Brigham and Women's Hospital News

A human embryo, containing about a couple hundred cells, is smaller than the period at the end of a sentence.

Twenty percent of American males and 10 percent of American females will experience a kidney stone at some point in their lifetime.

Firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at a home on Sweet Hill Road in Plaistow around 2:45 a.m. Friday.

Main Category: Bones / Orthopedics Also Included In: Stem Cell Research ; Seniors / Aging Article Date: 16 May 2013 - 1:00 PDT In new research published online in Advanced Materials , researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital are the first to report that synthetic silicate nanoplatelets can induce stem cells to become bone cells without the ... (more)

Drinking large amounts of sugary sodas and fruit drinks might raise your odds for painful kidney stones, a new study finds.

Drinking sugar sweetened beverages could increase your risk of kidney stones. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital looked at data on nearly 200,000 people and found people who had one or more sugar-sweetened cola drinks per day had a 23 percent higher risk of developing kidney stones.

Twenty percent of American males and 10 percent of American females will experience a kidney stone at some point in their lifetime.

A study conducted by researchers at CVS Caremark and Brigham and Women's Hospital and published in the May issue of the American Heart Journal found that non-white patients had 50% greater odds of statin medication non-adherence compared to white patients, while women had 10% greater odds of statin non-adherence compared to men.

A 46-year-old man is charged with touching off an explosion that caused major damage to a vacant Richmond Street home early Monday when he cut into a gas line as he was allegedly stealing copper piping, police said.

Two brothers who grew up in Stoneham, each of whom lost a leg in the Marathon bombing last month, engaged in playful competitive banter during a news conference Monday at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, where they are receiving treatment for the first time under the same roof.

May 13, 2013 - American Heart Association spokesperson Elliott Antman, M.D., is available today to discuss the organization's perspective on a study published in Antman will also be available after 11 a.m. ET, Tuesday, May 14, to discuss an Institute of Medicine report: the which evaluated the results, study design, and methodological approaches ... (more)

A woman was struck by a pick-up truck just after midnight Sunday on Main Street and later died at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

Researchers in the US have identified a protein that rejuvenates old hearts in mice.

When marathon bombing victim Heather Abbott leaves Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital tomorrow, her first stop will be Fenway Park to take in a Red Sox game - the same thing she was doing April 15 before the explosions near the finish line changed her life forever.

Susan Surette, 36, has never had a mammogram, but she plans to have her first one in the coming years.

When Amanda Hernandez and Davis Zelee's son Damari arrived at 25 weeks gestation, their excitement to become parents quickly turned to concern.

The check for Tinton Falls resident Charles A. Lawson's Verizon Wireless bill went somewhere in the mammoth company's New Jersey offices.

From the Primary Health Care Directorate, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa ; Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa ; and Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA .

From the Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School ; Department of Environmental Health and Epidemiology , Harvard School of Public Health; and Cardiovascular Epidemiology Research Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA.

People who work in Boston's hospitals are trained to deal with trauma, but most are unaccustomed to dealing with mass casualties caused by an attack in their own neighborhood, or working under lock-down. Massachusetts General Hospital provided free yoga, meditation, and massage to staff members last week.