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Featured In OB/GYN
Evaluating Post-Menopausal Women's Vulvovaginal Symptoms, Mood and Sex Life
These pioneering studies from Massachusetts General Hospital evaluate the efficacy of two common, low-risk treatments for postmenopausal symptoms against a placebo and assess how much postmenopausal women were bothered by vulvovaginal discomfort symptoms, along with their impact on mood and quality of life.
Featured In Neuroscience
New Methods for Assessing and Treating Unruptured Brain Aneurysms
Not all aneurysms require surgical intervention. New research led by Aman Patel, MD, director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital seeks to reduce rupture risk and help identify patients at a high-risk with the help of computer modeling.
Featured In Orthopaedics
Understanding the Multiple Aspects of Head-Neck Taper Corrosion in Metal-on-Polyethylene Total Hip Arthroplasty
Head-neck taper corrosion is an infrequent but emerging serious complication of metal-on-polyethylene total hip arthroplasty (THA) and failure to diagnose adverse local tissue reactions (ALTR) early can lead to revision surgeries and implant failure.
Featured In Cardiovascular
sST2 Has Independent Prognostic Value for Patients with Chronic Heart Failure
Soluble suppression of tumorigenesis-2 (sST2), a biomarker related to inflammation and fibrosis, is strongly and independently predictive of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and hospitalization in patients with chronic heart failure, according to a recent meta-analysis.
Featured In Urology
Due to Current Opioid Crisis, Urologists Must Combat Opioid Overprescription
Strong evidence shows that urologists who prescribe opioids have exacerbated the opioid addiction epidemic. Massachusetts General Hospital is focused on combating that by using alternative pain management methods, multidisciplinary collaboration and patient education.
The Latest Cardiovascular Advances
Cirrhosis Tied to Higher Risk of Complications, Death After CABG
In-hospital mortality remains high for patients with cirrhosis who undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery in the U.S., even though the rate has decreased in recent years.
Discovering the Genes Causing Mitral Valve Prolapse
Contributing Physicians
Hanna K. Gaggin, MD, MPH
Assistant Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
James Louis Januzzi, MD
Hutter Family Professor of Medicine, Director, Dennis and Marilyn Barry Fellowship in Cardiology Research
Advances Specialties
Neuroscience
Using Data to Predict Which Aneurysms May Burst
In this video, Aman B. Patel, MD, discusses using computational flow dynamics to identify high pressure points on an aneurysm that lead to a higher rupture risk.
Orthopaedics
Advances in Non-surgical Regenerative Techniques
In this video, Ashwin Babu, MD, sports medicine physiatrist, discusses the development of non-operative, regenerative medicine treatments that tap into a patient’s natural reserve of growth factors to speed up healing processes.
Urology
Molecular Testing Shows Promise for Predicting Outcomes of Patients with RCC
By combining clinicopathologic variables and a cell cycle gene assay, researchers have created a new way to predict survival of patients with localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who have undergone nephrectomy.
February 17-20, 2019
CME: Substance Use Disorders: A Comprehensive Review and Update 2019
Attend this four-day conference on substance use disorders to hear the latest research and find guidance that enhances your care for patients. Our agenda includes a broad update across the spectrum of substance use disorders. Sessions cover topics from neuroscience and developmental perspectives to recovery-oriented systems of care.
April 26, 2019
CME: Midlife Women's Health 2019: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Care
Midlife Women's Health 2019 is a one-day course that provides a multidisciplinary approach to the care of menopausal women.
MGH Postpartum Psychosis Project (MGHP3)
If you are a mother who has experienced an episode of postpartum psychosis within the past ten years, you could help us to better understand this serious disorder.
Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonism for Cardiovascular Health in HIV - The MIRACLE HIV Study
Elevations in a hormone may be linked to abnormal blood flow, inflammation, and plaque in the heart. This study will evaluate whether blocking the hormone will improve cardiovascular disease in HIV individuals using heart imaging studies.
