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A persistent infection could explain why some people experience long COVID symptoms, with evidence of persistent infection in 43% of participants with cardiopulmonary, musculoskeletal or neurologic symptoms of long COVID

40 days ago brighamandwomens.org covid medicine

Researchers have found a history of shingles was significantly and independently associated with a higher risk -- approximately 20 percent higher -- of subjective cognitive decline in both women and men.

3 months ago brighamandwomens.org neuroscience

Daily toothbrushing is linked to lower rates of pneumonia among hospitalized patients, finds a new study

11 months ago brighamandwomens.org medicine

Study N=191 suggests that adhering to a Mediterranean diet may alleviate or prevent PTSD symptoms

13 months ago brighamandwomens.org health

Researchers designed a microdevice the size of a grain of rice that is implanted into brains of patients with gliomas, a brain tumor, that in 2-3 hours administers tiny doses of up to 20 drugs into the tumors safely with no side effects to assess the effectiveness of responses to different drugs.

14 months ago brighamandwomens.org brain cancer

ChatGPT 3.5 recommended an inappropriate cancer treatment in one-third of cases — Hallucinations, or recommendations entirely absent from guidelines, were produced in 12.5 percent of cases

15 months ago brighamandwomens.org cancer chatgpt gpt

Study on 100,000 postmenopausal women finds that who consumed sugar sweetened beverage daily had 85% higher risk of developing liver cancer and 68% higher risk of developing chronic liver disease

15 months ago brighamandwomens.org cancer disease

In an analysis researchers found participants with type 2 diabetes who were physically active in the afternoon had greater reductions in blood sugar than those who were most active at other times of day

18 months ago brighamandwomens.org diabetes health

Specific species of bacteria were present with higher abundances in women who reported being happier, more hopeful and having better emotion management skills

19 months ago brighamandwomens.org biology

Study indicates link between digital communication use, anxiety, loneliness and depression in older adults (65+)

19 months ago brighamandwomens.org

Eating Late Increases Hunger, Decreases Calories Burned, and Changes Fat Tissue

2 years ago brighamandwomens.org

Daytime eating may benefit mental health: team found that, among participants in the daytime and nighttime eating group, depression-like mood levels increased by 26% and anxiety-like mood levels by 16%

2 years ago brighamandwomens.org

Clinical Trial of Nasal Vaccine for Alzheimer's Disease

2 years ago brighamandwomens.org disease trial vaccine

Researchers Identify Brain Circuit for Spirituality

3 years ago brighamandwomens.org brain

Researchers report that 50.2 million (20.5 percent) U.S. adults experience chronic pain based on analysis of the new NHIS data

3 years ago brighamandwomens.org

Newly Discovered Subset of Brain Cells Fight Inflammation with Instructions from the Gut

3 years ago brighamandwomens.org brain

A new study makes it clear: after universal masking was implemented at Mass General Brigham, the rate of COVID-19 infection among health care workers dropped significantly

4 years ago brighamandwomens.org covid

Sputum testing provides higher rate of COVID-19 detection: A new study found sputum testing detected the RNA of the virus that causes COVID-19 at significantly higher rates while oropharyngeal swab testing had lower rates