Heart Rhythm 2024: Brigham Presents Electrophysiology Research

On May 16 – 19, 2024, faculty from the Heart & Vascular Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital will join the international electrophysiology community and present their latest research at the Heart Rhythm 2024 annual meeting.

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Bariatric Surgery Provides Long-Term Blood Glucose Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

A recent pooled analysis of randomized trials co-led by Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers indicates that patients with type 2 diabetes who underwent bariatric surgery achieved better long-term blood glucose control compared to patients who received medical management plus lifestyle interventions.

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Pushing the Boundaries of Research and Clinical Care in Pancreatic Cancer

From novel laboratory research that enables scientists to define pancreatic cancer cells better to new clinical approaches that expedite postsurgical recovery, Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center is steadily advancing the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancers. Sahar Nissim, MD, PhD, and Thomas E. Clancy, MD, FACS, elaborate.

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High Investigational Doses of Oral Semaglutide Safe and Efficacious for Inadequately Uncontrolled Diabetes

Vanita Aroda, MD, director of Diabetes Clinical Research at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and colleagues report data from the latest study in the PIONEER clinical trial program that suggests higher doses of semaglutide are safe and efficacious for adults with type 2 diabetes who need additional glycemic control.

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Patterns and Disparities in Telehealth Usage Across Surgical Specialties During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Quoc-Dien Trinh, MD, MBA, of the Department of Urology, and colleagues found that the usage of telehealth varied by surgical specialty during the COVD-19 pandemic, and their findings support previous data on socioeconomic disparities in telemedicine uptake.

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Review: Mental Health Over the Menopause Transition

Hadine Joffe, MD, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and colleagues recently undertook a rigorous scientific review of whether the menopause is associated with anxiety, schizophrenic psychosis, suicidality and other mental health disorders, as has been claimed.

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Advancing the Understanding of Bariatric Surgery Outcomes

Members of the Brigham’s Department of Surgery served as authors of three recently published retrospective studies focused on bariatric surgery. Eric G. Sheu, MD, PhD, section chief of Bariatric and Foregut Surgery, and surgery resident Tina Bharani, MD, discuss the key clinical implications.

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Researchers Discover Role of PD-1 in Driving Growth of Merkel Cell Carcinoma

In a study published in Science Advances, investigators reported for the first time that Merkel cell carcinoma cells express programmed cell death 1 (PD-1). This research has crucial implications for the potential development of new combination therapies for the disease, as senior author Tobias Schatton, PharmD, PhD, explains.

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New Research Uncovers Biological Drivers of Heart Disease Risk

Researchers from the Brigham, the Broad Institute, and Stanford Medicine combined multiple sequencing and experimental techniques to map the relationship between known coronary artery disease (CAD) variants and the biological pathways they impact.

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Brigham and Women’s Becomes First Hospital in New England to Achieve ACS Geriatric Surgery Verification

Teams across Brigham and Women’s Hospital have been working to elevate the quality and safety of geriatric surgical care for over a decade. Now, the Brigham has become the first hospital of its size nationwide to achieve Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) from the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

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