Tag: Massachusetts General Hospital
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COVID-19 vaccine protects mothers — and their newborns
Pregnant women show robust immune response to COVID vaccines, pass antibodies to newborns.
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Engaging AI in the battle against Alzheimer’s
A team of researchers has developed an artificial intelligence-based method to screen currently available medications as possible treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. The method could represent a rapid and inexpensive way to repurpose existing therapies.
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Growing the family tree
More than one-third of the U.S. population is made up of individuals with recent ancestors from multiple continents. A new genetics tool helps uncover disease-associated gene variants in these individuals.
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Doctors share views on patients with disability
A national survey finds that four-fifths of physicians believe that significant disabilities are associated with worse quality of life, which may have dangerous implications for the quality of health care patients with disability receive.
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COVID-19 unmasked
A biology-based mathematical model indicates why COVID-19 outcomes vary widely and how therapy can be tailored to match the needs of specific patient groups.
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(Not) feeling the burn
A study of diet has found that by adhering to specific guidelines, women can reduce more than one-third of incidence of gastroesophageal reflux disease symptoms.
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Rochelle Walensky to run CDC
Rochelle Walensky, professor at Harvard Medical School and chief of infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, was named the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by President-elect Biden.
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Early details of brain damage in COVID-19 patients
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers examined six patients using a specialized magnetic resonance technique and found that COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms show some of the same metabolic disturbances in the brain as patients who have suffered oxygen deprivation from other causes.
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Parachuting into a pandemic after historic spacewalk
Jessica Meir spoke to the Gazette about the head-spinning year, which included being part of history’s first all-female spacewalk
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Investigational ALS drug slows progression
An experimental medication that was recently shown to slow the progression of ALS has now demonstrated the potential to also prolong patient survival.
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Protection against reinfection
A new study shows that people who survive serious COVID-19 infections have long-lasting immune responses against the virus.
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Let there be light
MGH-led study shows light therapy is safe, modulates brain repair, and may benefit patients with moderate traumatic brain injury.
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Children’s role in spread of virus bigger than thought
A new study has found that children infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 were shown to have a significantly higher level of virus in their airways than hospitalized adults in ICUs for COVID-19 treatment.
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Loss of taste and smell is best indicator of COVID-19, study shows
Researchers deploying a smartphone app to 2.6 million users have determined that the loss of smell and taste are most predictive symptoms of COVID-19.
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Responding to this pandemic, preparing for the next
Pardis Sabeti’s lab is a research hub on infectious diseases, including COVID-19.
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Applying wisdom from the Himalayas to the ER’s COVID battle
Wilderness medicine fellows were among those whose attention has been turned homeward, where they’re pitching in to fight COVID-19 in the ER.
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A day in the life of an ER doc
Urgent-care physician Anita Chary has turned her attention to treating those suffering from COVID-19 in recent weeks.
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Hope for managing hospital admissions of COVID-19 cases
A top emergency-preparedness official with Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital says recent modeling shows social distancing is working to flatten the curve.
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Innovating to train medical pros on using mechanical ventilators
Harvard and EdX, the virtual learning platform founded by Harvard and MIT, announced the launch of a free online course designed to train frontline medical professionals to operate the mechanical ventilators needed to treat COVID-19 patients.
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A multipronged attack against a shared enemy
As the pandemic intensifies, Harvard scientists work to find a treatment.
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Will inequality worsen the toll of the pandemic in the U.S.?
America’s ragged social safety net and large inequity between rich and poor may set it up for a rough road ahead as it deals with the coronavirus epidemic, a Harvard Chan School professor said Tuesday.
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COVID test debacle: ‘We hoped it would go away before it reached us’
Massachusetts may need 1.4 million COVID-19 tests and ramp up to tens of thousands given a day, Harvard experts said.
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Vital challenge, for those always ready
With cases of COVID-19 multiplying, a Massachusetts General Hospital preparedness expert discusses existing challenges and the ways first responders can get ready to meet the new coronavirus.
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Helping hands bring laser light to Armenia
Lilit Garibyan has brought her medical skills back to her native Armenia, decades after her family fled during war with neighboring Azerbaijan.
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Heatwave = heat stroke = ER visit
Bringing climate change into the examining room by discussing links between a warming environment and the everyday health of patients.