can often transplant kidneys between perfect... (Yahoo News -- Organ Donation & Transplants)
Protein Clumps May Appear Years Before Memory Problems Sep 12, 2009
"Two recent advances in neuroimaging now allow us to explore the early, asymptomatic phase of [Alzheimer's disease], the ability to measure amyloid distribution in living humans and the identification of sensitive markers of brain dysfunction" in the disease, Dr. Reisa Sperling, of the Center for Alzheimer's Research and Treatment at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and lead author of the study, said in a news release from the journal's publisher. The researchers found that a number of... (MEDLINEplus)
Patient Safety Technologies Signs Contract with Partners HealthCare, to Implement the Safety-Sponge(TM) System at Brigham & Women's Hospital Sep 11, 2009
Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Patient Safety Technologies (OTC Bulletin Board: PSTX) announced that it has signed a contract with Partners HealthCare and will be implementing its Safety-Sponge(TM) System at Brigham & Women's Hospital. "Brigham & Women's has a long tradition of innovation and leadership in establishing the highest quality of patient care. We are proud of the patient safety research we have done together and excited to add them to the growing list of users of our... (PR Newswire)
'Team Neuro' aims high for Jimmy Fund Walk Sep 11, 2009
In July 2007, the tumor was surgically removed at Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. Tomassian's post-op treatment has been at Dana Farber. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
Link Found Between Common Sexual Infection And Risk Of Aggressive Prostate Cancer Sep 11, 2009
10, 2009) A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers has found a strong association between the common sexually transmitted infection, Trichomonas vaginalis, and risk of advanced and lethal prostate cancer in men. See also. (Science Daily)
New Milford Hospital names interim president and CEO Sep 10, 2009
He will become director of primary care and associate chief of the division of general medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston in October. He was named New Milford Hospital's president and CEO in January 2007, succeeding Richard E. Pugh, who had held the positions for more than 28 years. (Republican-American)
Ticagrelor versus Clopidogrel in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes Sep 10, 2009
From the Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Uppsala, Sweden (L.W., C.H., S.J.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC (R.C.B., K.W.M., R.A.H.); Grochowski Hospital, Warsaw, Poland (A.B.); Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction Study Group, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston (C.P.C., B.M.S.); AstraZeneca Research and Development, M. lndal, Sweden (H.E.), and Wilmington, DE (J.H.). (New England Journal of Medicine)
Some Mysteries Of Neonatal Seizures Explained Sep 10, 2009
"For example, by blocking the protein responsible for immature brain cells' excitatory response to GABA, bumetanide essentially converts that immature response to a mature response and allows antiseizure medicines to work properly. We are excited to be participating in a trial of bumetanide as an adjunctive treatment of neonatal seizures currently being carried out in collaboration with colleagues at Childrens Hospital Boston and Brigham and Women's Hospital.". Staley is the Joseph P. and Rose... (Science Daily)
Report Helps Quell Fear of "Superbug" Epidemic Sep 9, 2009
Pallin, from Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and colleagues used the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey to analyze office visits between 1993 and 2005 that yielded a diagnosis of dermatitis or skin and soft tissue infection. During the study period, dermatitis was diagnosed at 13 million office visits per year, and skin and soft tissue infection was diagnosed at 6. (MEDLINEplus)
Helmet tech aimed at concussions Sep 5, 2009
and co-director of the Neurologic Sports Injury Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, has called the helmet "perhaps the greatest new head protection system to emerge in the last 30 years.". Player feedback also has been positive, albeit in a small sample size (65 players ages 14 to 24 were polled after fall 2008). (ESPN -- Recruiting)
