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The Brigham Presents Updates in Hypertension Among Older Adults

WebThe Brigham Presents Updates in Hypertension Among Older Adults at Medical Grand Rounds Panel. Mass General Brigham experts joined other colleagues …

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Q&A with William Sauer, MD: New Chief of Brigham

WebWilliam Henry Sauer, MD, the new chief of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service at Brigham Health, discusses his vision for the department and how an expert team of …

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Focusing on the Unique Health Care Needs of …

WebIn addition to Drs. Hamnvik, Goldman and Bhasin, the program includes a team of clinicians spanning primary care, gynecology, plastic surgery and about 10 other …

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Brigham Endocrinologist Is Lead Author of Updated Clinician's Guide

WebEndocrinologist Meryl S. LeBoff, MD, chief of the Calcium and Bone Section and the Distinguished Chair in Skeletal Health and Osteoporosis in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, served as lead author of the latest Clinician’s Guide. Noting that osteoporotic fractures are …

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Physical, Cognitive Decline Accelerated With Late-Life Depression

WebPhysical, Cognitive Decline Accelerated in People With Late-Life Depression. Emerging evidence suggests cellular senescence is a hallmark of aging. Cells lose their proliferative capacity, become resistant to apoptosis, and develop a senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) comprising proteins involved in cycle control, intercellular

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Bridge Clinic Connects People Struggling With Addiction …

WebThe Bridge Clinic, which helps people with opioid, alcohol and other drug addictions, reduces barriers to treatment and provides urgent, on-demand care while …

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Inside the NICU: When the Parent Becomes the Patient

WebThe Brigham's new multidisciplinary Parent Mental Health Program, created by Cindy H. Liu, PhD, and Leena P. Mittal, MD, is designed to provide timely and consistent mental health services for parents and caregivers of infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit.

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Home Hospital for Surgery: An Emerging Option for Perioperative …

WebHome hospital programs are a safer, cheaper and more efficacious alternative to inpatient hospital admission for many medical conditions. The Brigham is at …

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Setting the Record Straight About

WebThe lack of hard data currently available, Dr. Tarter said, means it is too soon to draw conclusions about the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine in treating—or …

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Review: Mental Health Over the Menopause Transition

WebA 1959 paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association described menopause as a “rather unpleasant and possibly dangerous” period of life and presented what became the first widely used checklist of menopause symptoms.. Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc, interim chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Brigham and Women’s Hospital …

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Brigham and Women’s Mastocytosis Center Offers Advanced …

WebSpecialists in the Mastocytosis Center have developed advanced approaches for evaluating and treating mast cell disease, including state-of-the-art …

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Longitudinal Walk-in Urgent Care Psychiatric Clinic Offers …

WebIt sounds like such a simple thing and does require hgher operating costs, but the ability to walk in to a clinic and get seen by a doctor without getting stuck with a …

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How Trauma-informed Care Improves the Patient …

WebThe Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has created six guiding principles for …

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An Ecological Framework for Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Surgery

WebRacial/ethnic minority groups in the U.S. have substantially higher mortality rates after surgical procedures than white individuals. Much of the research into these disparities has focused on social determinants of health, but nonpatient-related factors are also important influences.

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Brigham Researchers Investigate Lithium's Effects on the Brain

WebInvestigators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital are now using brain imaging and laboratory research to examine precisely how lithium affects the brain at the …

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Developing the First SLE Risk Prediction Model Based on Known …

WebReproductive and hormonal factors, such as early-age menarche, use of oral contraceptives, and postmenopausal hormones. Psychosocial factors, such as …

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Providing Contraception Care for Women with Complex Medical …

WebTo provide the needed expertise, the High Risk Contraception Clinic at Brigham and Women’s Hospital works with patients, often in collaboration with disease …

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