Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is a 777-bed nonprofit teaching
affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a founding member of Partners
HealthCare, an integrated health care delivery network. In July of
2008, the hospital opened the Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular
Center, the most advanced center of its kind. BWH is committed to
excellence in patient care with expertise in virtually every
specialty of medicine and surgery. The BWH medical Read the rest of this entry »

Normally, urine travels from the kidneys to the bladder via the
ureters. Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) occurs when urine that dwells in
the bladder flows back into the ureters and often back into the
kidneys. Children with VUR may present before birth as prenatal
hydronephrosis (an abnormal widening of the ureter) or with a urinary
tract infection. Some may be diagnosed because of a family history,
even though they may be without symptoms. Others Read the rest of this entry »