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Boston Hospital Performs Second Full Face Transplant

BOSTON -- Doctors at a Boston hospital have performed the nation's second full-face transplant, less than a month after the first. A team of more than 30 doctors, nurses and other staff at Brigham and Women's Hospital worked for more than 14 hours last week to replace the full facial area of 30-year-old Mitch Hunter, of...

Texas Man Receives Full Face Transplant [VIDEO]

Boston Hospital Performs Nation's First Full Face Transplant

BOSTON -- A Texas construction worker badly disfigured in a power line accident two years ago has received the nation's first full face transplant at a Boston hospital. More than 30 doctors, nurses and other staff at Brigham and Women's Hospital led by plastic surgeon Dr. Bohdan Pomahac performed the 15-hour operation...

For Accurate Health Advice, Don't Rely on Facebook

(Nov. 3) -- Do you need to reconsider your insulin dose? Is that mole malignant or just uniquely shaped? For answers to these and all other important health questions, online users would be wise to steer clear of social networks. An evaluation of 15 major Facebook communities for diabetes patients, by researchers at...

Hearing Loss Up 30 Percent in American Adolescents

(Aug. 17) -- Teens might be wise to listen up when parents ask them to turn down the volume. According to a new study, American adolescents are suffering significantly more hearing loss than they were 30 years ago, and one in five now have a problem. A team of researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital evaluated two...

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Eat These To Help Your Heart

"Certain key foods can dramatically reduce your heart disease risk," says Dariush Mozaffarian, M.D., an associate professor of medicine and epidemiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

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09/26/10 New myocardial infarction research from Brigham and... Source: NewsRx A new study, 'Perspectives on the 2009 focused updates on the management of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and percutaneous intervention,' is now available.
09/20/10 Holy Name and Brigham and Women's Hospital Helps with... Source: West Roxbury Patch - West Roxbury MA Donations also to help Dana Farber Cancer Center.