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Wyetts commit $50 million bequest—largest in Brigham history

The couple’s forward-thinking generosity will touch the lives of patients, staff, and scientists for generations to come.

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Early Detection for Parkinson’s Disease

Changes in the brain that point to Parkinson’s disease can start long before symptoms show. A novel test shows promise for early detection.

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Health and Wellness

Exercise for Healthy Arteries

Your arteries can lose function over time. Regular exercise can help keep them younger and healthier, lowering risk of heart disease, stroke, heart attacks, and more.

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Health and Wellness

What Is Atrial Fibrillation?

What is atrial fibrillation or AFib? Dr. Paul Zei, a cardiac electrophysiologist, explains atrial fibrillation treatments and how research is looking to improve those treatment options.

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Announcing our new presidents

David F.M. Brown, MD, formerly the president of Massachusetts General Hospital, will now serve in an expanded role as president, Academic Medical Centers, Mass General Brigham.

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Donor Story

Slifkas propel MS research and care with $1.5 million gift

The couple is helping deepen progress for patients and families through research in the Brigham’s Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases.

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Donor Story

$2 million gift advances precision medicine in radiation oncology

Funding for the Brigham’s Cancer Precision Trials Initiative is pushing science closer to personalized therapies for patients with a wide range of cancers.

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$1 million gift from the Hales amplifies women's health research

The couple’s generosity is helping close gaps in knowledge and advance research in women’s health.

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Research

TIMI Study Finds New Class of Anti-Clotting Drug Reduced Bleeding Events

About 1 in 3 people will develop atrial fibrillation, making it one of the most common cardiovascular conditions, but a study found a new class of anti-clotting drug reduced bleeding events compared with standard of care in patients with atrial fibrillation.

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Health and Wellness

To Eliminate Inequities in Hypertension, Primary Care Program Looks Beyond Blood Pressure

For much of her life, Yolaida Medina, 57, struggled to be healthy. At her heaviest, she weighed 297 pounds, and for years she had dangerously high blood pressure, a condition known as hypertension.

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Clinical Trial, Meta-Analysis Find Diabetes Drugs May Benefit All Heart Failure Patients

Researchers find new evidence that drugs originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes may benefit a wide range of patients with heart failure.

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