Posts by Brian Burns
Mass General Researcher Uses PET Imaging to Shed Light on the Inner Workings of the Brain
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital are using advanced brain imaging techniques to learn more about how brain disorders function at a molecular and genetic level.
Read MoreHelping Mothers Recover When the Psychological Trauma of Giving Birth Lingers
Although childbirth is often viewed as a uniformly happy event, it can also be a physically and psychologically stressful experience.
Read MoreDo Lifestyle Factors Such as Stress Affect the Onset and Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease?
A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital are exploring the role of lifestyle factors such as stress in the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
Read MoreHow the Cocoanut Grove Fire Survivors Gave a Mass General Psychiatrist Insights into Acute Grief
A recent article in the Harvard Crimson took an in-depth look at how treating the victims of the Cocoanut Grove Fire in Boston contributed to a Massachusetts General Hospital psychiatrist’s research and clinical work into how people experience and process losses due to death or injury.
Read MoreNew Protocol Could Improve Early Autism Diagnosis Through Eye Tracking
Researchers from the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital has developed a new testing protocol to screen infants, toddlers and young children for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) using eye tracking software. The tool could increase early detection rates and reduce the time and cost of current screening techniques.
Read MoreMass General Researchers Detail How Artificial Intelligence Could Make Surgery Safer
In a recent article in Annals of Surgery, a research team from Massachusetts General Hospital and MIT details the ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) could revolutionize the practice and teaching of surgery—and how patients will benefit with safer surgeries and better outcomes.
Read MoreStudy Clarifies the Role of Stress in Differences in Life Expectancy for Residents of Three Boston Neighborhoods
In a city where most residents are within a short distance of world class academic medical centers, and in a state that makes health insurance available to all, why is there such a such a disparity in life expectancy among the residents of three Boston neighborhoods?
Read MoreWhat It’s Like to Do an Internship at the Mass General Research Institute and Why It’s Amazing
I’m an 11th-grader at the International School of Boston and for the past 5 days, I have been working as a communications intern in the Office of the Scientific Director at the Mass General Research Institute. Here’s an overview of what I worked on and what I learned! Day 1 To be honest, I felt…
Read MoreCould a Light-Based Treatment be the Key to Treating Alzheimer’s Disease and other Brain Disorders?
Can a light-based treatment called photobiomodulation help to treat degenerative brain diseases?
Read MoreResQFoam Study Seeks Feedback on Clinical Trial for Trauma Patients
The REVIVE clinical trial team is seeking feedback from the public on their study testing the use of RESQFOAM in severely injured trauma patients.
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