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Featured In Research and Innovation
Using Chloroquine to Treat COVID-19: Q&A with Raghu Chivukula, MD, PhD
Raghu Chivukula, MD, PhD, a physician-scientist in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, explains what is currently known about chloroquine and its use to treat COVID-19 patients.
Featured In Research and Innovation
Developing New Assays for Novel COVID-19: Q&A with David Louis, MD
David Louis, MD, pathologist-in-chief at Massachusetts General Hospital, explains how COVID-19 assays are being rapidly developed and what Mass General is doing to alleviate the scarcity of tests.
Featured In Neuroscience
An Integrated Approach Aids Functional Neurological Disorder Care and Research
Massachusetts General Hospital clinician-scientists take a two-pronged approach to advance functional neurological disorder care and understanding.
Featured In Research and Innovation
Medical Grand Rounds: Pathogenesis and Management of Respiratory Failure in COVID-19: What We Know So Far
On March 26, 2020, the Department of Medicine held its third virtual Grand Rounds presentation related to COVID-19. Benjamin Medoff, MD, chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care at Massachusetts General Hospital, along with other members of the Greater Boston medical community, presented on respiratory failure in COVID-19, including management, treatment in clinical trials and the need for biomarkers.
Featured In Cardiovascular
Cardiology Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Guidance for Treating Both Uninfected and Infected Patients
Routine use of ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers should be continued, but these drugs should not be started for patients who develop COVID-19.
The Latest Cardiovascular Advances
Hypertension and CVD Are Among Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19
Many patients in a cardiology practice are at risk of developing severe COVID-19 if they become infected with SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus.
Cardiology Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Guidance for Treating Both Uninfected and Infected Patients
Routine use of ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers should be continued, but these drugs should not be started for patients who develop COVID-19.
Contributing Physicians
Gregory D. Lewis, MD
Section Head, Heart Failure, Director, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Laboratory, Medical Director, Cardiology ICU and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
Tomas G. Neilan, MD, MPH
Director, Cardio-Oncology Program, Co-Director, Cardiac MR PET CT Program
Advances Specialties
Digestive Health
Anti-inflammatory Diet May Prevent, Treat Diverticulitis
Data from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study show a significant association between chronic inflammation and subsequent risk of diverticulitis.
OB/GYN
The Benefits of Menopausal Hormone Therapy for Treating Vasomotor Symptoms
The majority of midlife women experience vasomotor symptoms, including hot flashes and night sweats, which can persist for many years and adversely impact quality of life. In this podcast, Jan Shifren, MD, says while there are risks associated with hormone therapy, it is the most effective treatment for these symptoms.
Orthopaedics
Quality of Life, Physical Function Are Impaired Long After Surgery for Spinal Chondrosarcoma
Surgery for spinal chondrosarcoma has long-lasting effects on all dimensions of quality of life: physical function, pain and mental health.
April 1, 2020 - June 17, 2020
Grand Rounds: Mass General Cardiology Grand Rounds
The Massachusetts General Hospital Corrigan Minehan Heart Center prepares future health care professionals and trains providers in innovative therapies and care. As part of these efforts, the center hosts regular Grand Rounds presentations from thought leaders and researchers on important cardiology topics. Cardiology Grand Rounds is open to all healthcare professionals.
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.
Use of 99mTc-Tilmanocept for Imaging of Arterial Inflammation
We are currently recruiting HIV + adults who are interested in participating in a study assessing heart health through new, noninvasive ways of looking at the heart vessels through imaging.
