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The official Twitter account of the @BrighamWomens research community including more than 1,300 MDs/PhDs and ranks 2nd in NIH funding for independent hospitals.
Boston, MA
Joined February 2009
.@jeffsparks received an R01 Grant Award from @NIH_NIAMS for his research project, “Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)-Related Autoantibodies, Articular Inflammation and RA-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease.”
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Congratulations to @AnnaGreka of @BWHKidney and Founding Director of Kidney-NExT, who was named a National Academy of Medicine's (NAM) 2021 Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine Scholar for her extraordinary work in renal medicine.
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"I am often asked, 'What should I do about my career?' My answer is always the same: Your career follows your research. If you pursue your research with a passion, everything else will follow." - Dr. Jeff Drazen @NEJM
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A team of Brigham experts in clinical molecular pathology and microbiology has been racing against the clock to develop an in-house COVID-19 test for admitted patients. Find out more:
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Shruti Gupta (@shrutigkidney) of the Division of Renal Medicine, was named president of the newly formed American Society of Onconephrology.
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In @AJCNutrition: @HowardSesso, Dr. JoAnn Manson of @BWHDPM @BrighamWomens & colleagues report the main findings of the first ever randomized trial of a cocoa flavanol supplement on cardiovascular disease endpoints.and (1 of 5)
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Congratulations to Dr. Quoc-Dien Trinh (@qdtrinh) who was honored by the American Urological Association (AUA) as the 2022 Young Urologist of the Year for New England
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Congratulations to @foxmdphd of @BWHNeurology who has received Brain Stimulation's 2021 International Brain Stimulation Early Career Award
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Congratulations to Dr. @AhmedEl03155789 for winning the 2022 BRIght Futures Prize! Dr. Elzoghby will receive $100,000 to advance his "Nano-Engineering Turns Cancer Friends into Foes" project. Thank you to everyone who voted in this year's competition!.
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Congratulations to Dr. Kaelin and his team--such an exciting day!.
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Dr. Tracy Batchelor of @BWHNeurology has been awarded a $6.2M grant from @theNCI to establish the new Glioblastoma Therapeutics Network
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Millions of adults in the U.S. face mental health 🧠 issues each year. Our researchers are working to understand these conditions better and provide solutions for patients. @andreashorn_ talks about how work helped a patient with OCD regain her life.
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In @Nature: Researchers including @BradEBernstein of @broadinstitute .@MangusoLab of @MassGeneralNews @gryfyndor of @BWHpath identified a protein, called SETDB1, that helps cancer cells evade the immune system
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Congratulations to @reganbergmarkmd who has been named the 2021 Nesson Fellow for her project “Disparities in Timely Access to Quality Surgical Care at Brigham Health and in the Boston Community"
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In a study published in @NatureHumBehav, @foxmdphd @shansiddiqi and team showed it is possible to map out #depression based on the location of disease-causing lesions, TMS sites that relieve depression and DBS sites that either cause or relieve depression
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Lynette Sholl, MD, of @BWHPath, has won the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer's (IASLC) 2021 World Conference on Lung Cancer Fred R. Hirsch Lectureship Award for Translational Research
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Brendan M. Everett, MD, MPH, (@_brendan_) of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and @BWHDPM, received a $30.8M award from @PCORI for his project, “PRECIDENTD (PREvention of CardIovascular and DiabEtic kidNey disease in Type two Diabetes)"
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Update: The Brigham team has successfully validated its test for admitted patients, offering results within 24 hours. Their next goal is to continue to increase capacity. Read more about their work:
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"The amazing thing about science is that if you follow your curiosity, it can lead you to untold scientific treasures" - @AnnaGreka . Watch Dr. Greka's TED Talk to learn more about her work and the impact it can have on millions of people globally.
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Ossama Al-Mefty, MD, of @BWHNeurosurgery, received the Scoville Award from the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS). This award recognizes excellence and technical innovations in the field of neurosurgery.
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In @JACCJournals: Erin Bohula, MD, DPhil, and co-authors review the virology of SARS-CoV2 and the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, including cardiovascular, and mortality of #COVID-19.
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"“My goal is to create a tipping point" - read more about #SocietiesAsAllies in our Q&A with @JulieSilverMD
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Shan H. Siddiqi, MD, (@shansiddiqi) of the Department of Psychiatry, received a 2022 Klerman Award from the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation for his excellence in clinical research over the last two years.
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Lydia Lynch, PhD, of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, received the 2022 ICIS-Luminex John R. Kettman Award for Excellence in Cytokine and Interferon Research from the International Cytokine and Interferon Society (ICIS).
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Congratulations to @MoriMahmoudi - the recipient of the 7th Annual $100,000 BRIght Futures Prize for his project - Time to Heal Chronic Wounds. #scicomm #DiscoverBrigham
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In the latest issue of Brigham Clinical & Research News, check out a profile of @AnnaGreka who leads a lab that is defining the fundamental mechanisms driving kidney, metabolic and degenerative diseases across the lifespan
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Congratulations to @NatalieArtzi for winning the 8th Annual #brightfuturesprize $100,000 award for her work on childhood brain cancer at #DiscoverBrigham!
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Congratulations to Deepak Rao, MD, PhD, who has received the Lupus Research Alliance's Global Team Science Award in collaboration with investigators from @BostonChildrens @WeillCornell and others.
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Alexandra Golby, MD, of @bwhneurosurgery and the Department of Radiology, received a Fulbright Global Scholar Award, which will support her work to increase collaboration between clinical and biomedical engineering leaders in Rwanda and Morocco
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"The best hours I’ve ever spent at my job involve “My Life, My Story.” It has helped me learn more about the impact of disease on one’s life, on the complexity of compassion, and how to better and more deeply empathize with my patients."
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The Brigham's @jeremyfaust and co-authors report in @JAMA_current that over a 5-month period, the number of #COVID-19 deaths among young adults rivaled those for opioid overdoses in a comparative time span in several regions of the U.S.
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We are excited to announce this year's Research Excellence Award winners! Join us in-person at @BrighamWomens on Nov. 1 for #DiscoverBrigham to celebrate their work. Register at
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We're thrilled to share that 21 members of the Brigham research community have earned the distinction of being on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2020 list from @webofscience. Congratulations to everyone on the #HighlyCited2020 list!
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Elizabeth Yates, MD, of @CSPH_BWH, is helping guide system-level solutions to environmental sustainability that work for the surgeon, rather than adding to their burden of work
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Brigham researchers @MrJeffKarp @NJoshiBWH designed a system to effectively deliver drugs across the blood brain barrier in mice using nanoparticles. Read more in the @NIH Research Matters blog:
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Investigators led by @ShrikeZhang designed a 3D “lung-on-a-chip” model to better understand respiratory diseases and develop new treatments. Vote for their project in this year’s #core64 #StatMadness competition
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Congratulations to @DLBHATTMD who chaired the SOLOIST and SCORED trials which have been named by the @American_Heart among the top #heartdisease and #stroke research advances of 2020!
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Congratulations to David Walt of the Brigham and @wyssinstitute who will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his invention of Microwell Arrays! #biomedical #innovation @InventorsHOF #CES2019 #NIHF @HarvardMed.
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Nanoparticles may enable delivery of drugs across the blood brain barrier: check out an interview with @MrJeffKarp and @NJoshiBWH in @MedResearchNews
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A research project on a new 3D “lung-on-a-chip” model of the distal lung and alveolar structures led by @ShrikeZhang is competing in this year’s #core64 #StatMadness. ✅ Vote today!
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.@DLBhattMD hoped that the results from the randomized clinical trial known as REDUCE-IT would be practice changing. With expanded FDA approval of the prescription drug icosapent ethyl, that hope is becoming a reality.
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❄Check out how @shrikezhang and colleagues are using cryobioprinting for fabricating freeform storable tissue constructs ❄.
Using freezable cell-laden bioink, 3D-bioprinted tissues can now be manipulated into complex shapes and stored for months, overcoming the tissues' typically short shelf-life. Learn more in @Matter_CP: @shrikezhang
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"Our lab is specifically interested in unlocking the ‘secret lives’ of proteins that are misshapen, and often toxic to cells, as a result of genetic mutations," says @AnnaGreka of @BWHKidney. Catch a preview of her #WMIF2021 First Look talk:
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Congratulations to Ellen Bubrick, MD for winning the 2017 Bright Futures Prize of $100,000 for her project focused on ultrasound treatment for #Epilepsy. #DiscoverBrigham
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Congrats to @DavidLeaf9 of @BWHKidney who received a grant from the @NIDDKgov for his project titled “Hepcidin-Ferroportin-Iron Axis in #Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute #Kidney Injury.”
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@JonWCunningham, MD, MPH, of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, was awarded first place in the @ACCinTouch Young Investigator competition for his work involving the use of #AI to identify heart failure patients better. Read more:
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.@DLBHATTMD, executive director of Interventional Cardiovascular Programs in the Heart & Vascular Center at the Brigham, discusses results from the REDUCE-IT clinical trial. #HeartMonth .
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In @JAMACardio: New research from the Brigham's @mvaduganathan indicates that intensive blood pressure control could extend life span up to three years
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In @NatMetabolism: @JoslinDiabetes and @SpiteLab researchers found that exposure to cold temps resolved #obesity-induced #inflammation and improved #insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance in mice. 📰 Press release: 📃 Paper:
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Thank you @DrJoelKatz! Check out words of reflection and gratitude from the #BrighamFamily in a Clinical & Research News story here:
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Mentorship ✔️ .Collaboration ✔️ .Similar research interests ✔️ . Learn how these physician-scientists at @MassGenBrigham are working together to accelerate cardiovascular research. @pnatarajanmd @MGH_RI
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Lung failure is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In this year’s #core64 #StatMadness, vote for a Brigham research project by @ShrikeZhang and colleagues to develop an innovative, 3D lung-on-a-chip model to speed up discovery
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In @JAMANetworkOpen: Analysis finds ‘near-zero incidence’ of patients acquiring COVID-19 at @BrighamWomens
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Focused Ultrasound Technology Offers Novel Path to Deliver Drugs to the Brain. Read more:
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In @JAMACardio: @marstonMD of @TIMIStudyGroup and colleagues found that targeted use of a polygenic risk score for coronary artery disease could help identify young adults who could benefit from treatment
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Responsive Hydrogels May Help Treat Arthritis - A "Bench to Bedside" story in @JAMA_current featuring work by @MrJeffKarp et al.
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Vote to help @NatalieArtzi project advance to the #STATMadness finals! She and her @wyssinstitute collaborators created a smart bandage to help providers detect #melanoma early. The voting period ends 3/31 at 11:59 PM:
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Rowza Rumma, MD, (@RowzaRumma) of @BrighamSurgery, received a @JNJInnovation award from Johnson & Johnson and @HarvardCatalyst for her research project, “Clinical Predictive Modeling of Anastomotic Leaks Using Hyperspectral Imaging.”
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.@PeterRChai, an emergency medicine/toxicology physician at the Brigham, has been collaborating with experts at @MIT and @BioBotAnalytics on a technology for sampling sewage. Now’s your chance to✅ vote for their project in this year’s #StatMadness!
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@im_schaefer recently won the Liddy Shriver Early Career Research Award from the Connective Tissue Oncology Society and the Sperling Family Fellowship in Precision Healthcare from @BrighamWomens and @broadinstitute for her research on #sarcomas. Congrats!.
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"We anticipate that our engineered tumor cell platform will have major contributions in finding a cure for #glioblastoma patients," says @khalidshahs of @BWHNeurosurgery. Catch a preview of his #WMIF2021 First Look talk here:
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Congratulations to Janet-Rich Edwards, Mara Hampson, & Chioma Tomlinson on winning the 2023 #BRIghtFuturesPrize!. @BWHWomensHealth @BrighamWomens
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@fredschaper3, of @BWHNeurology, received the Best Overall Poster-Cobb award from @BSNNP1880 for "A Generalized Epilepsy Network Derived from Brain Abnormalities, Lesions and Deep Brain Stimulation.". Read more:
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We need your help! Vote for "Lung on a Chip" in Round 3 of #StatMadness to help @shrikezhang stay in the competition. This round ends March 20 -- vote today!
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Nine Brigham investigators take the stage this morning to share their bold ideas and big projects at the intersection of artificial intelligence and health care. Follow updates live: #WMIF18.
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17 female researchers from @BrighamWomens were named Best Female Scientist in the World by @guide2research. Read more:
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Please join us in congratulating David Walt, PhD, of @BWHPath and @wyssinstitute, who was awarded the $250,000 Kabiller Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomedicine from Northwestern University
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"Where you live should not determine if you live": Brigham resident @AbraarKaran shares his journey to address the social, political and ethical factors of global health systems.
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"I love studying geriatrics and palliative care in surgery," says @ZaraCMD of @CSPH_BWH. Read more about what sparked her love for her field of study in Clinical & Research News #academicvalentines #valentinesday #sciencevalentines
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Emily Gutowski and Walker Redd's podcast sprang from a conversation about medical education. Find out more about the back story to "Run the List" in their Next Generation column: @BrighamChiefs.
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In @ScienceMagazine: A new study from investigators in the @quintanalabhms at @BrighamWomens and @HarvardMed reveals a novel approach called RABID-seq to identify molecular targets for treating neurological disorders.
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Congratulate this year's Research Excellence Award winners at the #DiscoverBrigham Poster Session on Nov. 8. Register here: @boufarhat_elias
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Analysis published in @TheLancet by @mvaduganathan and co-authors shows that multi-drug regimen for heart failure could meaningfully extend patients' lives
How do you communicate the expected lifetime benefits of HF therapies?. New data in @TheLancet from 3 RCTs (#EMPHASISHF #PARADIGMHF #DAPAHF) estimate up to *6 years* of survival gains. Combination ARNI+BB+MRA+SGLT2i = new therapeutic standard in HFrEF. 📎
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In @JACRJournal: @KhuranaBharti and colleagues from @BrighamWomens, @MGHMedicine and @The_BMC find that up to one-third of women with isolated ulnar (forearm) fractures may be victims of intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
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A study from BWH researchers identifies a connection between #MultipleSclerosis and #depression. Their findings are published in @NatMentHealth. @IsaiahNeurology @foxmdphd @harvardbrainsci @shansiddiqi . Press release: Paper:
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Congratulations @drcindyliu Cindy H. Liu, PhD, of @brighamnicu and the Dept of Psychiatry, on her grant from @NIMHgov for her research project titled, “Discrimination and Racial Socialization on Asian American Parent and Youth Mental Health.”
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Through her research and clinical practice, Elizabeth Matzkin, MD, @DocMatzkin strives to make care and outcomes more equal for men and women
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In @JAMAInternalMed: @mvaduganathan and colleagues report that Medicare spent $22 billion on diabetes therapeutics in 2017. While insulin costs remain a primary driver, they chart rapid increases in use of antihyperglycemic therapies.
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Today, we are also announcing the winners of this year’s BRIght Futures Prize, which supports investigators at the hospital who work towards solving grand problems in research and medicine #researchcelebration2021
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Now rescheduled for 7:00 am ET tomorrow, Dr. Anthony Fauci will discuss the Public Health and Scientific Challenge of #COVID-19 at Harvard Medical Ground Rounds.
Join us this Thursday at 8:00am for Harvard Medical Grand Rounds featuring Dr. Anthony Fauci discussing the Public Health and Scientific Challenges of #COVID19.
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WATCH “We, as radiologists, can and must empower patients who are experiencing intimate partner violence,” says @KhuranaBharti of @BWHERad. Find out more about Bharti’s idea for changing the future and VOTE today! #DiscoverBrigham #bwhbrightfutures .
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New research: @NatalieArtzi and team have designed a sprayable biomaterial to prevent #bleeding complications after #vascular surgeries. 📰Research brief: 📜Paper in @AdvSciNews:
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.@PeterRchai, Dr. Tim Erikson and collaborators from @BiobotAnalytics and @MIT want to use sewage sampling to illuminate how COVID-19 is spreading in communities to help understand and address its rise
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In @NatureHumBehav: @shansiddiqi and colleagues used a brain mapping method to find targets for future clinical trials in depression and Parkinson’s disease
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In @NEJM: @DLBHATTMD and co-authors report on the results of the ORAL Surveillance Trial, which assessed #cardiovascular and #cancer #safety of Tofacitinib in rheumatoid arthritis #Cardiology #CardioTwitter
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During the #COVID-19 pandemic, the incidence of intimate partner violence was 1.8-fold higher compared to the previous three years. In #StatMadness, vote for a Brigham research project by @KhuranaBharti and her colleagues to help make the invisible visible
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In @NatureMedicine: Inhaled corticosteroid use for #asthma is linked to adrenal suppression @lasky_su @CraigWheelock @RachelSKelly4 @pkpdkachroo @scoutier @kevinMmendez @omicscience @berlinnovation @ChariteBerlin @MRC_Epid @Cambridge_Uni Read the paper:.
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Find out how Dr. Anita Rao is working to make her patients feel right at home through the Brigham's Home Hospital project
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In @NatureMedicine: @BrighamWomens and @ColumbiaPS authors provide review current research on post-acute COVID-19. Patients with this syndrome, also known as #longhaulers, experience symptoms of #COVID-19 weeks to months after contracting the virus.
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Coming soon to BWH’s hybrid OR, the ARTIS Pheno will be used to provide state-of-the-art care to patients undergoing minimally invasive or percutaneous cardiac, endovascular or thoracic interventions or implants.
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New research by @jeremyfaust and co-authors finds stable rates of suicide deaths during the stay-at-home advisory in Massachusetts. Read more in @JAMANetworkOpen
Talking point (CW suicide) last year: "lockdowns are causing suicides by the thousands". Data: "No they did not.". At least not in MA. Suicide Deaths During the COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Advisory in Massachusetts via @JAMANetworkOpen @JAMANetwork @hmkyale.
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One week left to register for #DiscoverBrigham! Join us on November 1st at @BrighamWomens for an in-person poster session that showcases the innovative #research and discoveries from BWH investigators. Register TODAY!.
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Who wants to play 3 facts/5 scientists with us? @MrJeffKarp @JulieSilverMD @ersied727.@PaulSaxMD @FranciscoMarty_.
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In @SciencesAdvances: @CNSerhanLab et al. find that hypoxic environments, including bone marrow, spleen and sites of #inflammation, activate SPM-biosynthetic circuits that in turn stimulate resolution
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In @JAMA_current: In a 5-year follow-up study of advanced #heartfailure patients in the MOMENTUM 3 trial, a fully magnetically levitated centrifugal-flow LVAD was superior to an axial-flow pump with better outcomes, including overall survival
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ICYMI: @shansiddiqi was recognized by @BBRFoundation for their research achievements for #addiction in 2022. @JJoutsa @foxmdphd were also key players in this achievement.
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