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Researchers Offer New Approach to Track Former Prisoners’ Access to Community...

Currently no systems exist to measure and assess follow-up care for newly released HIV-positive inmates

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Rhode Island Hospital First In New England To Test New Radiation Therapy That...

Study managed through Brown University Oncology Group will evaluate a novel technique to deliver an established method of breast cancer treatment which targets only the portion of the breast at risk.

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Rhode Island Hospital Study Finds Emergency Department Patients Prefer...

Patients surveyed about preferred interventions for seven behavioral issues including violence, substance use, risky sexual behavior

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Hookah Smoking Increasingly Common Among First-Year College Women

Miriam Hospital study finds alcohol, marijuana use predicts hookah initiation, frequency.

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Miriam Researchers Urge Physicians to Ask Younger Men about Erectile...

Erectile dysfunction can be a red flag for heart disease in younger and middle-aged men, men with diabetes

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Health Coaches Could Be Key to Successful Weight Loss, Study Suggests

First study to test health coaches for obesity epidemic shows that lay coaches could be a particularly cost-effective approach

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National Group Honors Rena R. Wing, PhD, with Lifetime Achievement Award

Honored by American Psychological Association for contributions to weight control research

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Rhode Island Hospital Launches NIH-Funded Alzheimer’s Disease Registry

Registry will provide participants with information on Alzheimer’s prevention studies, education

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Rhode Island Hospital Conducting Study to Assess Efficacy of Catheter-Based...

Neurological activity to and from kidney may play key role in hypertension

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Rhode Island Hospital Study Finds Bariatric Patients with Significant...

These patients have a higher risk for heart disease, stroke, depression and post-operative complications

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Rhode Island Hospital Study Finds Use of Prescription Monitoring Drug...

Overdose has surpassed car accidents as leading cause of death in R.I., Conn.

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Rhode Island Hospital Researcher: Older Women May Not Benefit From...

Editorial states that data has not led to reduction in clinical use of radiotherapy in older women

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Unexpected Findings at Multi-Detector CT Scans: Less Reason to Worry

Rhode Island Hospital study looks at prevalence of clinically important incidental findings

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Rhode Island Hospital Study Shows Wine Has More Cardiovascular Benefits than...

Red wine dilates blood vessels; vodka induces collateral vessels to develop

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Rhode Island Hospital Awarded $10.8 Million Grant For Skeletal Health Research

National Institutes of Health grant to support translational research to develop repair strategies for cartilage and joint diseases

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Rhode Island Hospital Study Finds Near-complete Blood Flow Restoration...

Previous studies touted partial restoration as enough to improve outcomes

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Can Yoga Help You Quit Smoking? Miriam Hospital Researchers Want to Know

37th Great American Smoke Out takes place on November 15

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Are “Hookups” Replacing Romantic Relationships on College Campuses?

Miriam Hospital study focuses on sexual behavior of first-year female college students

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Preventing Fatal Opiod Overdose: A Q&A with Josiah “Jody” Rich, MD, MPH

Josiah“Jody” Rich, MD, MPH In an article in this week’s issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, Miriam Hospital physician and researcher Josiah“Jody” Rich, MD, MPH, along with...

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Is That Nervous Feeling Social Anxiety Disorder, or Is It Simply A Case of...

Rhode Island Hospital researcher explores common mental disorder, treatment options and its impact on daily life

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