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An analysis of prospectively collected data has demonstrated that adults who sustain traumatic brain injury (TBI), regardless of age and injury severity, are at higher risk of certain cardiovascular, endocrine, neurologic, and psychiatric disorders.
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Idiopathic acute pancreatitis (IAP) is an emerging indication for empiric inpatient cholecystectomy. Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently found an extremely low rate of adoption and also report disparities in uptake by demographics and geography.
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A study showed patients with a history of bariatric surgery had lower overall complication rates after spinal surgery than morbidly obese patients who did not have bariatric surgery. Now researchers report significant reductions in symptomatic spinal disorders and the need for spinal surgery after bariatric surgery.
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Joshua D. Bernstock, MD, PhD, in the Department of Neurosurgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Gregory K. Friedman, MD, of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and colleagues reviewed novel therapies that target oncometabolism and tumor immunometabolism.
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital is ranked #1 in the nation for obstetrics and gynecology by U.S. News & World Report 2022-23. Nawal Nour, MD, MPH, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, discusses how the team’s dedication and perseverance has contributed to this major accomplishment.
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Prem N. Ramkumar, MD, MBA, of the Orthopaedic Machine Learning Laboratory at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and colleagues want orthopedic surgeons to understand artificial intelligence (AI) better but critically assess AI-related reporting in the medical literature.
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Magnetic sphincter augmentation using the LINX® Reflux Management System is an alternative to acid suppression therapy with proton pump inhibitors or traditional surgical treatment. Gastrointestinal and bariatric surgeons Thomas C. Tsai, MD, MPH, and David Spector, MD, discuss bringing this procedure to the Brigham.
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Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have created Cardiac Rejection Assessment Neural Estimator (CRANE), a form of artificial intelligence for automated screening of endomyocardial biopsy results. They describe its performance and its potential to serve as an assistive diagnostic tool.
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Researchers conducted the first rigorous, large-scale trial of long-term cocoa flavanol supplementation to prevent CVD and cancer. They found that cocoa extract supplementation led to a small but nonsignificant reduction in total cardiovascular events among older adults but significantly reduced CVD death by 27%.
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Three cardiologists from the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Brigham’s Heart & Vascular Center—Brian A. Bergmark, MD, Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, and Paul M. Ridker, MD, MPH—presented a total of four late-breaking clinical trials at the American College of Cardiology’s 71st Annual Scientific Session in April.
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