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Tag: Massachusetts General Hospital
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Health
What Rochelle Walensky learned
Sees major progress in science since 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, but says complications of politics have plagued every epidemic since
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Health
Headache or sore all over after bad night’s sleep?
Newly identified chemical link between chronic pain, sleep loss could help sever vicious cycle
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Health
‘There’s no treatment if you don’t know what you’re treating’
Network of medical detectives solves genomic mystery of boy plagued by series of life-threatening, seemingly disparate ills
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Health
Erasing reminders of stigmatizing, traumatic past
Harvard Medical School-Mass General dermatologists use lasers to remove gang, trafficking tattoos, stigmatizing and often traumatic reminders of the past.
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Health
Tab for liver disease tied to drinking projected to double over 20 years
Researchers say planners, policymakers need to be looking to ramp up intervention programs, improve treatment.
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Health
Seizing the chance to stop a suicide
New Harvard-MGH initiative to provide caregivers with lab-tested tools for identifying, treating those most at risk.
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Nation
Remember opioid crisis? It’s gotten worse.
Researchers say a series of interventions appear to help with overdose deaths, but warn that they must be scaled pretty high.
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Health
Too busy for daily exercise? Study finds same benefits for ‘weekend warriors.’
Study finds similar health benefits for those who concentrate workouts 1-2 days a week.
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Health
Are new weight-loss drugs the answer to America’s obesity problem?
Some doctors call them a godsend, particularly as part of wider treatment plan; others warn against halting research into root causes of obesity.
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Health
The social life of a dermatologist
It might be jarring when a friend, or complete stranger, pulls down their shirt while you’re trying to eat dinner. It’s also an opportunity.
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Health
Feeling anxious? Stuck? Problem is psychological avoidance
In her new book, professor of psychiatry Luana Marques says that too many mistake symptoms for underlying problem
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Health
More evidence moderate drinking is good for your heart. Also: a reason.
A new study offers an explanation for why light to moderate alcohol consumption may be associated with lower risk of heart disease.
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Health
The brain on ketamine
It’s a powerful antidepressant, but science needs more answers on out-of-body experiences and other “dissociative effects,” says the first author Fangyun Tian.
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Nation & World
From Kyiv to Harvard and back
Harvard Scholars at Risk program allows physicians to continue their education during wartime.
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Health
20 years post-invasion, many Iraq veterans haven’t found peace
Harvard doctor who directs Home Base health program details experiences treating “invisible wounds,” including efforts to keep patients from isolating.
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Science & Tech
A 14-year incubation
Sam Wattrus ’16, Ph.D. ’22, becomes the first human developmental and regenerative biology concentrator to establish an independent research lab.
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Health
Young people are hurting, and their parents are feeling it
Anxiety and depression top parental concerns about their children, a Pew survey finds. Harvard experts offer advice.
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Health
Using AI to target Alzheimer’s
In a recent study, a deep learning model tested on tens of thousands of routine brain scans spotted disease risk with 90% accuracy.
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Health
When heartbreak kills, blame the amygdala
When your heart breaks enough to kill you, it’s likely the amygdala — in the brain, not the heart — that is the culprit.
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Health
Longevity analysis identifies 8 key social factors
Researchers say survey powered by machine learning can predict independent living and longevity.
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Health
More mindfulness may be part of the answer for anxiety-ridden U.S.
Researcher hopes findings signal new treatment option amid surge in mental health cases.
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Health
Send cash, not goods, and other suggestions for giving
There is no shortage of global suffering and need, says the director of Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, but you can still help.
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Health
Using AI as a pandemic crystal ball
MGH, Broad researchers develop Big Data tool that can predict which COVID variants will likely become dominant.
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Health
The brain that defied Alzheimer’s
The brain of a woman with a family history of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease who lived dementia-free into her 70s is providing researchers with important information about the pathobiology of Alzheimer’s dementia and possible ways to prevent or treat it.
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Nation & World
Memories of air-raid sirens, bombed-out tanks near Kyiv
Ukrainian physicians from Mass. General and Brigham & Women’s are leveraging what they see as their most effective asset — knowledge — to help those back home.
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Health
Sifting the damage of pandemic-era drinking
As studies signal serious health consequences, specialists scramble to treat acute cases and reinforce limits that define moderate use.
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Nation & World
Viewing Ukraine’s war-torn health care through a personal lens
Ukrainian American physicians from Harvard Medical School and affiliated hospitals gathered virtually Tuesday to share experiences with the war.
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Health
Large alcohol study challenges heart health claims
A large study challenges the theory that light alcohol consumption benefits heart health.
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Health
Hints of a long COVID wave as Omicron fades
As Omicron fades, specialists seek answers for patients who can’t shake symptoms.
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Health
Willing but unable to get COVID shot
Mistrust of vaccine is high among people of color in U.S. and U.K., but unequal access appears to be greater barrier in U.S., researchers say.
