Brigham and Women’s Hospital researchers used the Physicians’ Health Study I to study the relationship between long-term aspirin use and self-reported walking speed. They report men who started aspirin use in middle age had greater probability of faster walking speeds in late life than men who reported low aspirin use.

David M. Levine, MD, MPH, MA, and Jeffrey L. Schnipper, MD, MPH, of the Division of General Internal Medicine & Primary Care, and colleagues found patients who received predominantly remote physician care via videoconference had a noninferior number of adverse events compared with those who had only in-home care.

In a large randomized trial, Howard D. Sesso, ScD, MPH, associate director of the Division of Preventive Medicine, and colleagues determined vitamin C supplementation was associated with a lower risk of new gout diagnosis in adult men, whereas supplemental vitamin E had no effect.

In 2020, the Brigham launched a geriatric surgical service to improve outcomes and quality of care for older emergency general surgery patients. A paper details the care of patients at the service and the important role of geriatricians in serving this patient population, co-author Frances Y. Hu explains.

After analyzing data from the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL), Brigham investigators have concluded that neither vitamin D3 nor omega-3 fatty acid supplementation prevents frailty in generally healthy older adults. Ariela Orkaby, MD, MPH, corresponding author of the new ancillary study, discusses the findings.