Brigham and Women's Hospital News

Presents of all shapes and sizes can put a smile on one's face. But it's a gift of the lifesaving variety that has a Freetown man pumped.

Hospital incubators are state-of-the-art housing for premature babies, but they do not provide one major component of a fetus's development: Mom.

A former research fellow at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School committed research misconduct, according to the Office of Research Integrity , which announced its findings in yesterday's Federal Register.

Katy Hayes, with her husband, Al, in 2010 at a Dallas hospital, lost all four limbs to a flesh-eating disease two years ago.

In a first-of-its kind summary of fish consumption choices, a team of researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital has determined that consumers are not getting all the information they need to make informed decisions about fish consumption.

New editorial, co-authored by a leading Brigham and Women's Hospital physician, reflects on how the epic study has changed the way women are treated for menopause The 10-year anniversary of the historic Women's Health Initiative Hormone Therapy Trial report, which radically changed the practice of women's health, will be commemorated in July 2012.

A former research fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School has been found by federal authorities to have fabricated and falsified data in a scientific manuscript that was accepted by a journal but withdrawn before publication.

Drink wine, lose weight? Yes, but only if you're female, says a new study. Holistic physician Dr.

Vigorous physical activity may be associated with a reduced risk of psoriasis, scaling of the skin, U.S. researchers suggest.

Acute inflammatory diseases, such as sepsis, as well as chronic inflammatory diseases like diabetes and arthritis, develop as a result of sustained inflammation of the blood vessel wall.

Sustained inflammation of blood vessel walls is acute in patients with sepsis , and chronic in people with inflammatory diseases like diabetes and arthritis.

A macaque monkey died in its cage at a Brigham and Women's Hospital research facility in April, after becoming enmeshed in a chain while playing with a toy designed to enrich the lives of research animals.

Approximately one-third of patients starting oral medication to treat diabetes did not receive the clinically recommended initial therapy with the drug metformin.

Chromosomal deletions in DNA often involve just one of two gene copies inherited from either parent.

It's the first holiday weekend of the summer, and that means fun in the sun for a lot of people.

A New Hampshire man has been arrested following a hit and run accident after claiming that he didn't see the man he struck because he was downloading an app on his phone.

Acute inflammatory diseases, such as sepsis, as well as chronic inflammatory diseases like diabetes and arthritis, develop as a result of sustained inflammation of the blood vessel wall.

According to a new study published in Annals of Neurology and conducted by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital , a certain type of saturated fat, or "bad fat", is worse for women's overall memory and cognitive function.

MONDAY, May 21 -- Women who exercise vigorously may be reducing their risk of psoriasis, Harvard University researchers report.

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