Brigham and Women's Hospital
Time of Day Affects When a Doctor May Prescribe Certain Medications
Doctors—they’re just like us. Although we’d all like to think that our doctors are superhuman, when it comes to end-of-day fatigue, it turns out that your […]
Study Finds Genetic Link to Coffee Consumption
Do you prefer a dark roast or more of a breakfast blend? Or, perhaps, you’re a latte person? A new study from Harvard School of Public […]
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Launches Online Game
Brigham and Women’s Hospital wanted feedback on how to better understand the health priorities of Boston’s neighborhoods, and now they’ve found a creative way to get it. […]
Researchers Develop a Tool that Can Help Surgeons Better Distinguish Breast Cancer Tissue From Normal Tissue
According to reps at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), up to 40 percent of patients undergoing breast cancer surgery require additional operations. That’s because all of the cancerous […]
Generic Statins Were Shown to Be More Effective than Brand-Name Statins
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have found that patients have better health outcomes with generic statins as opposed to brand-name statins. This, of course, is interesting […]
Fish and Fatty Acid Consumption Associated With Lower Risk of Hearing Loss in Women
Here’s another reason why fish is good for you: Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) found that consuming two or more servings of fish per week was […]
Researchers Develop New Way to Administer Drugs to Transplant Patients
An international team of researchers, including scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), have developed a new way to administer immunosuppressant or anti-rejection drugs to […]
New Study Hopes to Improve Clinical Trials for People with the Early Stages of Alzheimer’s
According to the National Institute on Aging, as many as five million people age 65 and older in the United States have dementia due to […]
Caffeine Intake Associated with Lower Incidence of Tinnitus, Study Says
Here’s another reason to not be shy about knocking back the whole pot: New research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) found that women who […]
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Will Offer Laughing Gas During Labor
Just a couple of years ago, only a few hospitals in the U.S. were offering laughing gas in birthing rooms, even though it’s widely used throughout […]
Boston Scientists Created Human Platelets With a ‘Next-Generation Bioreactor’
According to Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) researchers, every year in the U.S., more than 2.17 million platelet units (blood cells that form clots) are […]
The Way Generic Drugs Look Can Disrupt Use, Study Says
Do looks really matter? When it comes to the appearance of pills, a new study says yes. We all know that generic versions of prescription […]
Hospitals Collaborate to Open ‘Undiagnosed Disease Center’
When you live in Boston, it’s easy to forget that your “local” hospitals are some of the best in the world. So when they team up […]
Alcohol Consumption May Reduce Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis
We Bostonians love our beer, and now—thanks to a recent study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH)—we have renewed incentive to crack open a couple of […]
Genome Technology Enters the Mainstream
Genome technology has gone mainstream. Once deemed “exotic,” according to Brigham and Women’s researchers, the technology is now being used more and more to diagnose […]