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Meeting the Unique Skin Care Needs of People of Color
When it comes to skin disorders, the color of your skin really matters. It can affect how your body reacts to the condition and what treatment is most effective. Take eczema, for example. This...
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COVID-19: Coping with Grief During the Holidays
More than 300,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the United States. As the winter holidays approach, many will confront a time traditionally devoted to celebration while bearing the recent loss...
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Are You Sick With COVID-19, the Flu or a Cold?
While COVID-19, the flu and the common cold share many of the same symptoms, there are usually differences in how these symptoms appear. In this article, learn more about the differences between...
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A Tongue Cancer Diagnosis at a Young Age
As a healthy 29-year-old woman, Kat wasn’t the stereotypical tongue cancer patient. And so, when her dentist discovered an early symptom of the disease—a white spot on the side of the...
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Flu Season and COVID-19
Getting the flu vaccine is more important than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic as both the flu virus and the coronavirus are expected to spread throughout the fall and winter. While the flu...
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8 Tips for Managing Depression This Fall and Winter
The autumn equinox is the start of a risk period for people with recurrent depression, seasonal pattern. People with this condition have multiple episodes of depression in late fall and winter,...
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Giving Birth During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In the middle of the night on May 4, Rachel’s water broke in her condo in Brookline, MA. Her husband, Nate, drove them to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where their first child was born in 2017....
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Staying Safe on Campus: College in the Age of COVID-19
According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, more than 3 in 4 U.S. colleges and universities are planning to bring some or all of their students back to campus this fall. All of these colleges...
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Going Back to School? How to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19
As fall draws near, schools are announcing their reopening plans. School administrators are navigating the best options for their districts with children’s health and safety in mind. Some school...
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What Parents Should Know About Schools Reopening
As students return to school in the age of COVID-19, school administrators are navigating the best options for their districts with children’s safety in mind. It’s up to parents to evaluate their...
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Study: Prenatal Care Visits Didn’t Increase Risk for COVID-19
While some patients have benefited from virtual visits during the COVID-19 pandemic, pregnant patients are a unique group. Many require multiple, in-person visits for measurements, exams and lab...
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Why You Shouldn’t Ignore Joint Pain
If you have sudden or ongoing pain in your knee, hip or shoulder, you may wonder when it’s time to seek medical care for your joint problem. You may be able to manage pain on your own for a while,...
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West Point Dad Overcomes Cancer During COVID-19
For nearly 20 years, Aaron, a 59-year-old from Albany, NY has kept a close eye on his prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test results. PSA levels that are too high may be a sign of prostate cancer....
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Having Major Brain Surgery During COVID-19
When Paula lay down to sleep one night, she heard a loud rushing sound in her right ear. It sounded like the crashing waves of the ocean. The unusual sound began in January, shortly after the...
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New Brigham Health Hub – Visit, Subscribe, and Make Your World Healthier!
Brigham and Women’s Hospital has launched a brand new Brigham Health Hub! Visit this new comprehensive resource at brighamhealthhub.org for Read More... The post New Brigham Health Hub – Visit,...
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You’re Older. You’re “Going” Often. You DON’T have Prostate Cancer.
Every day, patients enter Dr. Michael O’Leary’s office thinking they have prostate cancer. They have urinary symptoms that worry them. Read More...
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The Power of Radiology to Diagnose and Heal
In 2009, Brett Johnson was a healthy 47-year-old enjoying his life as a singer, teacher, and pianist when he began Read More... The post The Power of Radiology to Diagnose and Heal appeared first...
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An Alternative “Approach” to Hip Replacement Surgery
Contributors: Dr. Gregory Brick and Dr. John Edward Ready are orthopaedic surgeons in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Read More... The post An Alternative...
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Treating Movement Disorders: Parkinson’s Disease, Essential Tremor and Dystonia
Contributor: Michael T. Hayes, MD, is Neurological Director of the Functional Neurosurgery Program for Movement Disorders at Brigham and Women’s Read More... The post Treating Movement Disorders:...
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