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Featured In Cardiovascular
Treating Pericardial Disease
Recurring pericardial disease can be debilitating to patients, and an operation to completely remove the pericardium may be necessary. Thor Sundt, MD, co-director of the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, explains how the center treats relapsing pericarditis and, in some cases, even cures the disease.
Featured In Orthopaedics
The 7th Annual Jesse B. Jupiter International Hand Surgery Forum
The seventh annual Jesse B. Jupiter International Hand Forum was virtually hosted by Mass General on Saturday, May 21, 2022, with a thematic focus on fractures of the distal radius. The course director was Chaitanya Mudgal, MD, and associate directors were Neal Chen, MD, and Kyle Eberlin, MD.
Featured In Neuroscience
Potential Neural Targets Identified for Treatment of Trichotillomania and Skin-picking Disorder
Darin D. Dougherty, MD, MMSc, Amy T. Peters, PhD, and colleagues detected reduced frontal-subcortical activation during an associative learning task in patients with trichotillomania and/or skin-picking disorder, suggesting potential neural targets for psychotropic treatment.
Featured In Endocrinology
Continuous Glucose Monitoring Shows Promise for Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis–Related Diabetes
Melissa S. Putman, MD, and colleagues found measures of hyperglycemia and glycemic variability provided by continuous glucose monitors were superior to hemoglobin A1c in distinguishing between patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) who did and did not have CF-related diabetes.
Featured In Cardiovascular
Videoconference-resiliency Intervention Successfully Targets Health-related Anxiety in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease
Mass General researchers developed a mind-body intervention to improve resiliency in patients with chronic medical conditions that can be delivered via synchronous group videoconferencing. The intervention was successful in targeting health-related anxiety in adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD).
The Latest OB/GYN Advances
Natural Language Processing of Admission Notes at Delivery Predicts Severe Maternal Morbidity
Mark A. Clapp, MD, MPH, a Maternal–Fetal Medicine Program specialist, and colleagues created a computer algorithm to predict severe maternal morbidity simply by reviewing the free-text history and physical notes in the patient's chart at the time of hospital admission for delivery.
New Personalized Tool Predicts Pregnancy After Ovulation Induction or Controlled Ovarian Stimulation
Using data from two multicenter, randomized trials, Irene C. Souter, MD, a fertility specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital, and colleagues created an online tool that calculates individualized probabilities of pregnancy and multiple pregnancy during each of four cycles of ovulation induction or ovarian stimulation.
Contributing Physicians
Allison S. Bryant Mantha, MD, MPH
Specialist in the Maternal-Fetal Medicine Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Vice Chair of Quality, Equity and Safety
Irene C. Souter, MD
Director, Preimplantation Genetic Diagnostics Program, Physician, Fertility Center
Advances Specialties
Cardiovascular
Lipoprotein(a) Prognostic of CHD in Contemporary Cohort Receiving Menopausal Hormone Therapy
Michael C. Honigberg, MD, MPP, Pradeep Natarajan, MD, MMSc, and Mark Trinder, MSc, studied 88,266 participants in the UK Biobank and found no evidence that contemporary menopausal hormone therapy reduces the lipoprotein(a)-associated risk of coronary heart disease.
Orthopaedics
Mass General Program Encourages Diversity in Orthopedics
Mass General's Summer Research Trainee Program offers research and career development mentorship for under-represented minorities in medicine.
Radiology
Functional MRI Shows How Parkinson's Disease Disrupts Neuronal Circuits
Radiology researchers Silvia Basaia and Jorge Sepulcre, MD, PhD, DMSc, and colleagues characterized large-scale brain propagation pathways associated with α-synuclein neural protein spreading and identified different patterns of functional connectivity disruptions in patients at different stages of Parkinson's disease.
September 17-20, 2022
CME: Advances in Rheumatology 2022
This hybrid CME course, held September 17 – 20, 2022, examines the latest research and treatment advances for rheumatic conditions. Experts from Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital will present on the latest breakthroughs in the diagnosis, treatment, and pathophysiology of rheumatic diseases. For more than 40 years, this conference has been influential in educating generations of clinicians on over 100 rheumatic conditions.
September 16-17, 2022
CME: Comprehensive Heart Failure Management in 2022
This Comprehensive Heart Failure symposium will provide practical insights for all clinicians who manage patients with heart failure. Massachusetts General Hospital leaders will address state-of-the-art approaches and highlight best practices for cardiovascular team-based care across the entire spectrum of heart failure.
Brain mechanisms of vagus nerve stimulation and stress reduction training for migraine
The study involves multiple visits over 6 months. You will complete an 8-week stress reduction treatment that includes a medical device worn in the ear and attend MRI and PET scans. You will also complete daily migraine diaries online.
PILOT STUDY EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF STRESS REDUCTION ON ATHEROSCLEROTIC INFLAMMATION
We are seeking individuals who self-identify as having high stress to participate in a randomized study using a mindfulness-based, stress-reduction intervention and PET-MR imaging.
