The Spiritual Care Department at Massachusetts General Hospital serves the spiritual needs of the hospital community. It offers religious-specific care for those who request services, providing a priest, evangelical pastor, rabbi, or imam when needed.
Firearms are the leading cause of death for children and adolescents in the United States. Suicide, interpersonal violence, unintentional injuries and mass shootings all contribute to this medical and public health emergency.
The Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), ALS Finding a Cure®, and FightMND have selected three recipients for their global two-year ALS Scholars in Therapeutics program.
Opened in 2011, the Lunder dock is the largest – and busiest – of Mass General’s three receiving areas. Others are located at the Yawkey and Jackson Buildings. The Jackson Building dock was the hospital’s first loading dock and is still operational with two bays available for delivery trucks.
Patients with advanced lung cancer who received stepped palliative care reported similar quality of life (QOL) scores as those who received monthly palliative care visits from the time of diagnosis.
Mo Motamedi, PhD, an assistant investigator in the Mass General Cancer Center and an assistant professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, is the James & Patricia Poitras Endowed Chair in Cancer Research and the senior author of a new paper in Cell, RNA Quality Control Factors Nucleate Clr4/SUV39H and Trigger Constitutive Heterochromatin Assembly.
In a double-blind, randomized, cross-over study of adults who use cannabis regularly, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital assessed participants’ brain activity under the influence of THC (the main psychoactive component in cannabis) versus placebo.
A team led by investigators from Mass General Cancer Center found that statins—commonly used cholesterol-lowering drugs—may block a pathway that leads to the development of cancer in the context of chronic inflammation.
By cultivating awareness around eating habits, mindful eating can promote a healthier relationship with food, leading to improved overall well-being. Learn how to start eating mindfully.
The MGH Administrative Fellowship Program is a two-year, consolidated, hands-on work experience, giving participants a front row seat to management and administration at the hospital. Now in its 50th year, 72 people have completed the program since its inception.
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