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Google Trends Useful for Assessing Global Burden of IBS
Ryan Flanagan, MD, MPH, Braden Kuo, MD, and Kyle Staller, MD, MPH, have provided the first evidence that Google Trends can be used to investigate the global burden of a functional gastrointestinal disorder, complementing traditional epidemiologic methods.
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Dermatologic Manifestations of COVID-19 Can Become "Long-Hauler" Symptoms
Devon E. McMahon and Esther E. Freeman, MD, PhD, of the Department of Dermatology, and colleagues report for the first time that dermatologic manifestations of COVID-19 are among the symptoms that can persist beyond the acute phase of disease.
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Palliative Care in the Caribbean: Short Course Improves Self-assessed Competency
There is an immense shortage of palliative care services across the Caribbean. Massachusetts General Hospital faculty joined Caribbean palliative care leaders from the Jamaica Cancer Care Research Institute to provide a week-long training in palliative medicine to 83 clinicians from throughout the region.
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Review: Cesarean Delivery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Calling Cesarean delivery a window into overall quality of obstetrics care, Adeline A. Boatin, MD, MPH, of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and colleagues review the equity, effectiveness, efficiency, safety, timeliness and patient-centeredness of Cesarean delivery in low- and middle-income countries.
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Quality of Life Needs Attention in Ovarian Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy in Low-Income Countries
Annekathryn Goodman, MD, MPH, gynecologic oncologist and co-director of Women's Global Health, and colleagues documented that distressing physical and psychological symptoms, deteriorating emotional function and financial difficulties negatively affected quality of life among women with ovarian cancer in Bangladesh.
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Medical Grand Rounds: Global Experience with the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned from Public Health Responses in Haiti, Malawi and Vietnam
On March 4, 2021, the Department of Medicine held a virtual Grand Rounds on COVID-19. Louise Ivers, MD, MPH, interim chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital, and experts from the local Boston medical community, spoke about the global experience with the virus. They shared lessons learned from Haiti, Malawi and Vietnam.
Global Health Contributors
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Annekathryn Goodman, MD
Director, Gynecology Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology Clerkship, Co-director, MGH Women's Global Health
Recent Article
Quality of Life Needs Attention in Ovarian Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy in Low-Income Countries
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Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, MBBS, MPH
Director of the Crohn's and Colitis Center, Mass General, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Medicare Data Suggest Vedolizumab Safe, Effective in Older Adults with IBD
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Braden Kuo, MD
Director of the Center for Neurointestinal Health, Massachusetts General Hospital
Recent Article
Google Trends Useful for Assessing Global Burden of IBS
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Brian V. Nahed, MD, MSc
Neurosurgical Oncology / Brain Tumor Surgeon / Mass General Brain Tumor Center, Neurosurgical Spinal Disorders, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Director, Mass General Neurosurgery Residency ProgramRecent Article
Direct Cortical Recordings Feasible for Monitoring Thalamocortical Tract During Craniotomy
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Eric L. Krakauer, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Palliative Care Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine and Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Addressing Global Palliative Care Disparities
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Kyle D. Staller, MD, MPH
Director, Gastrointestinal Motility Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Member, Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit
Recent Article
New GI Disorders Common After COVID-19 Recovery
