Are berries the new brain food?

Berries are good for you, that’s no secret. But can strawberries and blueberries actually keep your brain sharp in old age? A new study by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) finds that a high intake of flavonoid rich berries, such as strawberries and blueberries, over time, can delay memory decline in older women by 2.5 years. Learn more about this research discovery.

To Dictate or Not to Dictate?

Doctors who dictate their notes have worse quality of care than those who use other documentation methods.

Choudhry Research Earns Multiple Honors

Niteesh K. Choudhry, MD, PhD, associate physician, received the 2012 Award for Excellence in Methodology by the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.
Shapiro Elected Senior Examiner for Otolaryngology

Jo Shapiro, MD, division chief of Otolaryngology, was elected senior examiner for the American Board of Otolaryngology.

Teng Elected President of Neural Therapy and Repair Society

Yang (Ted) D. Teng, PhD, MD, an investigator in spinal cord injury and neural stem cell research and director of SCI & Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, Neurosurgery, has been elected president of the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair.
Rivera Receives Neighborhoods Fellow Award

Beatriz Rivera, community health educator at the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center, was honored with the Philanthropic Initiative's Boston Neighborhoods Fellow award by Mayor Thomas Menino for her volunteer service.

 

 

 

OurGenes, OurHealth, OurCommunity

This innovative research initiative at BWH aims to create a bank of blood samples and health information to be used for research studies.

 

From the first successful human organ transplant in 1954 to face transplants in 2011, the clinical success of BWH has been intimately tied to the advancements made by its clinical researchers.