Posts by Brigham and Women's Hospital
Predicting risk of heart failure for diabetes patients with help from machine learning
Investigators used artificial intelligence to identify top 10 variables that can predict, with a high degree of accuracy, future heart failure among patients living with diabetes. …
Read Full ArticleNovel combination of drugs may overcome drug-resistant cancer cells
Mathematical modeling and preclinical experiments suggest that time-sensitive administration of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase inhibitors alongside other drugs may thwart resistance in cancer cells. …
Read Full ArticleA new role for genetics in cancer therapy-induced cardiomyopathy
Recent advances in the development of cancer therapies have increased long-term survival and prognosis. However, the increased burden and prevalence of harmful side effects, including cardiomyopathy, …
Read Full ArticleSmoking cessation may reduce risk of rheumatoid arthritis
Smoking is an important risk factor for developing the most common form of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other inflammatory diseases, …
Read Full ArticleA combinatorial microRNA strategy to defeat glioblastoma
In cancer therapeutics research, microRNAs–tiny strings of nucleotides that get churned out inside cells–have been a source of both excitement and disappointment. …
Read Full ArticleHome-based hypertension management program produces ‘striking’ results
Pilot study by Brigham investigators finds that an innovative care-delivery program helped 81 percent of participants achieve blood pressure control in seven weeks. …
Read Full ArticleGenetics may influence the effects of vitamin E on cancer risk
Almost half of all Americans take a vitamin supplement, and yet many large-scale, placebo-controlled clinical trials of various supplements have found little or no benefit. A new study led by investigators from Brigham …
Read Full ArticleResearchers explore what’s behind Mediterranean diet and lower cardiovascular risk
A new study offers insights from a cohort study of women in the U.S. who reported consuming a Mediterranean-type diet. …
Read Full ArticleGut protein mutations shield against spikes in glucose
Why is it that, despite consuming the same number of calories, sodium and sugar, some people face little risk of diabetes or obesity while others are at higher risk? …
Read Full ArticleCellphone diagnostic tool developed to detect HIV
The management of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV), an autoimmune disorder that cripples the immune system by attacking healthy cells, remains a major global health challenge in developing countries …
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