Massachusetts General Hospital

Neurology News Media Coverage

May 1, 2012 – Boston Globe

Dr. C. Miller Fisher; neurologist advanced study of strokes – obituary on retired MGH physician, quotes MGH physician Robert Ackerman

April 17, 2012 – HealthBlog/Wall Street Journal Online

A Different Route to Finding a Treatment for Lou Gehrig’s Disease – quotes MGH physician Merit Cudkowicz

April 9, 2012 – WFXT-TV, Ch. 25

The Autism Revolution: Is Autism Reversible? – video interview with Mass General physician Martha Herbert

April 4, 2012 – Bloomberg News

Biogen Idec seeks $1b payoff from solving Lou Gehrig puzzle – quotes Mass General physician Merit Cudkowicz

April 2, 2012 – PsychCentral.com

Stress Management Can Be Taught Online – coverage of study led by Mass General investigator Daniel Hoch

April 2, 2012 –The Atlantic

Almost Losing My Mother: From Doctor to Patient and Back Again – article written by Mass General physician Anne Louise Oaklander

March 26, 2012 – San Francisco Chronicle

Good News: You Are Not Your Brain – article co-authored by MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi

March 1, 2012 - ABC News

Encephalitis Survivors: Lonely Battles to Reclaim Lives – mentions patient’s care by MGH physician Guy A. Rordorf

February 29, 2012 - NECN

BMJ study says sleeping pills linked to increase in cancer, death – quotes MGH physician Matt Bianchi

February 15, 2012 – State House News Service

Mass. turbine critics invoke AIDS epidemic - mentions participation of MGH physician Jeffrey Ellenbogen in state panel

February 15, 2012 - Mass HighTech

ALS Therapy nonprofit launches first Phase 2 drug trial – quotes MGH physician Merit Cudkowicz

February 14, 2012- Wall Street Journal

Dilemma: When 1 Drug Treats 2 Diseases – quotes MGH physician Merit Cudkowicz 

February 9, 2012 - AARP Bulletin

Exercising the Body, Using the Brain May Ward Off Alzheimer’s Disease – quotes MGH investigator Rudy Tanzi

February 6, 2012 - HealthBlog/Wall Street Journal Online

Two Studies Hint at How Alzheimer’s Might Spread – coverage of study led by MGH physician Bradley Hyman

February 2, 2012 - New York Times 

Path Is Found for the Spread of Alzheimer’s – quotes MGH investigator Brad Hyman 

February 2, 2012 - MedPage Today

Sleep Apnea Common in Stroke – quotes MGH physician Lee Schwamm

February 2, 2012 –  Family Practice News

Memory Declines Years Before Stroke Strikes – quotes MGH physician Steven Greenberg

January 30, 2012 – New York Times

Narrowing the Definition of Autism – includes letter to editor from MGH physician Martha Herbert

January 26, 2012 – ABC News Online

Morgellons: Mysterious Skin Disease Under Microscope target="_blank" – quotes MGH physician Anne Louise Oaklander

January 19, 2012 – MedPage Today

Rules Updated for Postmortem Dx of Alzheimer's – coverage of guidelines issued by team co-led by MGH investigator Bradley Hyman

January 18, 2012
Coverage of report from state panel including MGH physician Jeffrey Ellenbogen

State finds no ill health effects for residents [wind turbines] – Newburyport Daily News

State: Wind turbines not harmful – Cape Cod Times

January 13, 2012 – Palm Beach Post

Sigh ... 45 is the new 60 for memory loss - quotes MGH physician Marie Pasinski

December 23, 2011 
Coverage of study led by MGH investigator Brad Dickerson

Does Brain Size Matter in Clues to Alzheimer's? – ABC News (blog)

Thinner brains could signal Alzheimer's – USA Today

Thinner brains may be more susceptible to Alzheimer's disease – LA Times/Booster Shots (Blog)

December 22, 2011
Coverage of study led by MGH investigator Brad Dickerson

Brain Scans Help Predict Alzheimer's Disease Early – Time

New method for detecting earliest signs of Alzheimer's may aid research – Boston Globe

Brain Size And Alzheimer's: What's The Connection? – Huffington Post

Cortical Thickness Linked to Risk of Dementia – MedPage Today

Brain Scans Spot Alzheimer's Changes Years Before Symptoms – WebMD

Early Alzheimer's Disease - Brain's Cortex Size May Predict Risk – Medical News Today

December 12, 2011 - Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Maine)

Community rallies around woman with rare illness – quotes MGH fellow Henrikas Vaitkevicius

December 9, 2011 - U.S. News & World Report

The Latest Brain Discoveries From Alzheimer's to Autism to Stroke – mentions the work of MGH investigators Bradley Hyman and Rudolph Tanzi

November 29, 2011 -  Medscape News

Dexpramipexole Showing Promise in ALS - study led by MGH investigator Merit Cudkowicz

November 21, 2011 -  Chemical & Engineering News

Solvent May Boost Parkinson's Risk - quotes MGH physician Michael A. Schwarzschild

November 21, 2011 -  Well/New York Times Online

So You Think You Can Be a Morning Person? - quotes MGH physician Jeffrey Ellenbogen

November 21, 2011 -  Cambridge Chronicle

ALS drug trial yields positive data: US study - coverage of study led by MGH investigator Merit Cudkowicz

November 21, 2011 -  Asia News International

Novel drug slows progression of Lou Gehrig’s disease - coverage of study led by MGH investigator Merit Cudkowicz

November 16, 2011 -  Cambridge Chronicle

Cambridge resident honored for stroke research Cambridge Chronicle - coverage of award to MGH physician Steven Greenberg

November 14, 2011 – Commonhealth/WBUR.org

First Human Gene Therapy Trial Planned For Deadly Tay-Sachs Disease- quotes MGH investigator Florian Eichler

November 7, 2011 – Auburn Citizen (NY)

Younger, healthier woman aim of book – article profiling MGH physician Marie Pasinski 

October 5, 2011 - Science News

Biomarker for Huntington’s disease identified – coverage of study co-led by MGH physician Steven Hersch

August 26, 2011 - HMS Focus

Itch and the Brain – quotes MGH investigator Anne Louise Oaklander

August 22, 2011 – Boston Globe

On the cutting edge - in the arms of Morpheus - quotes MGH physician Matt Bianchi

August 15, 2011 – Boston Globe

New find may change how Parkinson’s is treated - quotes MGH investigator Dimitri Krainc

August 15, 2011 – The Scientist

New Shape of Parkinson’s Protein – quotes MGH research fellow Joseph Mazzulli

August 1, 2011 - USA Today Online

DNA from African Americans broadens new genetic map - quotes MGH investigator Rudy Tanzi

August 1, 2011 - Medscape News

New Data on Long-Term Safety With Bapineuzumab in AD - coverage of study led by MGH investigator Reisa Sperling

July 18, 2011 - Mass HighTech

MGH & UMass Medical form ALS clinical trial deal with BrainStorm - coverage of research collaboration involving MGH investigator Merit Cudkowicz

July 12, 2011 - Associated Press

FDA eases rules for Alzheimer’s experiments, hoping to speed new treatments for dementia- Quotes MGH/BWH physician Reisa Sperling

June 30, 2011 - LA Times

Transplant drug rapamycin may help kids with rare premature aging disease progeria - co-author Dimitri Krainc

June 30, 2011 - United Press International/Science News

Drug could help youngsters who die 'old'

June 30, 2011 - International Business Times (Australia)

“Forever Young” drug discovered on Easter Island

May 11, 2011 - GEN

Collaborating Through Social Networking - Timothy W. Clark, MSc - PI of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Discovery Forum project

May 23, 2011 - MIT Technology Review

A Night Shirt to Monitor Sleep - Quotes Matt Bianchi, MD

May 13, 2011 - MedPage Today

BMI Tied to Survival in ALS Patients - Study led by Anne-Marie Wills, MD

April 28, 2011 - Network World

Mass. General Hospital revamps video gear; bolsters telemedicine program -
Vidyo equipment promises to support expansion of telemedicine servicesCoverage of Partners "telestroke" program, quoting MGH physician Lee Schwamm or Shawn Farrell of MGH Neurology

 

 

Updated 2/1/2012