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Aug 27, 2024 | 
magazine.brighamandwomens.org | Lauren Thompson |Hannah Wool
Previous ArticleNext Article Issue Fall 2024: Navigating myths, lies, and other health threats Category Written By Lauren Thompson When Jane* arrived at the hospital at 6am for her surgery, she felt she had already conquered an obstacle course. “First, I completed this long pre-surgery checklist,” Jane says. “Then I downloaded and signed a bunch of waivers and disclosure forms from the patient portal. I called the health insurance company to make sure they’d cover it. I arranged for time off...
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
magazine.brighamandwomens.org | JoAnn E. Manson |Joann Manson |Hannah Wool
Previous ArticleNext Article Issue Fall 2024: Navigating myths, lies, and other health threats Department Written By JoAnn Manson, MD, MPH, DrPH Nearly 58% of adults and 35% of children in the U.S. take dietary supplements, spending more than $50 billion each year. Many myths about supplements fuel their popularity. While they are beneficial in some cases, most people do not need them. Our research team has led several of the nation’s largest randomized clinical trials of supplements,...
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
magazine.brighamandwomens.org | Hannah Wool
Bonnie Slater-Demont suffered a stroke in the middle of the night. From the moment they reached the Brigham, Bonnie and her husband, Richard, trusted she would receive excellent care—and are so grateful that she did.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
magazine.brighamandwomens.org | Hannah Wool
Previous ArticleNext Article Issue Fall 2024: Navigating myths, lies, and other health threats Department Women’s health research is getting increasing attention—and funding—at the federal and state levels. In March, President Joe Biden signed a historic executive order providing $12 billion for women’s health research as part of the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research. Launched by the president and First Lady Jill Biden, EdD, the order acknowledges gaps in research and will...
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
magazine.brighamandwomens.org | Hannah Wool
We asked thought leaders across the Brigham to share their insights and experiences.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
magazine.brighamandwomens.org | Joy Howard |Hannah Wool
Previous ArticleNext Article Issue Fall 2024: Navigating myths, lies, and other health threats Department Interview By Joy Howard On the wall in my office, I have this passage from the Talmud, “Whosoever saves a life, it is as though he had saved the entire world.” When I see my colleagues, students, and trainees devote themselves to every patient, this passage helps me see each person’s singular effort as a filament in the tapestry of our collective dedication to our patients and colleagues....
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
magazine.brighamandwomens.org | Joy Howard |Hannah Wool
Previous ArticleNext Article Issue Fall 2024: Navigating myths, lies, and other health threats Category Written By Joy Howard In a small U.S. town of 10,000 people, 250 residents will die each year and 100 of those will be children under 5 years old. Few people in the town will live beyond 50 years old. Of all the children born there, 10% will die before their first birthday and 24% before their 5th birthday.1 This town is not the setting of a dystopian novel or film. Instead, it describes...
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
magazine.brighamandwomens.org | Hannah Wool
Previous ArticleNext Article Issue Fall 2024: Navigating myths, lies, and other health threats Department Healthcare is reviving a bygone tradition: house calls. Technology, patient preference, and other factors, including federal legislation set in motion during the COVID-19 pandemic, have spurred a surge in demand for delivering acute, hospital-grade care at home. Based on pilots started at the Brigham and Massachusetts General Hospital in 2016, Mass General Brigham (MGB) now has one of the...
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Jun 5, 2023 | 
magazine.brighamandwomens.org | Hannah Wool
Humans have more than 50 hormones—chemical messengers that travel through the bloodstream to tissues and organs and control most of the body’s major systems. The main hormones responsible for sexual and reproductive health are estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone. These hormones play critical roles in pregnancy, puberty, menstruation, sex drive, sperm production and more—and interestingly, all three are present in males and females.
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May 25, 2023 | 
magazine.brighamandwomens.org | Hannah Wool
Previous ArticleNext Article Issue Summer 2023: Embracing inclusive medicine Department “Until recently, there’s been a dearth of information on sex differences in sports medicine. For 15-plus years, I have researched sex differences in sports injuries, prevention, and recovery so we can better serve female athletes. Sex differences have been identified in bone stress injuries, ACL tears, shoulder instability, and more. Although my training didn’t teach much of this, it’s a privilege to teach...
