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Obesity Prevention Researchers Make Strides with First 1,000 Days Program
How early should we start taking steps to prevent childhood obesity? It could be before the baby is even born.
Hackathon Revolutionizes Care with Plan to Reduce Deadly Opiate Overdoses
A Mass General team is working to reduce the deadly toll of opioid overdoses by putting Narcan in the hands of citizen volunteers.
More than Just Hindering Fires – Can Flame Retardants Interfere with Fertility?
In a new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives, a team of researchers investigated the potential connection between exposure to flame retardant chemicals found in household products— called PFRs — and pregnancy.
Evaluating the Impact of Cutbacks to HIV Programs in Resource-Limited Nations
Proposed reductions in U.S. foreign aid would have a devastating impact on HIV treatment and prevention programs in countries receiving such aid, an international team of investigators reports. In their paper published online in Annals of Internal Medicine, the team led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Yale School of Public Health describes
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Science Writing: Nine Tips to Make Your Journal Articles Shine
Here are nine helpful tips on writing journal articles by Anne Marie Weber-Main, PhD, and Anne Joseph, MD, MPH, from the University of Minnesota.
Cuts to NIH Program Could Disrupt Infectious Disease Research at Mass General and Around the World
Mass General researchers working to stop the spread of infectious disease are worried that proposed cuts to the NIH budget would eliminate a key resource for global health efforts.
Revolutionizing Care at Mass General
Massachusetts General Hospital was established to provide care to Boston’s sick, regardless of socioeconomic status—an innovative idea in 1811. In the words of our founder, Dr. John Warren, “When in distress, every man becomes our neighbor.” We then became the first teaching hospital for Harvard University’s new medical school and have been redefining excellence in health care ever since.
Making Migraines Less of a Headache: Researchers Test a New Method for Migraine Prediction
Mass General researchers have developed a new forecasting model that has the potential to pinpoint when a migraine will strike by tracking an individual’s stress levels over time.
Shining a Light on Multiple Sclerosis-Related Fatigue
Mass General researcher are investigating the impact of light therapy on fatigue related to multiple sclerosis (MS).
Six Selfish Reasons to Communicate Science
The Union of Concerned Scientists blog recently published a post discussing ways in which communicating science can benefit the scientist. Here are a few of our takeaways from this great article.