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Vitamin D Levels Could Help Identify Patients at Risk of Increased Opioid Use After Surgery

By Brian Burns | Addiction & Substance Use Disorder, Dermatology | 0 comment | 3 November, 2020 | 0

Opioids can be an effective painkiller following major surgery but prescribing them is not without risk.

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How Scientists at Mass General and the Broad Institute Launched a Study in Days to Probe COVID-19’s Unpredictability

By Brian Burns | COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Medicine | 0 comment | 29 October, 2020 | 0

During the spring COVID-19 surge, a remarkable team research effort took place to quickly learn more about the disease.

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Seven Key Questions to Ask if a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine is Approved

By Brian Burns | COVID-19, Infectious Disease, Medicine | 0 comment | 27 October, 2020 | 0

While a vaccine will represent a significant turning point in the fight against COVID-19, there will still be a long way to go.

Biopreservation Could Revolutionize the Future of Medicine—How Mass General Researchers are Helping Us Get There

By Brian Burns | Medicine, Surgery | 0 comment | 22 October, 2020 | 0

Mass General is part of a multicenter research effort to overcome key challenges in the long term preservation and reuse of organs, cells, tissues and more.

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Is Tenacity A Matter of Willpower or Does Brain Structure Play a Role, Too?

By Brian Burns | Imaging & Radiology | 0 comment | 30 September, 2020 | 1

In a recent review paper, Mass General researchers identify a part of the brain that could play a key role in individual levels of grit.

Non-White Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 More Likely to Show Severe Disease in Chest X-Rays

By Brian Burns | COVID-19, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 5 August, 2020 | 0

Severity in chest x-rays increase the likelihood of admission to the intensive care unit, intubation and death.

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Mass General Clinician-Researchers Share Firsthand Experiences with COVID-19 Surge

By Brian Burns | COVID-19, Infectious Disease | 0 comment | 31 July, 2020 | 0

Mass General investigators who are co-affiliated with the Broad Institute discuss patient care and the hospital’s response to COVID-19.

Survey Shows A Worrisome Rise in Mental Health Issues Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Brian Burns | Anxiety, COVID-19, Depression, Psychiatry | 0 comment | 22 July, 2020 | 1

A nationwide study co-led by Mass General researchers found high levels of worry, frustration, boredom and anxiety.

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Five Things to Know: Reducing the Traumatizing Effects of “Air Hunger” in Mechanically Ventilated Patients

By Brian Burns | COVID-19, Medicine | 0 comment | 2 July, 2020 | 0

How medical treatment for air hunger can reduce the distressing feeling of needing more air than you are able to take in.

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Mass General Emergency Room Physician Details the Toll of Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Crisis

By Brian Burns | Clinical Research, COVID-19, Emergency Medicine, Medicine | 1 comment | 29 June, 2020 | 0

For Mass General’s Alistair Martin, MD, MPP, working as a Black emergency room doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic has felt like “walking on a tightrope during a hurricane.”

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