Posts by Brian Burns
How a 3D Model of Alzheimer’s Disease is Providing New Hope in the Search for Treatments
Reigning in Alzheimer’s disease continues to be a challenge — more than 10 million families are affected by this degenerative neurological disease, and the number of patients dying from the disease has increased 68 percent since 2010. In the past decade, attempts at developing drugs to slow or halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease have…
Read MoreHealth Literacy and Science Communication: Two Sides of the Same Health Communication Coin?
Considering that 72 percent of internet users looked up health information online in the last year, yet half of Americans read at an 8th grade level or below, there’s a clear need for digital health materials that all readers can understand
Read MoreWireless Sleep Monitoring System Could Make Sleep Studies Much Easier
Researchers from MIT and Mass General recently unveiled a wireless, portable system for monitoring individuals during sleep that could provide new insights into sleep disorders and reduce the need for time and cost-intensive overnight sleep studies in a clinical sleep lab.
Read MoreMeet our Fall Communications Intern!
Please join us in welcoming Nishtha Yadav, a graduate student at Emerson College and our communications intern this semester. Be sure to check back here for updates on what she’s working on!
Read MoreHUBweek Art of Talking Science Competition Recap
A recap of our second annual Art of Talking Science Competition, which focused on AI and machine learning.
Read MoreFour Massachusetts General Hospital Researchers Receive Prestigious NIH Director’s Awards
Please join us in congratulating the four Mass General investigators who recently received director’s awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)!
Read MoreBrain Imaging Studies Provide New Insights into Biological Basis of Behaviors in Schizophrenia and Autism
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital are using brain imaging technology to learn more about how individuals with autism and schizophrenia view the world through different lenses.
Read MoreResearchers Develop a Promising New Test for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Known as the “Alzheimer’s of the eye,” AMD affects nearly five million people across the world. How a new blood-based test could help.
Read MoreLaw Restricting Use of Off-Road-Vehicles by Young Drivers Helps to Curb Injury Rates, Researchers Say
Researchers at Mass General found that laws restricting youth access to off-road vehicles reduced the rate of injuries caused by the vehicles
Read MoreLady Gaga’s Fibromyalgia Diagnosis Helps Shed Light on a Perplexing Chronic Pain Disorder
Lady Gaga recently discussed her struggles with fibromyalgia. Here’s what Mass General researchers are doing to learn more about this disorder.
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