Century-old Vaccine Protects Type 1 Diabetics from Infectious Diseases
BCG-treated individuals had a significantly lower rate of COVID-19 infection compared with the placebo group and a significantly lower rate of infectious diseases overall.
BCG-treated individuals had a significantly lower rate of COVID-19 infection compared with the placebo group and a significantly lower rate of infectious diseases overall.
The Mass General-based research team also found that eating more unprocessed or minimally processed foods had a protective effect on brain health.
The findings encourage researchers to further test whether the mRNA cancer vaccine can be used in combination with other therapies to improve therapeutic outcomes.
Mass General study projects life expectancy gaps of 10.4 years and 11.8 years for male and female youths, respectively, living with HIV compared to individuals without HIV
Researchers found that anesthesia can have a major effect on tracer brain uptake and metabolism.
Study finds that altered states of consciousness associated with yoga, meditation, mindfulness, and other practices are common, and mostly positive or even transformative, but that for some people, they can be linked to suffering.
Camille E. Powe, MD, a physician investigator in the Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, and a team of investigators in both Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology at MGH published the results of a new study in Nature Medicine, Placental IGFBP1 Levels During Early Pregnancy and the Risk of Insulin Resistance and Gestational Diabetes.
First patient in the U.S. with immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura to receive the drug is in remission.
Investigating the impact of long-term proton pump inhibitor use.
Read the statements from the family of Rick Slayman, as well as his care team at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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