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Brigham Researchers Advance to Next Phase of International XPRIZE Healthspan Competition

By Brian Burns | May 12, 2025

The XPRIZE award includes $250,000 to fund preliminary studies and a chance to compete for the $101 million grand prize.

Extending the Reach of Innovation to Empower Patients After Hypertensive Pregnancy

By Haley Bridger | May 6, 2025

A Brigham program that assists high-risk postpartum patients to transition from obstetric to primary care is being adapted by other health systems.

Pressure Check: Testing A Unique Community-Based Approach to Managing High Blood Pressure

By Brian Burns | January 21, 2025

It’s a sunny afternoon at the In the Cut barbershop on Tremont Street just outside the Roxbury Crossing T Stop. The customers inside are a mix of locals and college students coming in to get haircuts, shaves and beard trims and to swap stories with the barbershop staff. There’s also something you don’t typically see
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Through the Magnifying Glass: The Perfusion Lab

By Nicoletta Valenzano, MPH | October 2, 2024

How Shannon Tessier, PhD, and the team at the Perfusion Lab are studying heart reanimation, to increase potential donor hearts available.

Mass General Researchers Share Science-Backed Ways to Improve Your Heart Health

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | February 8, 2024

Researchers and clinicians from Massachusetts General Hospital share actionable steps you can take to have a healthy heart!

Through the Magnifying Glass: The Myhre Syndrome Clinic and Lindsay Lab

By Kyle Banker | June 26, 2023

A close-up look at the Myhre Clinic and their research lab, the Lindsay Lab, which is working to understand more about the disease.

Heart Health Month: How Your Mental Health Impacts Your Heart Health

By Kyle Banker | February 22, 2023

For our third heart health month blog, Christopher Celano, MD, from the Cardiac Psychiatry Research Program (CPRP) talks about the connection between heart health and mental health.

Heart Health Month: Learn about the Life of a Cardiac Surgeon

By Kyle Banker | February 15, 2023

For our second heart health month blog, Asishana Osho, MD, MPH, from the Mass General Heart Center answers questions about his passion and work as a cardiac surgeon.

Heart Health Month: How Cardiovascular Exercise Can Improve Your Overall Health More Than You Think

By Kyle Banker | February 8, 2023

For our first heart health month blog, Christiane Wrann, PhD, DVM, from the Wrann Lab investigates how aerobic exercise and heart health contribute to our cognition.

Heart Health Month: Reducing the Risks for Pregnant Women with Heart Disease

By Brian Burns | February 25, 2022

Nandita Scott, MD, and the team at the Corrigan Women’s Heart Health Program are working to reduce the impact of cardiovascular diseases in pregnancy.

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