Women with a higher McCance Brain Care Score (BCS) – a score that measures physical, lifestyle, and social-emotional factors – have a lower risk of experiencing a stroke or other cerebrovascular event reducing blood flow to the brain, according to a new study conducted by experts from Mass General Brigham. The results are published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Postpartum depression (PPD) affects up to 15 percent of individuals after childbirth. Early identification of patients at risk of PPD could improve proactive mental health support. Mass General Brigham researchers developed a machine learning model that can evaluate patients’ PPD risk using readily accessible clinical and demographic factors. Findings demonstrating the model’s promising predictive capabilities are published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

Results from a recent multi-center, randomized, controlled trial demonstrate that testosterone gel does not improve physical function compared to exercise alone in older women recovering from a hip fracture. The STEP-HI study was published in JAMA Open and is the largest such study of testosterone administration to women following a fracture of the hip.