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  Geriatrics Research Focuses on Evidence-based Care Models

  Mass General's geriatrics and dementia research identifies care gaps and the need for effective models and tools for the treatment of chronically ill seniors.

  Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Neurodegenerative Disease

  Article February 19, 2020

• Editorial: Document Patients' Wishes About Surgery at the End of Life

  Adding a do-not-operate section to advanced planning forms would improve documentation of patients' wishes about invasive interventions at the end of life.

  Geriatrics and Palliative Care

  Journal March 25, 2020

• Discussions About Palliative Care Are Influenced by Type of Illness

  Natural language processing of documentation about code status clarification and goals-of-care discussions showed that these types of communication are influenced by the type of illness.

  Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Trauma

  Journal March 17, 2020

• Medical Grand Rounds: Boston Biomedical Community Come Together to Respond to COVID-19

  On March 12, 2020, the Department of Medicine held a virtual Grand Rounds Presentation that featured experts from the greater Boston biomedical community who are collaborating research efforts to quickly and effectively respond to COVID-19. They discussed the current state of the pandemic in the U.S., and how research will help us better understand everything from the epidemiology to diagnostics to treatment of COVID-19.

  Cardiovascular, COVID-19, Digestive Health, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Neuroscience, OB/GYN, Orthopaedics, Research and Innovation, Urology

  Article March 13, 2020

• Q&A with Mihir Kamdar, MD: Using Technology to Find New Models of Palliative Care

  The number of people who are going to need some type of palliative care support in the next 25 years is estimated to double. In this Q&A, Mihir Kamdar, MD, disusses potential solutions to the increased demand for this type of care, including the use of digital health technologies that reach patients at home.

  Geriatrics and Palliative Care

  Article March 11, 2020

• Study Shows ActRII Signaling Contributes to Heart Failure and Aging

  Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital show that increased activin type II pathway receptor signaling contributes to heart failure and aging, and the findings may lead to new therapeutic targets in heart disease.

  Cardiovascular, Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Heart Failure

  Article March 5, 2020

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