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Featured In Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Increasing Physical Activity Among Older Adults With Chronic Pain
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers are developing strategies to mitigate pain-related barriers to physical activity in older adults with chronic pain.
Featured In Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
Impact of Hydroxychloroquine Dose on Risk of Lupus Flares
Hydroxychloroquine guidelines for lupus recommend a lower dose due to eye safety concerns, but recent findings from Massachusetts General Hospital researchers show that a limited dose yields poorer outcomes.
Featured In Pulmonary and Critical Care
Prolonged Prone Ventilation Decreases COVID-19 Mortality
Research at Massachusetts General Hospital demonstrates that prolonged prone positioning during mechanical ventilation decreases COVID-19-related mortality.
Featured In Oncology
Overcoming Barriers to Lung Cancer Screening
Lung cancer screening is an extremely underused tool. Review the lung cancer screening guidelines with the American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative's founder, Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital.
Featured In Otolaryngology
Artificial Intelligence Feasible for Predicting Malignant Transformation of Oral Lesions
Otolaryngologists at Mass Eye and Ear developed machine learning models that are 80% accurate in predicting malignant transformation in patients with a variety of oral lesions and 71% accurate in those with a pathology-confirmed diagnosis of oral dysplasia or submucosal fibrosis.
The Latest Pulmonary Advances
Thoracic Anesthesia at Mass General
The Thoracic Anesthesia team at Massachusetts General Hospital provides care during surgeries for lung and airway diseases or obstruction, voice preservation, and more. Read their full annual report to learn about the team's accomplishments throughout 2022.
Perfusion Imaging During NO Inhalation Can Identify Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital found that differences in pulmonary perfusion images acquired at baseline versus those acquired during vasodilation can distinguish between healthy controls and patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, even those who had not responded to acute vasodilation.
Contributing Physicians
Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, MD
Thoracic Surgeon, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Jehan W. Alladina, MD
Physician, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Advances Specialties
Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Frailty Status Affects Outcomes of Medicare Beneficiaries Hospitalized With HF
Tamra Keeney, DPT, PhD, and team found that from 2008–2015, post-acute care use increased among frail Medicare beneficiaries discharged after hospitalization for heart failure. Although the number of days spent alive at home improved, mortality and readmission rates were highest among beneficiaries classified as frail.
OB/GYN
Ensuring Quality Care in the Assisted Reproductive Technology Laboratory With AI
Panagiotis Cherouveim, MD, Victoria S. Jiang, MD, Charles L. Bormann, PhD, and colleagues have demonstrated the accuracy and efficiency of using an artificial intelligence (AI)–based tool to monitor the performance of physicians and embryologists in a variety of procedures involved in assisted reproduction.
Urology
Combination of Darolutamide, ADT, and Docetaxel Improves Survival of Patients With Metastatic, Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer
Matthew R. Smith, MD, PhD, and colleagues present compelling evidence that survival is significantly better among patients with metastatic, hormone-sensitive prostate cancer who receive darolutamide, androgen-deprivation therapy, and docetaxel than those who receive androgen-deprivation therapy and docetaxel alone.
February 1, 2023 - June 28, 2023
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.
February 6-11, 2023
Conference: Mass General OB/GYN at SMFM Pregnancy Meeting 2023
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's Annual Meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, is the premier event for cutting-edge science in obstetrics where participants can connect with colleagues in maternal-fetal medicine. Learn about the research presented by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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.
