To Stop Cancer’s Spread, Take Out its Communication Channels
New research on metastasis illuminates how cancer cells “hijack” healthy cells. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - December 16, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease: Increased Risk for Women with Diabetes
Nationwide study of women reveals that those with diabetes are most susceptible to the adverse cardiovascular risks posed by exposure to air pollution. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - November 30, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Want to Remember New Names? Sleep on it.
Study highlights the importance of post-learning sleep on the ability to remember faces and names. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - November 23, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Prostate Cancer Screening Drops Dramatically in Middle-aged Men After U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation
PSA testing has dropped significantly in middle-aged men after a 2012 recommendation that all men should not be routinely screened for prostate cancer, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - November 18, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
A Precision Medicine Approach to Nanomedicine: New Method Developed to Predict Response to Nanotherapeutics
Researchers use MR imaging with magnetic nanoparticles to predict which tumors may be more responsive to therapeutic nanoparticles. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - November 18, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
New Clinical Trial to Study Impact of Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapies on Cardiovascular Disease
NIH Grants $8.56 Million to Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center for Clinical Trial (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - November 18, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Connors Center for Women ’s Health and Gender Biology Continues Work Addressing Gender Inequity in Biomedical Research
Recent GAO report and new legislation mark important progress, but more must be done to build on the promise of The 1993 NIH Revitalization Act, which mandated the inclusion of women and minorities in biomedical research. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - November 2, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology Continues Work Addressing Gender Inequity in Biomedical Research
Recent GAO report and new legislation mark important progress, but more must be done to build on the promise of The 1993 NIH Revitalization Act, which mandated the inclusion of women and minorities in biomedical research. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - November 2, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Rheumatoid Arthritis Linked to Increased Risk of Death
Results from the Nurses’ Health Study suggest that women with rheumatoid arthritis are at increased risk of respiratory and cardiovascular mortality. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - November 2, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Modeling genetic diseases in mini-kidney organoids
Investigators combine gene-editing techniques and stem cell science to model genetic kidney disease (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - October 23, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Investigators Create Complex Kidney Structures from Human Stem Cells Derived From Adults
New technique offers model for studying disease, progress toward cell therapy. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - October 16, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Bio-Molecules in Human Breast Milk Stop Inflammation
BWH researchers investigate the protective health properties of breast milk (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - October 14, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Obstructive Sleep Apnea associated with Incident Heart Failure, Death in Women
In women, sleep apnea associated with higher levels of troponin, a marker for heart injury (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - October 14, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Melatonin and Mealtime: Common Genetic Difference Could Put Some at Greater Risk of Diabetes
New study explores how genetics influences the effects of taking melatonin close to mealtime. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - October 6, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Medical Device Breakthrough: UV- light enabled catheter fixes holes in the heart without invasive surgery
Catheter represents a major shift in how cardiac defects are repaired (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - October 5, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
