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Five Things to Know: State Motorcycle Helmet Laws and Rates of Head Injuries

By Brian Burns | Emergency Medicine | 0 comment | 7 April, 2025 | 0

States without helmet use laws had a significantly higher prevalence of emergency medical service (EMS)-documented head injuries.

Mass General Celebrates Outstanding Mentors in Research, Clinical Care and More

By Brian Burns | Mentoring, Series | 0 comment | 31 January, 2025 | 1

These annual awards recognize faculty and postdoctoral fellows who have gone above and beyond to contribute to the success of others.

Pressure Check: Testing A Unique Community-Based Approach to Managing High Blood Pressure

By Brian Burns | Cardiology, Medicine | 0 comment | 21 January, 2025 | 1

It’s a sunny afternoon at the In the Cut barbershop on Tremont Street just outside the Roxbury Crossing T Stop. The customers inside are a mix of locals and college students coming in to get haircuts, shaves and beard trims and to swap stories with the barbershop staff. There’s also something you don’t typically seeRead more

The Best of Bench Press: Our Most Popular Mass General Research Blog Posts of 2024

By Brian Burns | Best Of | 0 comment | 31 December, 2024 | 1

It was another amazing year for research at Massachusetts General Hospital, and as usual, there were plenty of interesting and inspiring stories for our research communication team to write about on our blog. As we get ready to ring in 2025, here’s a look back at our five most popular blog posts from 2024. 1.Read more

New Grants Help to Support Innovative Nursing Research at Massachusetts General Hospital

By Brian Burns | Nursing Research | 0 comment | 19 December, 2024 | 1

Six Mass General nurses received grants to support research projects seeking to improve healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.

Mass General’s Jay Iyer: Turning Personal Loss into a Mission to Transform PSP Care

By Brian Burns | Neurology, Rare Disease | 1 comment | 11 October, 2024 | 1

Jay promised his grandfather he would find a cure for PSP, the rare neurological disease that took memories away from them.

World Cancer Research Day: How MGH Research Scholars are Helping to Move the Field Forward

By Brian Burns | Cancer, MGH Research Scholars | 0 comment | 24 September, 2024 | 1

The unrestricted funding provided by the MGH Research Scholar awards is enabling creative new approaches to cancer research.

Benchmarks: Mass General Research News and Notes for August 9, 2024

By Brian Burns | Benchmarks, Series | 0 comment | 9 August, 2024 | 1

Study shows trust in doctors, hospitals declined during the COVID era, more info on the protective effect of aspirin in colorectal cancer & more.

Five Things to Know: The Risk of Head and Neck Injuries from Olympic-Style Sports

By Brian Burns | Five Things to Know, Series | 0 comment | 8 August, 2024 | 1

Past research has shown there are short- and long-term increases in layperson sports participation coinciding with the Olympic games

Congratulations to the 2024 Winners of the Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards

By Brian Burns | Awards & Honors, Women in Science | 0 comment | 29 July, 2024 | 1

The Claflin awards were established at Mass General to recognize and support women researchers during a critical time in their careers.

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