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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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Older Ugandans With Treated HIV Report Better QoL Than Ugandans Without HIV
Lien T. Quach, PhD, Mark J. Siedner, MD, MPH, and colleagues found that in several respects, older Ugandans with HIV have better health-related quality of life than sex- and age-similar people without HIV, perhaps because of the primary health care and other support often offered to people with HIV in the global south.
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Van Herick Grading Not a Useful Screening Tool on Population Level
David S. Friedman, MD, PhD, MPH, and colleagues found that van Herick grading of limbal anterior chamber depth may be useful for identifying iridotrabecular contact, but a relatively high false positive rate limits its usefulness for community-based screening for primary angle closure.
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Wireless Monitor Aims to Reduce Maternal Mortality in Uganda
A Massachusetts General Hospital obstetrician, Adeline Boatin, MD, MPH, co-director of the Global OB/GYN Program in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, is collaborating with colleagues in sub-Saharan Africa to combat maternal mortality.
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Special Report: Furthering Palliative Care Training in Latin America
Bethany-Rose Daubman, MD, Mark Stoltenberg, MD, MPH, MA, and colleagues designed an advanced diploma course in palliative care (PC) in Chile that improved participants' PC knowledge, behaviors, and self-efficacy and leveraged the train-the-trainer model to increase PC educational leadership in Latin America.
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Diet Quality Is Suboptimal or Poor in Large Proportion of Global Population With HIV
Kathleen V. Fitch, MSN, a principal associate in medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Steven K. Grinspoon, MD, chief of the Metabolism Unit, and colleagues conducted the first analysis of diet in a global cohort of people with HIV infection and found diet quality was poor or suboptimal in 42% of individuals.
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
Lymph Node Evaluation Underutilized for Early-stage Vulvar Cancer
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Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, MBBS, MPH
Director of the Crohn's and Colitis Center, Division of Gastroenterology, Mass General, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Role of Biomarkers in Ulcerative Colitis Management
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Braden Kuo, MD
Director of the Center for Neurointestinal Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Virtual Tai Chi Training Feasible, Effective for Patients With IBS-Constipation
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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
Cadaver-free Simulation Model Feasible for Improving Residents' Craniotomy Skills
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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
Virtual Tai Chi Training Feasible, Effective for Patients With IBS-Constipation
