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12-Dec-2018 2:05 PM EST
UK General Practitioners Skeptical That Artificial Intelligence Could Replace Them
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In a UK-wide survey published in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), and colleagues investigated primary care physicians’ views on AI’s looming impact on health professions.

   
Released: 4-Dec-2018 9:05 AM EST
Study Evaluates Efficacy and Safety of Pancreatic Cancer Treatment in Complex Patient Care Cases
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In a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Manuel Hidalgo, MD, PhD, and colleagues conducted a phase I/II trial designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of nab-paclitaxel given in combination with gemcitabine in patients with pancreatic cancer and reduced health status. The team – based at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncologicas (Spanish National Cancer Center), where Hidalgo previously served as Director of the Clinical Research Program and Vice Director of Translational Research – reported that the combination of therapies significantly improved survival even in less robust patients with metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) compared to gemcitabine alone.

Released: 3-Dec-2018 12:05 PM EST
Just How Healthy is Chicken Noodle Soup?
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You may remember a loved one making you a bowl of chicken noodle soup whenever you were feeling under the weather as a child. Just how healthy is this culinary cure-all? BIDMC clinical dietitian Sandy Allonen, RD, weighs in.

Released: 30-Nov-2018 4:05 PM EST
Bloodstream Infection Rates as a Measure of Quality in Hemodialysis Facilities
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A new study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) investigated rates of bloodstream infection among patients with or without catheters in outpatient hemodialysis facilities in New England.

Released: 30-Nov-2018 4:05 PM EST
Beyond Bone Mineral Density: Assessing Additional Bone Traits Helps ID Those at Risk for Fracture
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Large international study confirms measuring bone microarchitecture with new imaging technology accurately predicts risk of fracture in older women and men

Released: 30-Nov-2018 2:05 PM EST
BIDMC Research & Health News Digest: November 2018
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A monthly roundup of research briefs showcasing recent scientific advances led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center faculty.

Released: 28-Nov-2018 4:05 PM EST
What's Behind Flawless Skin? We Asked a Dermatologist
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BIDMC's Alexa Kimball, MD, shares important factors that influence how our skin looks and behaves.

Released: 28-Nov-2018 1:05 PM EST
Diabetes and the Feet
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Diabetes can cause problems with your feet. BIDMC's John Giurini, DPM, Chief of Podiatric Surgery, discusses these complications and how experts at BIDMC can help.

Released: 8-Nov-2018 9:05 AM EST
Faculty from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s CardioVascular Institute and Colleagues Presenting New Advances and Research at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions
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Faculty from BIDMC's CardioVascular Institute and colleagues will be presenting new advances and research at the 2018 American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions.

Released: 6-Nov-2018 4:05 PM EST
Five Foods to Strengthen Bones and Joints
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Kathryn Weatherford, RD, LDN, CNSC, a registered dietitian at BIDMC, shares five food recommendations to help strengthen bones and joints.

Released: 1-Nov-2018 11:05 AM EDT
BIDMC Research & Health News Digest: October 2018
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A monthly roundup of research briefs showcasing recent scientific advances led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center faculty.

Released: 1-Nov-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Study Finds Tennis Elbow Treatments Provide Little to No Benefit
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In the largest analysis to date, researchers and clinicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have compared the efficacy and safety of non-surgical treatment options for tennis elbow – also called enthesopathy of the extensor carpi radialis brevis (eECRB).

Released: 30-Oct-2018 10:05 AM EDT
OpenNotes: More than 30 Million Americans Have Access to their Clinical Notes
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OpenNotes announced today that more than 30 million Americans now have access to notes written by their clinicians in fully transparent medical records.

Released: 25-Oct-2018 5:00 PM EDT
Watching and Waiting: New Data Provides Guidance for Management of Moderately Dysplastic Moles
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Study suggests close observation is a reasonable management strategy for moderately dysplastic moles, but certain patients require continued screening for risk for melanoma

Released: 24-Oct-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Augmented Reality May Assist Cardiologists Plan and Perform Complex Procedures
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Jihye Jang, a PhD Candidate at the Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and colleagues assessed AR’s potential to help cardiologists visualize myocardial scarring in the heart as they perform ventricular tachycardia ablation or other electrophysiological interventions.

Released: 15-Oct-2018 4:10 PM EDT
Us vs. Them: Understanding the Neurobiology of Stereotypes
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In a review published in the journal Trends in Cognitive Science, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD, and colleagues describe how non-invasive brain stimulation – a technique he and others have pioneered to unlock the secrets of the brain – could shed light on the neurobiology underlying implicit bias.

Released: 8-Oct-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Out Like a Light: Researchers ID Brain's 'Sleep Switch'
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Two decades ago, Clifford B. Saper, MD/PhD, Chairman of the Department of Neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and colleagues discovered a set of nerve cells they thought might be the switch that turns the brain off, allowing it to sleep. In a new study, Saper and colleagues demonstrate in mice that that these cells – located in a region of the hypothalamus called the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus – are in fact essential to normal sleep.

Released: 28-Sep-2018 12:05 PM EDT
BIDMC Research Brief Digest: September 2018
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A monthly roundup of research briefs showcasing recent scientific advances led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center faculty.

Released: 28-Sep-2018 12:05 PM EDT
The Cart Before the Horse: A New Model of Cause and Effect
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In a recent paper in Nature Communications, scientists led by Albert C. Yang, MD, PhD, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, introduce a new approach to causality that moves away from this temporally linear model of cause and effect.

Released: 21-Sep-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Easing the Discomfort of Restless Legs Syndrome
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Jacqueline Chang, MD, a pulmonologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, shares common triggers of Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS).

Released: 17-Sep-2018 4:40 PM EDT
The Cancer Center at BIDMC Opens a Personalized Immunotherapy Cancer Vaccine Facility
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The Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) today announced the opening of the Randi and Brian Schwartz Family Cancer Immunotherapy and Cell Manipulation Facility. The state-of-the-art laboratory expands BIDMC’s research capacity with the ultimate goal of accelerating the delivery of new immunotherapies to patients with cancer.

Released: 13-Sep-2018 10:15 AM EDT
A Healthy Regimen for Patients with Cancer
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center dietitian, Juliana Gilenberg, RD, LDN, CNSC, shares tips for a healthy regimen for patients with cancer.

Released: 4-Sep-2018 9:50 AM EDT
Study: Massachusetts ICU Nurse Staffing Regulations Did Not Improve Patient Mortality and Complications
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In 2014, Massachusetts lawmakers passed a law requiring a 1:1 or 2:1 patient-to-nurse staffing ratio in intensive care units (ICU) in the state, as guided by a tool that accounts for patient acuity and anticipated care intensity. The regulations were intended to ensure patient safety in the state’s ICUs, but new research led by physician-researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and published today in Critical Care Medicine found the staffing regulations were not associated with improved patient outcomes.

Released: 31-Aug-2018 9:50 AM EDT
Overcoming Resistance
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In a recent paper published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research (CCR), Carmelo Nucera, MD, PhD, primary investigator in the thyroid cancer research program in the Division of Experimental Pathology in BIDMC’s Department of Pathology, and colleagues investigated the role of pericytes as part of the tumor microenvironment in the subset of papillary thyroid cancers modulated by a mutation of the BRAF cancer-promoting gene.

Released: 29-Aug-2018 3:05 PM EDT
BIDMC Research Brief Digest: August 2018
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A monthly roundup of research briefs showcasing recent scientific advances led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center faculty.

Released: 24-Aug-2018 11:05 AM EDT
What a Leading Cardiologist Eats for Breakfast
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A leading cardiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center shares what he eats for breakfast

Released: 22-Aug-2018 3:50 PM EDT
Healing After Harm: Addressing The Emotional Toll of Harmful Medical Events
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A multidisciplinary group of leaders from the Healing After Harm Conference Group, led by Sigall Bell, MD, Researcher at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Linda Kenney, Executive Director of Medically Induced Trauma Support Services (MITSS), has established a consensus-driven research agenda with both immediately actionable and longer-term research strategies for health care organizations. The research agenda is designed to create a path forward to inform approaches that better support harmed patients and families.

Released: 20-Aug-2018 11:00 AM EDT
Could Vitamin B3 Treat Acute Kidney Injury?
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A multidisciplinary research team led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has determined that vitamin B3 has the potential to prevent acute kidney injury. Published in Nature Medicine, the findings bring clinicians one step closer to an accessible and safe therapy for patients who may be at risk.

Released: 16-Aug-2018 4:25 PM EDT
Blood Test Could Detect Kidney Cancer Up to Five Years Prior to Clinical Diagnosis
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A team of investigators led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) medical oncologist Rupal Bhatt, MD, PhD, has demonstrated that a molecule called KIM-1, a protein present in the blood of some patients with renal cell carcinoma is present at elevated levels at the time of diagnosis, can also serve as a tool to predict the disease’s onset up to five years prior to diagnosis

Released: 10-Aug-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Research May Help Rescue Antibiotics’ Effectiveness in the Face of Drug-Resistant Bacteria
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Bacteria—especially Gram-negative strains—are becoming increasingly resistant to current antibiotic drugs, and the development of new classes of antibiotics has slowed. Faced with these challenges, investigators are studying the potential of combination therapy, in which two or more drugs are used together to increase or restore the efficacy of both drugs against a resistant bacterial pathogen. Now new research indicates that such synergy may work even when bacteria become resistant to colistin, which is considered a treatment agent of last resort.

Released: 9-Aug-2018 9:05 AM EDT
An Ancient Medicine Shows New Promise: Arsenic in Combination with an Existing Drug Could Combat Cancer
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Investigators have discovered that arsenic in combination with an existing leukemia drug work together to target a master cancer regulator. The team, led by researchers at the Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is hopeful that the discovery could lead to new treatment strategies for diverse types of cancer.

Released: 7-Aug-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Traveling Safely with Heart Disease
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Dr. Eli Gelfand, Chief of the Outpatient Cardiology Clinic at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is available for interview to discuss traveling safely with heart disease.

Released: 2-Aug-2018 2:05 PM EDT
New Light Shed On Relationship Between Calorie-burning Fat and Muscle Function
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Endocrinologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have shown for the first time that brown fat can exert control over skeletal muscle function.

Released: 1-Aug-2018 12:05 PM EDT
BIDMC Study Determines Risk Factors for Opioid Misuse
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• When opioids are prescribed following surgery, approximately four percent of the general patient population will continue using opioids for an extended time period • Race and household income were not significant risk factors for prolonged opioid use • Physicians’ prescribing practices may influence patient risk • Patients in the worker’s compensation setting experienced the highest rates of prolonged opioid use

Released: 26-Jul-2018 4:45 PM EDT
Calling All Baby Boomers: Get Tested for Hepatitis C
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Michael Curry, MD, Section Chief, Hepatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, suggests that baby boomers should get tested for Hepatits C.

Released: 26-Jul-2018 3:05 PM EDT
BIDMC Research Brief Digest: July 2018
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A monthly roundup of research briefs showcasing recent scientific advances led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center faculty.

Released: 26-Jul-2018 12:05 AM EDT
BIDMC Researchers ID the Brain's Claustrum as Likely Origin of Parkinsonism's Tremors, Rigidty and Slowed Movement
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Parkinsonism – slowed movement, muscle rigidity and tremor – is a classic set of neurological symptoms most often seen in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Because neuron loss in the substantia nigra – a region of the brain associated with motor planning – is the hallmark characteristic of Parkinson’s disease, parkinsonism has long been thought to originate there. However, parkinsonism can occur in patients who have other conditions that leave the substantia nigra intact, making the true source of the suite of symptoms a mystery.

Released: 24-Jul-2018 4:45 PM EDT
Does Sparkling Water Hydrate You?
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Mark Zeidel, MD, Chair of the Department of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, clears up the myths and facts around sparkling water.

Released: 17-Jul-2018 4:45 PM EDT
Avoiding Sunburns This Summer
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Suzanne Olbricht, MD, Chief of Dermatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, shares tips for avoiding sunburns.

12-Jul-2018 4:45 PM EDT
Speaking Up for Patient Safety
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In a new study, a team led by clinician-researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) surveyed family members and patients with recent ICU experiences about their willingness to speak up about care concerns to medical providers.

Released: 12-Jul-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Hospitals May Take Too Much of the Blame for Unplanned Readmissions
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A new study out of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center reveals that the preventability of readmissions changes over time: readmissions within the first week after discharge are often preventable by the hospital, whereas readmissions later are often related to patients’ difficultly accessing outpatient clinics.

Released: 10-Jul-2018 3:40 PM EDT
Barbara B. Kahn, MD Receives 2019 FASEB Excellence in Science Award
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Barbara Kahn, MD, Vice Chair for Research Strategy in the Department of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), will receive the 2019 FASEB Excellence in Science Award.

Released: 10-Jul-2018 3:35 PM EDT
Researchers Prevent, Reverse Renal Injury by Inhibiting Immune-Regulating Molecule
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Study findings from a team of scientists led by George C. Tsokos, MD, Chief of the Division of Rheumatology at BIDMC, overturn conventional wisdom about kidney disease.

5-Jul-2018 4:00 PM EDT
Preventative HIV Vaccine Candidate Triggers Desired Immune Responses in Humans and Monkeys, and Protects Monkeys from Infection
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In a new study, published July 6 in The Lancet, a team of researchers led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center's Dan H. Barouch, MD, PhD, in collaboration with Janssen Vaccines & Prevention and other partners, evaluated a series of preventative HIV vaccine regimens in uninfected human volunteers in five countries. In a similarly designed study, Barouch and colleagues tested the same vaccine for its ability to protect rhesus monkeys challenged with an HIV-like virus from infection. The findings showed the vaccines induced robust and comparable immune responses in humans and monkeys and protected monkeys against acquisition of infection.

Released: 6-Jul-2018 3:30 PM EDT
Savory Foods May Promote Healthy Eating Through Effects on the Brain
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Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have found that consuming a broth rich in umami—or savory taste—can cause subtle changes in the brain that promote healthy eating behaviors and food choices, especially in women at risk of obesity.

Released: 2-Jul-2018 2:05 PM EDT
Scientists Visualize the Connections Between Eye and Brain
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In this study, BIDMC researchers developed a means of tracking the activity of the far-reaching ends of retinal neurons (called boutons) as they deliver visual information to the thalamus, a brain region involved in image processing.

   
Released: 29-Jun-2018 1:05 PM EDT
How to Avoid Migraine Triggers
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If you’ve ever had a migraine, you know it’s different from a typical tension headache. Check out these tips from neurologist Sait Ashina, MD, for avoiding common migraine triggers.

Released: 28-Jun-2018 5:05 PM EDT
BIDMC Research Brief Digest: June 2018
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A monthly roundup of research briefs showcasing recent scientific advances led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center faculty.

Released: 18-Jun-2018 5:05 PM EDT
Embracing Respect and Dignity as The Next Frontier in Preventing Patient Harm
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A group of national leaders in quality and safety, led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), has developed a consensus statement – a document developed by an independent panel of experts about a particular issue – intended to embrace an expanded definition of patient harm that includes non-physical harm, with the goal of improving the practice of respect across the continuum of care.



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