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World-renowned scientist Charles Lee, best known for a genetic discovery involving a state known as copy-number variation, currently directs the molecular genetics research unit at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the cytogenetics facility for the Harvard Cancer Center in Boston.

Dr. Charles Czeisler, chief of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, argues that technological process in creating artificial light is robbing people of sleep.

According to the World Health Organization, approximately 70 million couples experience infertility worldwide.

Main Category: Ear, Nose and Throat Also Included In: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia ; Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 23 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT Adenotonsillectomy, or the removal of the adenoids and tonsils, is performed 500,000 times a year in the United States, often as a treatment for children with obstructive sleep apnea .

William C. Bartlett suffered burns to his hands and feet when a fire broke out at his home at 9 Sweet Hill Road early on the morning of May 17.

These findings will be presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference and publish online simultaneously at the New England Journal of Medicine on May 22 and will appear in the July 4, 2013 print edition.

People with heart failure are more likely to experience poorer health from having a thyroid gland that is even mildly underactive, according to a new study.

The blue light from laptops, TVs and tablets is particularly good at disrupting the body's natural sleep cycle.

Adenotonsillectomy, or the removal of the adenoids and tonsils, is performed 500,000 times a year in the United States, often as a treatment for children with obstructive sleep apnea.

A human embryo, containing about a couple hundred cells, is smaller than the period at the end of a sentence.

A human embryo, containing about a couple hundred cells, is smaller than the period at the end of a sentence.

Twenty percent of American males and 10 percent of American females will experience a kidney stone at some point in their lifetime.

Firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at a home on Sweet Hill Road in Plaistow around 2:45 a.m. Friday.

Main Category: Bones / Orthopedics Also Included In: Stem Cell Research ; Seniors / Aging Article Date: 16 May 2013 - 1:00 PDT In new research published online in Advanced Materials , researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital are the first to report that synthetic silicate nanoplatelets can induce stem cells to become bone cells without the ... (more)

Drinking large amounts of sugary sodas and fruit drinks might raise your odds for painful kidney stones, a new study finds.

Drinking sugar sweetened beverages could increase your risk of kidney stones. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital looked at data on nearly 200,000 people and found people who had one or more sugar-sweetened cola drinks per day had a 23 percent higher risk of developing kidney stones.

Twenty percent of American males and 10 percent of American females will experience a kidney stone at some point in their lifetime.

A study conducted by researchers at CVS Caremark and Brigham and Women's Hospital and published in the May issue of the American Heart Journal found that non-white patients had 50% greater odds of statin medication non-adherence compared to white patients, while women had 10% greater odds of statin non-adherence compared to men.

A 46-year-old man is charged with touching off an explosion that caused major damage to a vacant Richmond Street home early Monday when he cut into a gas line as he was allegedly stealing copper piping, police said.