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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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