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New research identifies the precursors of the scar forming cells that play a major role in progressive kidney fibrosis.

As of January 1, 2010, Elizabeth G. Nabel, MD, assumes position as President of Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals.

New research shows that giving a vaccine through a scratch on the skin, a technique called scarification, results in a better immune response when compared to injecting the vaccine into the body, and that the amount needed is 100 times less.

Researchers are now enrolling 20,000 participants throughout the entire U.S. to determine whether vitamin D and omega-3s can prevent colorectal, breast, prostate, and other cancers, as well as cardiovascular disease.

Platelets play a role in rheumatoid arthritis by releasing small platelet vesicles called microparticles.

Genetic variant found to be positively associated with lung function in children with asthma and adult smokers, as well as a reduced risk of COPD in adult smokers.

Researchers have identified a small family of flu-fighting proteins that somehow increases natural resistance to viral infection. The proteins block most virus particles from infecting the cell at the earliest stage in the virus lifecycle.

The US Department of Defense awards BWH a multi-million dollar contract to fund face transplants for veterans of the Iraq War.

Kowa Company, Ltd. of Nagoya, Japan (Kowa) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) announced today the opening of The Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS).

Therapy's effects on airway hyperresponsiveness, not lung function, was affected by genetic mutation.

New research demonstrates the difficulties and potential disadvantages of using national databases to develop and measure quality indicators.

New research finds that procedures performed the day after attending physicians worked overnight were not more likely to have an increased risk for complications if the physician had an opportunity to sleep for six or more hours.

New system at BWH is the first in the world to allow the capabilities of both MRI and x-ray angiography in a single suite.

Researchers find that reproductive differences are not responsible for the lower risk of breast cancer in blind women

The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP) has recognized BWH as one of 25 ACS NSQIP participating hospitals in the United States that have achieved exemplary outcomes for surgical patient care.

Researchers at BWH are recipients of two of the 115 awards, presented from three innovative research programs supported by the NIH Common Fund’s Roadmap for Medical Research.

Boston, MA - Whitney W. Woodmansee, MD, has been named the Director of the Clinical Neuroendocrine Program in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension and the Department of Neurosurgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH).

Researchers identify a coronary vascular progenitor cell capable of growing new coronary arteries

Researchers have now identified the specific underlying health conditions that increase the risk of death in men treated with hormonal therapy for prostate cancer

An investigational intravenous drug designed to block the formation of blood clots, shows potential to reduce the risk of death, a second heart attack, or other coronary complications compared with acute coronary syndromes.

An analysis of a large clinical trial has shown that proton pump inhibitors do not interfere with the clinical benefit of the anticlotting drugs clopidogrel or prasugrel in patients after an acute coronary syndrome.

The 2009 AHA NOVA Award went to BWH and four other hospitals for their collaborative efforts toward improving community health.

By stabilizing mast cells, the allergy drugs examined reduced type 2 diabetes and obesity in mice

The Cord Blood Donation Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), sponsored jointly with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) opened in May 2009 and is the first cord blood collection program in Boston.

New research has uncovered an early disruption in the process of memory formation in older humans who exhibit some early brain changes associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) but show little or no memory impairment.

Hospitalized Diabetics who develop hypoglycemia have longer stays and higher risk of death

Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), have found that older men, who are otherwise healthy, benefit from aggressive treatment for unfavorable-risk prostate cancer.

Researchers will collect data from 20,000 men and women throughout the U.S. on the effects of these supplements on the prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease and the potential to reduce health disparities.

High-volume health centers confer greater value per dollar spent compared to low-volume centers.

Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the University of Michigan have developed a software program that prescribes a regimen for avoiding jet lag using timed light exposure.

BWH and CHB collaboration examined role biomechanical force plays in embryonic development.

Researchers at BWH have shown that Gleason score is a strong predictor of prostate cancer mortality and that mortality rates differ among patients with a Gleason score of seven depending on whether Gleason pattern four is primary or secondary.

Perceived neightborhood safety was found to affect the likelihood of elderly adults developing a mobility disability.

Dr. Gary L. Gottlieb, President of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, will be the keynote speaker at Bunker Hill Community College’s 35th commencement exercises, on Saturday, May 30.

Researchers at Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals report that using a computerized application to record and track patients’ medications could decrease the occurrence of potentially harmful medication discrepancies.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology has demonstrated a better way to deliver cancer drugs directly to tumors.

Researchers implemented an enhancement in the electronic health record to improve rates of smoking cessation.

Brigham and Women's Hospital Surgeons Perform Facial Transplant