2 stories tagged ‘hearing loss’

Pain relievers increase hearing loss risk

By Marjorie Montemayor-Quellenberg, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Communications / September 12, 2012

According to a study by researchers at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital, women who took ibuprofen or acetaminophen two or more days per week had an increased risk of hearing loss.

Tags: Acetaminophen/Analgesics/Brigham and Women's Hospital/BWH/hearing loss/Ibuprofen/National Institutes of Health/Nurses’ Health Study II/Sharon G. Curhan/vanderbilt university school of medicine
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine

Hard on the ears

By Holly Brown-Ayers , Brigham and Women's Hospital Communications / August 17, 2010

Researchers at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women’s Hospital have determined that hearing loss in adolescents has increased over the past 15 years.

Tags: Adolescent/Brigham and Women's Hospital/channing laboratory/Harvard Medical School/hearing loss/josef shargorodsky/journal of the american medical association/Laryngology/Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey/Otology
Categories: HarvardScience, Health & Medicine