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Marijuana: Separating Myth from Medicine – Pioneering Research in an Understudied Field

By Katrina Fu | Addiction & Substance Use Disorder, Psychiatry | 0 comment | 18 April, 2025 | 0

Medical marijuana has been touted as a cure for everything from anxiety to insomnia, but what does research tell us about the benefits and potential risks?

Perinatal and Delivery Experiences of People of Color with Substance Use Disorder in Massachusetts

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | Addiction & Substance Use Disorder, Public Health | 0 comment | 14 June, 2024 | 1

A qualitative study of birthing persons with substance use disorder identified disparities in care by race and ethnicity and suggests ways to overcome them.

Pilot Study Shows Promise of Virtual Reality in Improving Treatment Outcomes for Opioid Withdrawal

By Brian Burns | Addiction & Substance Use Disorder, Pediatrics, Psychiatry | 0 comment | 28 May, 2024 | 0

Patients who participated in a virtual reality intervention during treatment for opioid withdrawal were more likely to complete their treatment protocol.

Conversations on Mental Health: Katherine Koh, MD, & Homeless Population Mental Health

By Nicoletta Valenzano, MPH | Addiction & Substance Use Disorder, Conversations on Mental Health, Mental Health, Psychiatry | 0 comment | 30 May, 2023 | 3

Improving Mental Health Care for the Homeless: Insights from Mass General Research Institute Investigator, Dr. Katherine Koh

The Next Generation of the Opioid Epidemic: Youth Polysubstance Users

By Nicoletta Valenzano, MPH | Addiction & Substance Use Disorder, Pediatrics, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 15 March, 2023 | 0

A closer look at how the opioid epidemic is impacting the youngest generation of Americans, and how Scott Hadland, MD, MPH, MS, Chief of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Mass General for Children wants to change that.

Conversations on Mental Health: Jodi Gilman, PhD, & The Center for Addiction Medicine

By Nicoletta Valenzano, MPH | Addiction & Substance Use Disorder, Anxiety, Conversations on Mental Health, Depression, Psychiatry | 1 comment | 14 June, 2022 | 1

Mass General researchers are testing how medical marijuana usage impacts mental health outcomes.

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.

Mass General Research Roundup for April 2019

By Brian Burns | Addiction & Substance Use Disorder, Research Roundup | 0 comment | 16 April, 2019 | 0

Chronic health problems for individuals in recovery from substance use disorder, 3D mammography in older women and how oxytocin acts on food receptors in the brain.

Five Things to Know: What Causes Night Sweats and How Do You Treat Them?

By Brian Burns | Addiction & Substance Use Disorder, Five Things to Know | 0 comment | 4 April, 2019 | 0

Two Mass General clinicians were recently featured in an article about the causes of night sweats and how to treat them. Here are five things to know.

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Mass General Investigators Dig Deeper into the Science of Sleep

By Brian Burns | Addiction & Substance Use Disorder, Cardiology, Genetics & Genomics, Research Roundup | 0 comment | 21 March, 2019 | 0

Three recent studies from researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital that look at the connections between sleep and health.

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