Research from Brigham and Women's Hospital hospital has found some men suspected of having prostate cancer may be able to avoid prostate biopsies by using blood samples 🩸 and an MRI scan instead. Their findings are published in JAMA Network Open buff.ly/3Jq7uZn

A highlight of my time Brigham and Women’s Hematology has been scientific interactions with Dr. Peter van Galen Peter van Galen, one of the most generous, thoughtful & forwarding thinking scientists I know. Our labs have benefited so much from our joint lab meeting! Brigham and Women’s Research Broad Institute

In JAMA, Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers call attention to a new type of Medicare Advantage plan, where insurers are increasingly advertising specific plans to specific people based on identity.

See below by Adam Beckman MD Jose Figueroa, MD, MPH about the risks of this trend ⬇️

Experimental Drug Could Further Reduce Lipids in the Blood in High-Risk Patients buff.ly/3Je3URY Brian Bergmark

New research from Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers analyzes how the availability of costly treatment for patients with hepatitis C with Medicaid changed after coverage restrictions were relaxed. Their findings are published in JAMA Health Forum. buff.ly/49pxApS Ben Rome

Breakthrough for BrainSpec: Lin Brings Virtual Biopsies to the Clinic buff.ly/3TTqwfj Mass General Brigham Innovation

Excellent presentation by Maria A. Pabón, MD on sex differences in HFimpEF in #DELIVER @ #ACC .24 w #simpub now in #JACCHF jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.…

#ACC24 #SimPub by Maria A. Pabón, MD in JACC Journals

Sex Differences in Heart Failure with Improved Ejection Fraction (HFimpEF)

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Brigham Researchers Develop SCENT for Genetic Mapping of Autoimmune Diseases buff.ly/4cNqWwD Soumya Raychaudhuri সৌম্য রায়চৌধুরী

Congratulations to Ashwin Varma on presenting his great research on first- and second-generation drug development (aka “next in class” or “me-too” drugs), focusing on BTK inhibitor development #AACR 24 #AACR

Bringing Conversations on Contraception from Social Media to Clinical Practice buff.ly/3vvcyIF

Gene Analysis Generates Spatial Map of Intestinal Cells and Traces Their Trajectories During Gut Inflammation buff.ly/49kkvy3 Kisha Sivanathan Roni Nowarski

New genetic insights from genomic variation that has not been extensively analyzed before have been discovered in a study by Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers 🧬 🔎 buff.ly/4agRrZN

Chitnis Makes Strides in Research and Care for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis buff.ly/49ioMCg Brigham and Women's Neurology

Recent research from Brigham and Women's Hospital finds a groundbreaking bioengineering technique utilizing iPSCs to create implantable lymphoid tissue that acts as lymph nodes, enhancing adaptive immunity against tumor cells. buff.ly/3IUDMeA Lemos Lab for Regenerative Medicine

Investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in collaboration with Dana-Farber,
have created a risk prediction model for moderate-to-severe kidney injury after receiving cisplatin, a chemotherapy drug. Their results are published in The BMJ. buff.ly/4a4umt3 Shruti Gupta

Would you take healthcare advice from users on social media? Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers examined posts on X discussing birth control and other contraceptive info. They found only a few healthcare professionals were involved in these online conversations. buff.ly/3J01INY

Beyond the injury: Identifying abuse in older adults in emergency departments buff.ly/4agF9QX Bharti Khurana, MD, MBA, FACR, FASER

Have you voted today? Help Natalie Artzi advance to the finals of #STATMadness by voting for her project tonight before voting ends at 11:59PM statnews.com/feature/stat-m…

Vote to help Natalie Artzi project advance to the #STATMadness finals! She and her Wyss Institute collaborators created a smart bandage to help providers detect #melanoma early. The voting period ends 3/31 at 11:59 PM: buff.ly/4bZ31tK