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Buckner’s Death Puts New Focus on Lewy Body Dementia—A Relatively Unknown but Surprisingly Prevalent Disease
Lewy Body Dementia is an umbrella term for two different diseases—one is dementia with Lewy bodies (LBD) and the other is Parkinson’s disease with dementia.
Nutritional Psychiatry: Mental Health from a Nutrition and Lifestyle Perspective
Most people have heard the expression “you are what you eat” and think about how what they eat affects their physical health, but could food be affecting mental health too?
How We Could Slow the Spread of Candida Auris and Other Drug-Resistant Superbugs
While Candida auris may be getting all the headlines recently, the deadly fungus is one of many drug-resistant superbugs that infectious disease specialists have been fighting for years.
Study Finds A Connection Between What You Buy for Lunch at Work and Your Health
Sometimes making your lunch seems like a hassle, so buying a lunch at work can be an easy solution. But those purchases can add up after a while and take a toll on your health.
Mass General Research Roundup for May 2019
Experiencing adverse events at a young age may increase risk of mental health disorder, evaluating the price of skincare products for women and a new model for cancer treatments.
Five Things to Know: Nature Article Advocates for Open Data Sharing in Science
The state of science today is divided: some believe all data should be publicly available to promote collaboration, while others believe it is safest to hold onto their findings to protect themselves from competitors who may use them as a foundation for a new, more exciting study. Nature recently published an article explaining the importance and benefits of openly sharing scientific data. Here are five things to know:
Why We Need More Diversity in Genetics Research
A team of Mass General researchers recently published a perspective piece that shed light on the fact that majority of publicly available genetic data belongs to people of European ancestry, meaning the medical advances made using European genetic data are less informative to non-Europeans.
Could This Short Question Help Women at Risk for Intimate Partner Violence?
Mass General researchers were able to identify women at risk for intimate partner violence by adding a screening question to mammography intake forms.
How Changing Laws on Cannabis are Impacting Pediatric Patient Visits to the Emergency Room
Researchers from the MassGeneral Hospital for Children recently published a review paper taking a detailed look at cannabis-related emergency department (ED) visits by pediatric patients.
Ladies: If Your Moisturizers Seem Overpriced, It’s Because They Probably Are, Science Finds
Mass General researchers have found that women pay an average of three dollars more per ounce for comparable facial moisturizers.