Stephanie Santoro, MD, Director of Quality Improvement Research for the Down Syndrome Program at Mass General for Children, is senior author of a recent study in the American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part C, Retrospective Review of Code Status of Individuals with Down Syndrome During the COVID-19 Era.
How do caregivers view the care integration in a single specialty clinic for Down syndrome?
Responses from 50 countries were analyzed and each country was ranked on how well it supports people with Down syndrome across five domains of wellbeing.
An international group of investigators, led by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital, conducted the first-ever survey to measure the quality of life of people with Down syndrome around the world.
A recent study indicates that assessing the number of puffs of e-cigarettes taken per month provides a more accurate picture of adolescents’ exposure to nicotine. The research, which was published in Nicotine and Tobacco Research and led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), suggests that “puffs per month” can more accurately capture the nature of e-cigarette binging and the extent of youth tobacco addiction.
Meg Simione, PhD, an investigator at Mass General for Children, and colleagues recently published a paper in JAMA Network Open, titled Evaluating the Implementation of the Connect for Health Pediatric Weight Management Program.
Researchers identified five microbial strains that appeared to play a protective role against the development of celiac disease, an autoimmune condition that occurs in roughly one percent of the US population.
The odds of being treated with epinephrine were five times greater when an anaphylaxis action plan was provided.
Mass General for Children offers tips for a safe holiday season.
Researchers from Mass General for Children and Italy have identified a potential biomarker preceding the development of celiac disease autoimmunity in children.
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