Latest news from Beth Israel Lahey Health on Newswise en-us Copyright 2025 Newswise 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif /articles/blair-j-wylie-md-mph-named-chair-of-beth-israel-deaconess-medical-center-department-of-obstetrics-and-gynecology/?sc=rsin /articles/blair-j-wylie-md-mph-named-chair-of-beth-israel-deaconess-medical-center-department-of-obstetrics-and-gynecology/?sc=rsin Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:45:46 EST Blair J. Wylie, MD, MPH, has joined Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), and its physician organization, Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians (HMFP), as Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/better-together-physicians-using-ai-showed-improved-performance-in-randomized-controlled-trial/?sc=rsin /articles/better-together-physicians-using-ai-showed-improved-performance-in-randomized-controlled-trial/?sc=rsin Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:10:51 EST A study published in Nature Medicine suggests physicians who have access to large language models (LLM), also known as chatbots, demonstrate improved performance on several patient care tasks compared to physicians without access to LLM. Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/more-than-half-of-u-s-adults-could-benefit-from-glp-1-medications-researchers-find/?sc=rsin /articles/more-than-half-of-u-s-adults-could-benefit-from-glp-1-medications-researchers-find/?sc=rsin Wed, 20 Nov 2024 15:45:33 EST In a new analysis of national data, researchers at the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) estimated that 137 million U.S. adults, more than half of all adults, are eligible for semagludtide for weight loss, diabetes management, or prevention of recurrent cardiovascular events. Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/study-reveals-disconnect-in-medical-device-use-and-urges-action-on-cardiac-care-inequities/?sc=rsin /articles/study-reveals-disconnect-in-medical-device-use-and-urges-action-on-cardiac-care-inequities/?sc=rsin Mon, 11 Nov 2024 14:55:09 EST In a nationwide observational study published this month in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), cardiologists from the Smith Center for Outcomes Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) were commissioned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to examine trends in the use and long-term safety of a device widely used to treat pulmonary embolism, or blood clots in the lungs. Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/opennotes-and-abridge-partner-to-research-and-evaluate-ai-generated-visit-summaries/?sc=rsin /articles/opennotes-and-abridge-partner-to-research-and-evaluate-ai-generated-visit-summaries/?sc=rsin Fri, 01 Nov 2024 13:00:15 EST OpenNotes, an international leader in health transparency research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), and Abridge, a leading generative AI platform for clinical documentation, launched a partnership that will bring patient-clinician conversations to the forefront of research to enhance patient notes. Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/case-closed-study-shows-vitamin-d-supplementation-doesn-t-cut-cardiac-risk/?sc=rsin /articles/case-closed-study-shows-vitamin-d-supplementation-doesn-t-cut-cardiac-risk/?sc=rsin Thu, 17 Oct 2024 14:50:34 EST Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the primary cause of death among adults over age 65 years. Seniors are also likely to have low blood levels of Vitamin D, which has been linked to cardiovascular disease. Despite this, many observational trials have not demonstrated that Vitamin D supplementation reduces cardiovascular disease risk. Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/all-too-human-racial-disparities-in-pain-assessment-expose-ai-s-flawed-beliefs-about-race/?sc=rsin /articles/all-too-human-racial-disparities-in-pain-assessment-expose-ai-s-flawed-beliefs-about-race/?sc=rsin Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:00:16 EST A study led by Adam Rodman, MD, MPH, Director of AI Programs at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), reveals that, rather than helping to reduce racial and ethnic biases, AI-driven chatbots may instead perpetuate and exacerbate disparities in medicine. Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/mpox-vaccine-antibody-responses-waned-within-a-year-study-shows/?sc=rsin /articles/mpox-vaccine-antibody-responses-waned-within-a-year-study-shows/?sc=rsin Thu, 03 Oct 2024 11:30:00 EST Research shows people previously vaccinated against mpox in 2022 had declining antibody responses after six to 12 months, as World Health Organization (WHO) designates the 2024 mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/triple-antibody-therapy-shows-promise-for-long-lasting-hiv-control/?sc=rsin /articles/triple-antibody-therapy-shows-promise-for-long-lasting-hiv-control/?sc=rsin Thu, 12 Sep 2024 09:05:26 EST In a study of 12 participants, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have demonstrated that a cocktail of three broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAb) successfully suppressed virus in people living with HIV. A subset of participants also demonstrated long-term control of the virus months after antibody levels declined to low or undetectable. Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/ulcers-and-damage-to-upper-gastrointestinal-tract-linked-to-increased-risk-of-parkinson-s-disease-research-demonstrates/?sc=rsin /articles/ulcers-and-damage-to-upper-gastrointestinal-tract-linked-to-increased-risk-of-parkinson-s-disease-research-demonstrates/?sc=rsin Fri, 06 Sep 2024 11:05:52 EST A study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) found the risk of developing Parkinson's disease was 76 percent higher among those with a history of damage to the lining of their upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract than among those without. Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/joslin-diabetes-center-investigator-rohit-n-kulkarni-md-phd-awarded-10-million-nihniddk-grant-for-pioneering-diabetes-and-obesity-research/?sc=rsin /articles/joslin-diabetes-center-investigator-rohit-n-kulkarni-md-phd-awarded-10-million-nihniddk-grant-for-pioneering-diabetes-and-obesity-research/?sc=rsin Mon, 12 Aug 2024 10:05:30 EST Rohit N. Kulkarni, MD, PhD, the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation Endowed Chair and Co-Head of the Section on Islet & Regenerative Biology at Joslin Diabetes Center, has been awarded $9,920,607 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/in-brief-multi-omics-analysis-identifies-molecularly-defined-alzheimer-s-disease-subtypes/?sc=rsin /articles/in-brief-multi-omics-analysis-identifies-molecularly-defined-alzheimer-s-disease-subtypes/?sc=rsin Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:00:00 EST Investigators used machine learning approaches to integrate high-throughput transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic, and lipidomic profiles to provide novel critical molecular insights into Alzheimer's Disease (AD) that single-omic analyses cannot offer. Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/beth-israel-lahey-health-launches-heart-transplant-program/?sc=rsin /articles/beth-israel-lahey-health-launches-heart-transplant-program/?sc=rsin Thu, 05 Oct 2023 09:05:48 EST Beth Israel Lahey Health has expanded its cardiovascular services to include heart transplantation based at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/research-studies-focus-on-optimizing-joint-replacement-surgery-outcomes/?sc=rsin /articles/research-studies-focus-on-optimizing-joint-replacement-surgery-outcomes/?sc=rsin Fri, 12 Aug 2022 14:05:11 EST Two studies are included: Total joint replacement outcomes in the unhoused and health literacy linked to shoulder arthroplasty outcomes Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/black-adults-treated-for-common-arterial-disease-are-at-greater-risk-of-amputation-and-death-than-white-adults-researchers-show/?sc=rsin /articles/black-adults-treated-for-common-arterial-disease-are-at-greater-risk-of-amputation-and-death-than-white-adults-researchers-show/?sc=rsin Tue, 19 Jul 2022 10:20:48 EST In this study, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center found that Black adults underwent significantly more endovascular peripheral vascular interventions (PVI), were treated for more advanced disease and were also more likely to experience adverse outcomes following PVI procedures, including amputation and death. 鈥� Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/cardiac-death-rates-declined-for-both-black-and-white-americans-since-1999-but-racial-disparities-persist/?sc=rsin /articles/cardiac-death-rates-declined-for-both-black-and-white-americans-since-1999-but-racial-disparities-persist/?sc=rsin Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:50:35 EST Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center conducted a comprehensive investigation of national trends in cardiovascular mortality among Black and white women and men across multiple socio-demographic domains and found a decline in cardiovascular mortality rates across all groups over the last 20 years. Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/cold-temps-may-help-to-combat-obesity-and-related-metabolic-diseases-by-reducing-inflammation-researchers-find/?sc=rsin /articles/cold-temps-may-help-to-combat-obesity-and-related-metabolic-diseases-by-reducing-inflammation-researchers-find/?sc=rsin Mon, 27 Jun 2022 17:10:04 EST Researchers report that exposure to cold temperatures resolved obesity-induced inflammation while improving insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance in diet-induced obese mice. Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/mental-health-and-substance-use-among-adolescents-experiencing-homelessness-in-the-united-states/?sc=rsin /articles/mental-health-and-substance-use-among-adolescents-experiencing-homelessness-in-the-united-states/?sc=rsin Tue, 10 May 2022 11:30:24 EST In a new paper published in JAMA, researchers evaluated mental health and substance use among homeless and housed high school students surveyed voluntarily and anonymously in 2019. Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/lahey-hospital-medical-center-opens-new-hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy-center/?sc=rsin /articles/lahey-hospital-medical-center-opens-new-hypertrophic-cardiomyopathy-center/?sc=rsin Mon, 02 May 2022 13:15:07 EST Lahey Hospital & Medical Center (LHMC) today announced the opening of its new Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) medical and surgical center. Beth Israel Lahey Health /articles/grandmaternal-exercise-has-benefits-for-grand-offspring-researchers-find/?sc=rsin /articles/grandmaternal-exercise-has-benefits-for-grand-offspring-researchers-find/?sc=rsin Thu, 28 Apr 2022 11:05:02 EST Scientists have demonstrated in mice that the benefits of exercise may also span generations. Beth Israel Lahey Health