Addressing disparities in healthcare remains an important but difficult issue to tackle, in part due to the uncomfortable nature of discussing racial and ethnic divides.
Read more
[ultimate_heading main_heading=”Latest” alignment=”left” main_heading_font_family=”font_family:|font_call:” main_heading_style=”font-weight:900;” main_heading_font_size=”desktop:44px;” sub_heading_font_family=”font_family:|font_call:” sub_heading_style=”font-weight:700;” sub_heading_font_size=”desktop:20px;” main_heading_margin=”margin-bottom:30px;”]Recent news and stories from the Mass General Research Institute.[/ultimate_heading]
Mental illnesses such as depression are often associated with negative attitudes and beliefs. Previous research has found that these feelings of shame and discrimination are especially severe in the C
Read more
Read more
In medicine, many diagnostic questions can be answered in yes or no, black and white terms. Is the pain in your back and legs due to a herniated disc? Is your cholesterol too high?
Read more
Read more
At the Partners HealthCare Biobank, everyone has the ability to help shape the future of healthcare. The Biobank is a research initiative that brings patients, clinicians, and investigators together t
Read more
Read more
They say that eyes are the windows to the soul, but for individuals with autism, a lack of eye contact can reveal much more. A team of investigators based at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biome
Read more
Read more
June 21st is not only the longest day of the calendar year, but it is also a special day focused on Alzheimer’s disease (AD), an irreversible progressive form of dementia that slowly destroys memory a
Read more
Read more
This summer the Mass General Research Institute is thrilled to continue our summer internship program for the second year in a row.
Read more
Read more
Here are just a few ways that researchers and clinicians at Massachusetts General Hospital are helping to raise awareness of and advance the field of men’s health
Read more
Read more
The Fatherhood Project, a nonprofit program in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, has been working to improve the health and well-being of children and families since its
Read more
Read more
Did you know that in addition to June being Men’s Health Month in the United States, this week (June 12th-18th) is Men’s Health Week in the UK? The focus this year is on belly fat which tends to be mo
Read more
Read more