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Climate Change-related Disturbances Linked to Worse Cardiovascular Health, Researchers Show

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for approximately one in every three deaths, with more than 20 million deaths reported in 2021 according to a 2024 World Heart Federation report.
11-Jun-2024 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Chatbot outperformed physicians in clinical reasoning in head-to-head study

ChatGPT-4, an artificial intelligence program designed to understand and generate human-like text, outperformed internal medicine residents and attending physicians at two academic medical centers at processing medical data and demonstrating...
1-Apr-2024 11:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers Report on the Effectiveness of Skin Biopsy to Detect Parkinson’s and Related Neurodegenerative Diseases

In a paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), neurologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) showed that a simple skin biopsy test detects an abnormal form of alpha-synuclein, the pathological...
19-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

BIDMC-led trial leads to FDA approval of coronary drug-coated balloons

In the largest randomized clinical trial and first of its kind to date in the United States, a team led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) assessed the efficacy and safety of using a drug-coated balloon in patients...
9-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Researchers Pave the Way for Next Generation COVID-19 Immunization Strategies

Findings published in the journal Nature by physician-scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and colleagues suggest that it may be possible to improve protection against COVID-19 by delivering the vaccine directly to the...
14-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

AI Chatbot Shows Potential as Diagnostic Partner, Researchers Find

Physician-investigators compared a chatbot’s probabilistic reasoning to that of human clinicians. The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, suggest that artificial intelligence could serve as useful clinical decision support tools for...
8-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Alarming Trends in Cardiovascular Health Among Middle-Aged Adults

New research helps explain the recent reversal in cardiovascular mortality among this population and underscores the need to address the social determinants of health that contribute to it.
27-Nov-2023 9:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Researchers Halt Progression in Parkinson's Disease Mouse Model

Researchers performed complementary experiments showing that inhibiting a specific enzyme in a mouse model protects the dopamine-producing neurons that are normally lost as Parkinson's disease progresses, effectively halting the progression of the...
15-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites


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Agents of Change: A BIDMC OBGYN Advocates for Reproductive Justice for All

In a commentary published in a special Obstetrics & Gynecology issue on racism and reproductive health, corresponding author Rose L. Molina, MD, MPH, a BIDMC obstetrician-gynecologist, researcher, and activist advancing health equity in pregnancy...
2-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT

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Precision Equity: BIDMC Scientists Pave Way for Potential Cure for Severe Kidney Disease Disproportionately Affecting Black Individuals

An investigational molecule has been shown to improve kidney function in people with one form of chronic kidney disease in a small phase 2 clinical trial. Martin Pollak, MD, discusses the journey from research question to potential cure.
22-Mar-2023 9:30 AM EDT

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