Media Coverage of the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Neurology

2020

• Awareness of Memory Decline Decreases in Predementia Stages Among AD Variant Carriers
  12/31/2020: Healio covers new research from Patrizia Vannini, PhD, into the level of insight patients have into their own mental function as it begins to decline
• No Medical Justification For Police Chokeholds, Neurologists Say
  12/28/2020: All Things Considered interviewed Altaf Saadi, MD, MSc, about the dangers of police chokeholds. Dr. Saadi is a co-author, along with two other Mass General Brigham doctors, of the recent JAMA Neurology article "Carotid Physiology and Neck Restraints in Law Enforcement: Why Neurologists Need to Make Their Voices Heard"
• Fearing for His Life, He Sought Safety in the U.S. He Ended Up in a Wheelchair
  12/28/2020: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram covers the case of a refugee who suffered debilitating injuries while in jail for border violations. Altaf Saadi, MD, MSc, of the MGH Asylum Clinic, reviewed the records of his medical care
• Telemedicine Here To Stay In Massachusetts, Proponents Say
  12/23/2020: WGBH speaks with Mass General Neurologist and Vice President for Virtual Care of Lee Schwamm, MD about the benefits of telehealth
• Target ALS Awards 4 Grants for Work Into Biomarker Discovery
  12/21/2020: ALS News Today coverage of grants to support a collaboration between NeuroDex, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Johns Hopkins University that will investigate extracellular vesicles (EVs) as potential ALS biomarkers
• Cannabidiol Found to Reduce Drug-resistant Seizures in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex
  12/21/2020: MDAlert covers a new publication in JAMA Neurology in which Elizabeth Thiele, MD, PhD demonstrates more evidence that CBD can be effective against treatment-resistant epilepsy
• COVID-19 Pandemic Creates New Roles for Advanced Practice Providers
  12/17/2020: Mass General Advanced Practice Providers including APP Director and ALS Nurse Practitioner Darlene Sawicki, MSN, NP-BC write about how the APP team built their multidisciplinary COVID-19 response team in the first months of the pandemic
• “Fringe Theory”? The Link Between Viruses and Alzheimer’s Gains Traction
  12/16/2020: Being Patient covers research by Rudy Tanzi, PhD and others on possible links among infections, neuroinflammation, and the production of amyloid in the brain
• In Life, She Defied Alzheimer’s. In Death, Her Brain May Show How
  12/11/2020: Continuing New York Times coverage of a unique patient whose brain may hold clues to preventing Alzheimer's disease, and a long-running collaboration on familial Alzheimer's between University of Antioquia and Mass General researchers led by Yakeel Quiroz, PhD
• Frates Run Goes Virtual for 2020
  12/10/2020: The Salem News covers the annual Frates Memorial 5k run to benefit the Healey Center, conducted virtually this year
• Recommendations To Reduce Disparities in Dementia Care Due in 2021
  12/9/2020: McKnight's Senior Living speaks with Katie Brandt from the Mass General Frontotemporal Disorders Unit about forthcoming recommendations to reduce disparities and financial burdens in dementia care
• Don’t Place Too Many Restrictions on Telehealth
  12/5/2020: Lee Schwamm, MD co-authors an editorial in Commonwealth Magazine about the importance of telehealth to care during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
• How Two College Kids Cooked Up a Two-Drug Combination for ALS
  12/3/2020: The unlikely story of how two undergrads with a big idea got the attention of researchers at Mass General and developed the most promising ALS drug in years
• MOG Antibody Disease Differs for Children and Adults
  12/3/2020: Neurology Today covers new research on MOG antibody disease from the Neuromyelitis Optica Clinic at Mass General
• Clinical Challenges: New Therapies in Neuromyelitis Optica
  11/30/2020: MedPage Today speaks with Michael Levy, MD, PhD about three new approved therapies for NMO patients, who previously had few options to treat the rare autoimmune disease
• 'We Do it To Help Out:' Federal Health Care Workers Assist Local Hospitals During COVID Surge
  11/19/2020: The Billings Gazette highlights the work of Debra Skoniecki and other members of federal Department of Health and Human Services Trauma and Critical Care Team, who are currently helping Billings, Montana cope with a devastating surge of COVID-19 cases
• Post-Mortem and Morbidity Studies Offer Insights into the Association of COVID-19 with Neurologic Disorders
  11/19/2020: Shibani Mukerji, MD, PhD, provides Neurology Today with expert commentary on a study of neurological disorders in COVID-19 patients
• Head Injury and Persistent Headache in People Seeking Asylum: What Neurologists Need to Know
  11/19/2020: Neurology Today speaks with Altaf Saadi, MD, MSc, the associate director of the Mass General Asylum Clinic, about how neurologists can help evaluate refugees for traumatic brain injuries and other neurological conditions
• NurOwn Fails to Slow Disease Progression in ALS Patients, Top-line Data Show
  11/18/2020: Despite disappointing results from the largest group of patients, the NurOwn trial did show promise for some early-stage patients, and Merit Cudkowciz, MD, MSc says that “it is important to fully explore this finding"
• Telemedicine for Stroke Care and Rehabilitation
  11/17/2020: The COVID-19 pandemic increased the use of telemedicine, but it's been relatively common in stroke care for decades. Lee Schwamm, MD, speaks with Everyday Health about how telestroke brings stroke experts to hospitals everywhere
• Excited Delirium Dilemma: Explanation or Excuse for In-custody Deaths?
  11/16/2020: Fox Channel Nine covers the attribution of deaths in police custody to "excited delirium," a diagnosis that Mass General Neurologist Altaf Saadi, MD, MSc and others say has "no scientific basis"
• Newborn's Rare Diagnosis Amid Coronavirus a Double Whammy for Massachusetts Family
  11/12/2020: Fox News speaks with Kathryn Swoboda, MD about a family whose newborn was tested and treated for the rare genetic disorder Spinal Muscular Atrophy. With early detection and treatment, "SMA children are now indistinguishable from their peers as they grow into a healthy, happy toddler,” says Dr. Swoboda
• New Data Shows Extended Survival for ALS Patients
  11/9/2020: Ohio's Spectrum News 1 profiles a local ALS patient and his experience in the recent CENTAUR ALS clinical trial, and speaks with Principal Investigator Sabrina Paganoni, MD, PhD about further research
• FDA Could Move Closer to Approving First New Alzheimer's Drug in Nearly 20 Years
  11/5/2020: CNN consults Rudy Tanzi, PhD about the drug approval process for a potential new Alzheimer's treatment now under consideration by the FDA
• Are Infections Seeding Some Cases of Alzheimer’s Disease?
  11/4/2020: Nature magazine covers research conducted by investigators including Rudy Tanzi, PhD into a possible explanation for the development of amyloid plaques in the brains of people suffering from Alzheimer's
• Sleep Health: How These Stressful Times Affect Your Sleep & What Can Be Done To Help
  10/29/2020: Maine Public Radio spoke with Aleksandar Videnovic, MD and other health experts about how sleep is integrated with overall mental and physical health and ways the pandemic is affecting people's sleep
• English Study Shows Potential Link Between Cognitive Decline and COVID-19
  10/28/2020: Boston 25 News consults Shibani Mukerji, MD, PhD, about the possibility that COVID-19 infection is linked to  cognitive decline. Dr. Mukerji cautions that further study will be required before we can be certain
• A DNA mystery: A woman was supposed to get Alzheimer’s by 50. Why didn’t she?
  10/28/2020: The Boston Globe profiles Yakeel Quiroz, PhD and her investigation into a woman who remained healthy well into her seventies despite carrying a gene that normally causes early-onset dementia. Her research could provide clues about how to prevent Alzheimer's Disease
• 'Landmark' Study Pushed Detection of Covert Consciousness in TBI
  10/28/2020: Medscape covers a presentation on breakthroughs in understanding of consciousness and traumatic brain injury by Brian Edlow, MD
• I Treated COVID Patients Last Spring. What If I've Seen Too Much To Ever Feel Normal Again?
  10/27/2020: Neuro-oncologist Joshua Budhu, MD writes about the stress of preparing for a second wave of COVID-19, not knowing when or if it will strike
• Feel Woozy? Do This First
  10/26/2020: The Harvard Health Letter consults Natalia Rost, MD, chief of the Mass General Stroke Service, on what to do if you feel lightheaded, confused and unsteady
• What We Know So Far about How COVID Affects the Nervous System
  10/22/2020: Scientific American quotes Anne-Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD, on the intersection of neuropathy and COVID-19, a topic of increasing importance for "long-hauler" patients
• Why ‘falling back’ an hour will disrupt sleep, routines even more than usual this year
  10/22/2020: Boston 25 News speaks with Mass General sleep expert Elizabeth Klerman, MD, PhD about the hazards of changing clocks twice a year for daylight savings time
• Despite Best Safety Evidence, Some Women with Neurologic Disorders Delay Pregnancy
  10/22/2020: Neurology Today quotes Rebecca Burch, MD, FAHS on the importance of early discussion of family planning for patients with neurological conditions
• Harvard Professors Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
  10/22/2020: Chief of Neurology Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc, was one of 100 people elected to the National Academy of Medicine
• COVID-19’s Impact on the Brain From a Neurologist Working the Frontlines
  10/19/2020: The Women's Alzheimer's Movement interviews Marie Pasinski, MD about her experience with COVID-19 patients at the Chelsea Respiratory Infection Clinic and the McCance Center for Brain Health's COVID-19 Survivors Clinic
• Drug May Extend A.L.S. Patients’ Lives by Several Months, Study Finds
  10/16/2020: The New York Times covers the results of follow-up studies on AMX0035 conducted at the Healey Center for ALS, showing that the drug may extend life as well as slow down ALS progression. The research, published in the journal Muscle and Nerve, was also the subject of announcements from Amylyx Pharmaceuticals and Mass General
• New Machine Learning Model May Help Predict Dementia, Harvard Medical School Researchers Report
  10/9/2020: The Crimson reports on research into predicting dementia by data scientist Elissa Ye and Neurologist Brandon Westover, MD, PhD of the McCance Center for Brain Health
• Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Exposure Is Associated with Greater Risk of Recurrent Hemorrhagic Stroke
  10/8/2020: Neurology Today discusses research by Alessandro Biffi, MD on ways to reduce recurrent stroke and the risks posed by antidepressants
• This Portable Bedside MRI Device Has Received FDA Clearance
  10/6/2020: Forbes covers the approval of a portable MRI, developed with research from Taylor Kimberly, MD, Chief of the Division of Neurocritical Care at Mass General. The new system costs less than traditional MRI devices, and doesn't require moving critically ill patients to a dedicated MRI room
• Research Findings Show Potential Promise for Slowing Down ALS
  10/2/2020: CBS 58 interviews Sabrina Paganoni, MD, PhD and Justin Klee, the co-founder and co-CEO of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals, about ongoing research into a potential new ALS treatment
• Coffee Consumption Tied to Lower Risk of Developing Parkinson's Disease
  10/1/2020: Coverage of a study by Grace Crotty, MBBCh, BAO into the possibility that caffeine consumption can help to lower Parkinson's risk. The study was originally published in the journal Neurology and also covered in HealthDay, MedPage Today, McKnight's Long Term Care News and StudyFinds
• The Mysterious, Multifaceted Cerebellum
  9/29/2020: Knowable Magazine discussed long-running research by Jeremy Schmahmann, MD into the cerebellum's influence on emotion and cognitive function
• Glens Falls Hospital Gains Teleneurology Program in Partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital
  9/29/2020: ABC News 10 covered the opening of Glens Falls Hospital's new teleneurology program and spoke with Anand Viswanathan, MD, PhD, Director of Mass General TeleStroke Services
• New Treatment Option Brings Hope to Patients with Neurological Disease
  9/23/2020: ABC affiliate WCVB TV covers advances in deep brain stimulation treatment featuring Mass General neurologist Todd Herrington, MD, PhD and neurosurgeon Mark Richardson, MD, PhD
• What to Do About Racism in Medicine? These Diversity Leaders in Neurology Chart a Course with Faculty
  9/17/2020: Neurology Today showcases the work of Nicte Mejia, MD, MPH, FAAN and others to enhance social justice programs at their hospitals and medical schools – and build toolkits to help others build on their achievements elsewhere
• Your Neurology Program Director Will See You Now: Tips for Showcasing Programs During a Pandemic
  9/17/2020: Neurology Today highlights the way that Mass General Neurology and other programs have moved to online recruiting for fellowships
• Dosing Begins in Phase 2a Study of ALZT-OP1a for Mild-to-Moderate ALS
  9/16/2020: ALS News Today covers the launch of a new clinical trial based on research from the labs of Ghazaleh Sadri-Vikili, PhD and Rudolph Tanzi, PhD
• Brown Researchers Aim to Restore Mobility by Reading People’s Minds
  9/12/2020: Providence’s WPRI-TV interviewed Leigh Hochberg, MD, PhD, Director of the MGH Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, about brain-computer interfaces and BrainGate research
• Could this Portable MRI Operate Safely in Patient Rooms?
  9/11/2020: Medical Design and Outsourcing coverage of study co-authored by Mass General investigator W. Taylor Kimberly, MD, PhD
• Poor Sleep Linked with Future Amyloid-β Build Up
  9/11/2020: The Scientist quotes Ksenia Kastanenka, PhD on research suggesting a connection between poor sleep and Alzheimer's symptoms
• Diagnosing Tuberous Sclerosis Complex for Dermatologists
  9/11/2020: The Dermatologist interviews Elizabeth Thiele, MD, PhD, director of the Carol and James Herscot Center for Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, about how dermatologists can identify this neurological condition
• 100 People Transforming Business
  9/10/2020: Mass General Chief of Neurology and Director of the Healey Center for ALS Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc is recognized by Business Insider as one of 10 people transforming health care
• AstraZeneca's COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Has Been Stopped After an Illness
  9/9/2020: USA Today quotes Anne Oaklander, MD, PhD on a probable case of transverse myelitis during a COVID-19 vaccine trial and discusses her work on the neurological complications of COVID-19
• 2 College Students Dreamed Up an A.L.S. Treatment. The Results Are In.
  9/3/2020: New York Times coverage of the Healey Center's latest trial results on a new drug with major promise for ALS. The promising trial results also saw notice in numerous other publications, including Wall Street Journal, STAT News, MDAlert, MedPage Today, Neurology Live, NPR and Medscape
• SSRIs Risky After Intracerebral Hemorrhage
  9/2/2020: Medscape covers research by Alessandro Biffi, MD into the risks and benefits of some antidepressants following intracerebral hemorrhage. The study was also covered by Psychiatry Advisor
• Small-Fiber Polyneuropathy May Underlie Dysautonomia in ME/CFS
  9/2/2020: Medscape refers to the work of Anne-Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD when discussing neuropathy research
• Mini-Dose Edoxaban May Safely Cut AF Stroke Risk in the Frail, Very Elderly
  9/1/2020: Medscape quotes Daniel Singer, MD on a new study on ways to safely reduce the risk of stroke among some patients with atrial fibrillation
• How ALS Research Shifted to Homes During the Coronavirus Pandemic
  8/20/2020: Business Insider spoke with Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc, about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on clinical trials, and how the Healey Center for ALS has adapted
• Researchers Develop Tool to Predict CAR T-cell Therapy-associated Neurotoxicity
  8/18/2020: Healio covers work by Daniel Rubin, MD, PhD that may help predict and prevent neurological side effects of certain cancer treatments. His work was also discussed by the American Journal of Managed Care.
• Running Miles for ALD: Grafton Father’s Mission to Fund Research
  8/14/2020: Boston 25 News quotes Florian Eichler, MD about treating a patient with adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), and the patient's family's research fundraising
• A new Approach to ALS Drug Trials Gives Patients Hope
  8/12/2020: Mass General will lead the simultaneous testing of multiple potential treatments for ALS
• Aural Analytics’ Speech Technology Added to HEALEY ALS Platform Trial
  8/11/2020: Aural Analytics’ speech-based digital technology will be used to measure changes in speech in people with ALS as endpoints for the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial
• Aural Analytics To Power Speech-Based Endpoints For The Healey Center ALS Platform Trial at Mass General Hospital
  8/6/2020: The first-ever platform trial for ALS is set to kick off this month, led by investigators at the Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS at Mass General Hospital
• This COVID-19 Practice: A Call to Limit Unnecessary Transfers to Comprehensive Stroke Centers
  8/6/2020: Neurology Today quotes Lee Schwamm, MD on a dilemma facing community hospitals: should stroke patients be transferred to comprehensive stroke centers even though the transfer may increase their risk of COVID-19 exposure?
• MGH Nurses Send Meals to Fellow Nurses in Arizona, Florida
  8/3/2020: The Boston Globe highlights efforts led by Neuroscience ICU nurses Lee Bodock, RN and Kim Herron, RN to show appreciation and send meals to fellow nurses working long hours in hospitals hard-hit by COVID-19
• Michael J. Fox Foundation Announces Winners of the “Ken Griffin Alpha-synuclein Imaging Competition” to Develop Game-Changing Tool for Parkinson’s Research
  7/30/2020: Stephen Gomperts, MD, PhD and collaborators have won a Fox Foundation Award for their research into an imaging tracer to track Parkinson’s pathology
• Stem Cell ‘Therapy’ Injuries More Widespread Than We Knew
  7/29/2020: UConn Today quotes Michael Levy, MD, PhD in an article about the risks and limitations of experimental stem cell treatments
• ‘Amazing, Isn’t It?’ Long Sought Blood Test for Alzheimer’s in Reach
  7/28/2020: The New York Times quotes Mass General investigator Rodolph Tanzi, PhD, on a breakthrough in Alzheimer's diagnosis. The study, published in JAMA by authors including Yakeel Quiroz, PhD, was also covered by Advisory Board
• COVID-19 Means I Only Call Patients' Families, and My Aunt's Doctor Could Only Call Me
  7/26/2020: Writing at NBCNews.com, Neuro-oncology fellow Joshua Budhu, MD reflects on the limitations of speaking to the families of patients by phone instead of in person
• Another COVID-19 Medical Mystery: Patients, Post-Ventilator, Who Don’t Wake Up
  7/24/2020: WBUR speaks with Brian Edlow, MD about the profound questions surrounding persistent comatose states among intubated COVID-19 patients
• Police Keep Using ‘Excited Delirium’ to Justify Brutality. It’s Junk Science
  7/17/2020: Méabh O'Hare, MB, BCh, Joshua Budhu, MD, and Altaf Saadi, MD, MSc write in the Washington Post about the misuse of medical jargon to justify police use of force. Their op-ed was also published in The Day; Drs. O'Hare and Budhu were subsequently interviewed about the issue on WGBH Radio's program Greater Boston
• UMass Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital Target Mutant Gene that Causes ALS with MicroRNA in Breakthrough Treatment
  7/10/2020: MassLive extends coverage of new advances in microRNA-based treatment of SOD1-ALS
• As the Pandemic Cancels Large In-Person Events, Neurology Conferences Go Virtual
  7/9/2020: Natalia S. Rost, MD, MPH, FAAN and other experts discuss the move to an online conference format for the American Academy of Neurology
• 'First Step' Mass. Research Turns Off Key Gene In ALS That Runs In Families
  7/8/2020: WBUR covers recent breakthroughs in ALS treatment using micro-RNA. The research was also covered by WHDH, CBS Local Boston and NBC Boston, which referred to the study as "Incredible Progress"
• This COVID-19 Practice: A Message on Stroke—Limit Overtriage and Unnecessary Transfers to Comprehensive Stroke Centers
  7/7/2020: Neurology Today speaks with Lee Schwamm, MD and other experts about the benefits and limits of new triage and transfer guidelines for stroke patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Bio-IT World Announces 2020 Innovative Practices Award Winners
  7/6/2020: Bio-IT World recognized the Center for Innovation and Bioinformatics at Mass General's Neurological Clinical Research Institute for its development of the SigNET Platform, which enables scientific collaboration, integration, analyses, and distribution of research data across studies and repositories

• Pains, Chills, Fatigue, Vomiting and Vertigo Plague Me. Small Fiber Neuropathy Causes it All
  6/28/2020: The Washington Post consults Neuropathy Commons founder and Mass General researcher Anne Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD for an article about small fiber neuropathy
• Allen Institute will host $40.5M brain research center to map the effects of Alzheimer’s disease
  6/25/2020: GeekWire covers a new research center in Seattle, advised in part by Mass General researcher and clinician Bradley Hyman, MD, PhD
• It’s a Public Health Crisis: How Systemic Racism Can Be Neurotoxic for Black Americans
  6/24/2020: Research from Altaf Saadi, MD, MSc and others on the neurological and other health impacts of systemic racism gets coverage in Neurology Today
• Aiming Ultrasound at the Brain Raises Hope of New Treatments
  6/24/2020: Science Magazine discusses a planned study at Mass General
• How One Man Is Using Golf to Fend off Parkinson’s Disease (and Helping Others Do the Same)
  6/23/2020: Golf Magazine coverage of a clinical trial led by Anne-Marie Wills, MD, MPH, using golf as an exercise program to enhance balance and mobility for Parkinson's Disease patients
• My Friend Was Struck by ALS. Here’s How He’s Fighting Back
  6/23/2020: A profile of I Am ALS founder and Healey Center for ALS patient Brian Wallach and his work to fund research on the deadly disease
• Sniff Test for Unresponsive Patients Offers New Tool for Prognosis
  6/18/2020: Neurology Today speaks with Brian Edlow, MD and other researchers about a new technique that can help predict the likelihood that an unconscious brain injury patient will recover
• Negative Thinking Tied to Cognitive Decline, Alzheimer's Pathology
  6/11/2020: Medscape quotes Rudy Tanzi, PhD on new research pointing to a possible new way to prevent dementia
• Sean Healey Raised Funds for Research Into ALS Treatments
  6/5/2020: The Wall Street Journal quotes Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc, in an obituary for the fund manager and philanthropist
• Upstarts
  6/2/2020: Medicine @ Brown profiles the Brown University alumni who founded Amylyx, and how encouragement from and collaboration with Rudy Tanzi, PhD and Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc helped bring the pharmaceutical startup's first ALS drug to a successful clinical trial
• Alzheimer’s Tau Tracer Wins Landmark Approval
  5/29/2020: MedPage Today discusses the approval of a new technology to diagnose Alzheimer's Disease using neuroimaging, with commentary from Reisa Sperling, MD, director of the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital
• Longtime AMG chief Sean Healey dies at 59 after suffering from ALS
  5/28/2020: The Boston Globe reports on the passing of Sean Healey, and quotes Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc, about him: “He became a good friend and a partner in this fight against ALS. He’s a remarkable man. It wasn’t just about giving money. It was his intellect, it was his business acumen.”
• Boston Medical Researchers Creating Smell Test for Coronavirus
  5/26/2020: The Boston Herald reports on work by Mark Albers, MD, PhD and other researchers to diagnose COVID-related loss of smell (anosmia). The test was also covered by CBS Boston and NBC Boston
• In Colombian Alzheimer’s Kindred, Blood NfL Climbs 22 Years Before Symptoms
  5/26/2020: ALZForum reports on results of a decades-long study of biomarkers in families with hereditary Alzheimer's Disease, co-authored by Yakeel Quiroz, PhD
• Consensus Guideline to Help Distinguish Behavioral-Variant Frontotemporal Dementia from Psychiatric Disorders
  5/21/2020: Neurology Today quotes Bradford Dickerson, MD, FAAN on work to standardize diagnosis for this type of dementia
• Health Care Disparities, Neurologic Risk Factors, and COVID-19
  5/21/2020: Nicte Mejia, MD, MPH, FAAN is consulted for this Neurology Today article about the disparate impact of COVID-19 on minority populations
• The Future of ALS Clinical Trials
  5/21/2020: The Connecting ALS podcast hosts Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc, to discuss COVID-19 and the Healey ALS Platform Trial
• 12 Emerging Technologies that Could Revolutionize Medicine
  5/20/2020: MDLinx reports on the World Medical Innovation forum's Disruptive Dozen. This year's honorees include Patricia Musolino, MD, PhD, for her work on gene therapy for rare neurological diseases
• Before She Was Diagnosed With Small Fiber Polyneuropathy, Doctors Misdiagnosed This Woman's Pain for 18 Years
  5/20/2020: Health.com features a patient whose confusing and painful symptoms finally got a diagnosis with help from Anne Louise Oaklander, MD
• How COVID-19 Accelerated the Rise of Telemedicine
  5/18/2020: MSNBC video report features Lee Schwamm, MD and covers Mass General's role in the development of telemedicine technology
• Scientists turned Parkinson’s Disease Patient’s Skin Cells Into Brain Cells, Now He Can Tie His Shoes Again
  5/14/2020: Newsweek covers a groundbreaking experimental stem cell therapy for Parkinson's Disease. Coverage also appears in Reuters, European Pharmaceutical Review and HealthDay
• All of Your Questions about Using Telehealth, Answered
  5/12/2020: Boston Magazine asks Lee Schwamm, MD to answer questions many patients have about telehealth services
• Mass General expert: Virtual Care Capability Needs To Be Scaled Like the National Guard
  5/11/2020: MedCity News covers remarks by Dr. Lee Schwamm, Vice President of Virtual Care and Digital Health, at the World Medical Innovation Forum
• COVID-19 Is Making America's Loneliness Epidemic Even Worse
  5/8/2020: Time speaks with Rudy Tanzi, PhD about the impact of loneliness on health during social distancing
• For the first time, scientists can see how the brain records our memories as we sleep
  5/8/2020: CNN discusses research led by Sydney Cash, MD and Leich Hochberg, MD, PhD illustrating a possible way that memories are encoded. The study, which monitored BrainGate clinical trial participants with paralysis and brain-computer interfaces as they learned a new task and then rested, showed that neurons "replay" newly learned activities while at rest.
  The resulting paper in Cell, "Replay of Learned Neural Firing Sequences During Rest in Human Motor Cortex," has also gotten coverage in Science Daily, US News & World Report, Inverse, New Atlas, Gizmodo and NPR's Science Friday
• Study of US Veterans Points to a Connection Between Late-Onset Seizures and Dementia
  5/7/2020: Neurology Today consults Andrew Cole, MD about the promise and limitations of a new study exploring the relationship between seizures and degenerative disease
• ALS Association Funding Earmarked to Improve Clinical Trial Infrastructure
  5/5/2020: ALS News Today covers ALSA funding of clinical trials in a collaboration between the Healey Center for ALS, NEALS and the Barrow Neurological Institute
• Review: COVID-19 and Neuromuscular Disorders
  5/1/2020: Amanda Guidon, MD, of the Mass General Myasthenia Gravis Clinic, reviews the neuromuscular impacts of COVID-19 in Advances in Motion
• The First Seven Years of NeuroNEXT
  5/1/2020: Advances in Motion covers the accomplishments of the NeuroNEXT clinical trials network
• Should CBD Become Part of Your Wellness Routine?
  4/20/2020: CNN talks with Elizabeth Thiele, MD, PhD, about what the trendy treatment can do, its limitations, and what we don't yet know
• How One Hospital System is Using Technology to Reduce Health Care Providers' Exposure to Coronavirus
  4/19/2020: CNN Business shows how Mass General's Lee Schwamm, MD and doctors at other hospitals are using telehealth systems to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission
• Inside Nanci Ryder’s Battle with ALS
  4/13/2020: Brain & Life magazine follows the legendary Hollywood publicist, her friends Renée Zellweger and Courteney Cox, and Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc, as they battle ALS
• iPads Are Crucial Health Care Tools in Combating Covid-19
  4/8/2020: Wired Magazine covers the efforts of Lee Schwamm, MD and other Mass General doctors to use telemedicine technology inside the hospital, reducing caregiver exposure to COVID-19 infections while also slowing the rate at which PPE is used up
• Invited Commentary: On Practicing Teleneurology During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  4/2/2020: Neurology.org has invited Nicte Mejia, MD, MPH to write about the ways neurologists can continue caring for patients remotely during the pandemic
• Telehealth visits at Mass General, Boston Medical Center skyrocket
  3/26/2020: Becker's Hospital Review quotes Lee Schwamm, MD, on how Mass General is using telehealth use to help slow the spread of COVID-19
• Latinas In STEM Lead The Way In The Fight Against Alzheimer's Disease
  3/25/2020: Forbes Technology Council highlights the contributions of Yakeel Quiroz, PhD, and other Latina researchers in the fight against Alzheimer's
• Star Trek's Kenneth Mitchell: I Have ALS And I'm Not Giving Up Hope
  3/25/2020: People Magazine speaks with Kenneth Mitchell about his acting career post-diagnosis, and quotes Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc, on the hope for new treatments
• Virtual Visits: Virus Spurs Explosive Growth Of Long-Lagging Telemedicine
  3/19/2020: WBUR describes how Lee Schwamm, MD, is working to ramp up telemedicine capabilities at Mass General during the coronavirus epidemic
• The Spread of COVID-19: Questions Raised, Some Answered by Neuroinfectious Disease Experts
  3/12/2020: Neurology Today consults Shibani Mukerji, MD, PhD, associate director of the neuro-infectious diseases unit, on the neurological implications of COVID-19
• Haunted by a Gene
  3/10/2020: The New York Times covers the groundbreaking Huntington's Disease research of Nancy Wexler, PhD, with extensive commentary from her colleague Anne Young, MD, PhD, the former Mass General Chief of Neurology and current Julieanne Dorn Distinguished Professor of Neurology
• Spinal Cord Injury Patients Can Imagine Resuming Many Activities Because of New Technologies
  3/7/2020: The Washington Post discusses new frontiers in treating paralysis, including research breakthroughs from Mass General investigator Leigh Hochberg, MD, PhD
• Tau Receptor Identified on Cell Surface
  3/7/2020: A technique developed in the laboratory of Brad Hyman, MD, PhD is leading to new understanding of how tau proteins spread in the brain, according to Alzforum reports on the Tau2020 conference
• Sleep Experts Say Daylight Saving Time Needs to Go
  3/6/2020: Healio consults Elizabeth Klerman, MD, PhD about the health impacts of the biannual disruption to circadian rhythms.
• New at Tau2020: PET Detects First Traces of Tangles in Rhinal Cortex
  3/5/2020: Alzforum discusses new work from MADRC researcher Keith Johnson, MD
• Functional Connectivity Model Identifies MS Impairment
  3/2/2020: Medscape quotes Mass General Neurologist Eric Klawiter, MD, on research about new ways to use machine learning to assess MS patient symptoms
• They Have ‘Alzheimer’s Brains’ But No Symptoms. A New Wave of Drug Developers Wants to Know Why.
  2/27/2020: STAT covers research by Yakeel Quiroz, PhD and Rudy Tanzi, PhD into people who have no symptoms of Alzheimer's despite having the amyloid plaques and tau tangles thought to cause the disease
• Can PET Match Up Areas of Protein Deposit With Alzheimer’s Symptoms?
  2/26/2020: Alzforum coverage of a presentation by Mass General investigators Jennifer Gatchel, MD, PhD and Bernard Hanseeuw, MD, PhD
• How an Innovative Trial Design May Change the ALS Treatment Landscape
  2/25/2020: NeurologyLive interviews Merit Cudkowicz, MD, MSc, and Sabrina Paganoni, MD, PhD about the upcoming HEALEY ALS Platform Trial
• National Rare Diseases Advocacy Week Gives Hope for a Milwaukee-area Family
  2/25/2020: The family who founded the Superficial Siderosis Research Alliance has made a substantial donation to support research into the condition by Michael Levy, MD, PhD
• Boston Researchers Take Innovative Approach to Finding ALS Treatments
  2/24/2020: WCVB Channel 5 covers the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial and how it accelerates clinical research
• These two Massachusetts Natives Created the Podcast ‘Snoozecast’ Just to Put You to Sleep
  MassLive asks Kenneth Sassower, MD, about insomnia and sleep hygiene in this article about a new podcast designed to make listeners sleepy
• Antihypertensive Treatment is Subpar After ICH
  2/19/2020: TCTMD coverage of a study led by Mass General Neurology investigator Jonathan Rosand, MD
• 5 Things Anyone Can Do To Optimize Their Mental Wellness
  2/17/2020: Authority Magazine interviews Cognitive Clarity CEO Alan Snow, PhD about research into brain health conducted with Mass General researcher Rudy Tanzi, PhD
• Functional Neurological Disorders Associated with Early Life Trauma
  2/17/2020: Health Europa coverage of new research from David Perez, MD, MMSc, director of the Mass General Functional Neurological Disease Clinical and Research Program
• 6 Habits of Highly Healthy Brains
  2/17/2020: The Ladders quotes Joel Salinas, MD, MS, MBA, about ways to prevent neurological disease
• ‘Sweet Spot’ Identified for BP During Stroke Thrombectomy
  1/29/2020: Cardiology Research Foundation's TCTMD quotes Bay Leslie-Mazwi, MD about new research into the best way to manage blood pressure in stroke patients
• FDA Gives OK to HEALEY ALS Platform Trial Testing Zilucoplan, CNM-Au8, and Verdiperstat
  1/27/2020: ALS News Today covers FDA approval for Mass General to begin the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial
• In a Race Against Terminal Illness, Former Obama Staffer with ALS and His Wife Find New Hope
  1/24/2020: The Chicago Tribune describes the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial as a major source of hope for ALS patients
• A Patient's Guide to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS
  1/24/2020: US News & World Report consulted Mass General Neurologist Sabrina Paganoni, MD, PhD, in developing this guide to ALS
• Stroke: Not your grandfather’s disease anymore
  1/24/2020: The Bay State Banner continues its stroke reporting, this time discussing stroke in younger people with Andrea Harriot, MD, PhD
• Stroke: A Medical Emergency
  1/24/2020: Thabele Leslie-Mazwi, MD, helps readers of the Bay State Banner understand and prevent stroke - and know how to recognize it if it happens
• Special Journal Issue on Functional Neurological Disorder Brings Attention to a Neglected Field: Investigator Q&A
  1/22/2020: Psychiatry Advisor interviews David Perez, MD, MMSc, about being a co-editor of a special edition of The Journal of Neuropsychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences focused on Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)
• Early Diagnosis, Testing and Treatment of Dementia
  Ongoing: MD Magazine Peer Exchange panels featuring Bradford Dickerson, MD and other physicians
• ALS Association Invests $3M in Platform Trial to Accelerate Development of Treatments
  1/20/2020: ALS News Today covers the ALS Association decision to back the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial
• What The 2020s Have In Store For Aging Boomers
  1/16/2020: Kaiser Health News quotes Hebrew Senior Life physician and Mass General Neurology investigator Sharon Inouye
• Possible Missing Link in Alzheimer’s Pathology Identified
  1/16/2020: Scientific American quotes Rudy Tanzi, PhD, in an article about new advances in Alzheimer's research
• Helping Kids Handle the Emotional MS Rollercoaster
  1/15/2020: Health Central quotes Mass General/Brigham & Women's physician Tanuja Chitnis on the challenges of pediatric Multiple Sclerosis
• TENS Reduces Pain and Fatigue of Fibromyalgia When Used During Activity
  1/14/2020: Everyday Health quotes Anne Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD, on the use of TENS as a treatment for fibromyalgia symptoms
• For Families of ALS Patients, Providing Home Care Can Be an Infinite Challenge
  1/11/2020: Sabrina Paganoni, MD, PhD, is quoted in the Boston Globe on the use of ventilators as part of ALS treatment
• Arousal Syndrome No Cause for Shame, Doctors Say
  1/10/2020: WebMD covers research by Anne Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD into causes and treatment of Persistent Genital Arousal Syndrome, a condition that often causes both pain and embarrassment
• A Patient's Guide to Shingles
  1/8/2020: US News & World Report consulted Anne-Louise Oaklander, MD, PhD and other experts on this guide to the painful neurological disease
• Free Gene Therapy Available for Patients with Alzheimer’s
  1/3/2020: Health IT Analytics refers to study led by MGH investigator Yakeel Quiroz in discussing nonprofit funding for a new gene therapy
• Repetitive Head Impacts: A One-Two Punch for Pro Fighters?
  1/2/2020: Medscape quotes a study editorial co-authored by Mass General Hospital investigator Christopher Anderson
• Imaging Tau Proteins Predicts Brain Atrophy in Alzheimer Disease Patients
  1/2/2020: MD Magazine describes a study led by Mass General Center for Quantitative Health

2019

• Unorthodox Alzheimer’s Researcher Robert Moir Dies at Age 58
  12/20/2019: Stat News profiles the life and work of Mass General Assistant Professor of Neurology Robert Moir, PhD, who died this week of glioblastoma. He was also memorialized in the New York Times
• NLP Tool Combs EHRs, Predicts Onset of Dementia
  12/18/2019: Health Data Management reports on a study using natural language processing to predict dementia risk. Neurology Vice-Chair Rudy Tanzi, PhD joined Mass General Center for Quantitative Health Research Director Thomas McCoy, Jr., MD and other researchers on the project, which is was also covered by MD Magazine and Beckers Hospital Review
• ALS Drug Works in Study, Researchers Say
  12/17/2019: The Wall Street Journal quotes Merit Cudkowicz, MD, and Sabrina Paganoni, MD, PhD, who are leading a study of a new ALS treatment showing strong results in phase 2 trials. This research is also covered by Reuters and NeurologyLive
• After Ice Bucket Campaign, Researchers Have Optimism About Insights into ALS Puzzle
  12/10/2019: The Boston Globe quotes Dr. Cudkowicz and other ALS experts in coverage of new research advances
• Beverly native, ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Hero Pete Frates Has Died
  12/10/2019: Boston 25 News video reports on the remarkable legacy of Pete Frates, including an interview with Mass General's Sabrina Paganoni, MD, PhD
• Cannabis Drug Promising for Seizures Linked to Tuberous Sclerosis
  12/9/2019: Medscape coverage of a study led by Mass General investigator Elizabeth Thiele, MD, PhD
• Healthy Blood Vessels, Healthy Brain
  12/9/2019: Being Patient covers Mass General research into whether healthy blood vessels in the brain can prevent or delay Alzheimer's
• Newly Approved Epilepsy Drug Significantly Cuts Seizure Frequency
  12/9/2019: Medscape's coverage of cenobamate, a new epilepsy drug, quotes Mass General investigator and physician Elizabeth Thiele, MD, PhD
• Anti-Inflammatory Delays ALS Symptoms and Progression in Mouse Model, Study Reports
  12/2/2019: ALS News Today covers promising results of an early study of cromolyn sodium in mouse models of ALS
• Mass General Team Presents Mouse Data to Back the Case for Using Reformulated Asthma Drug to Treat ALS
  11/27/2019: Endpoints News describes promising new research on neuroinflammation and ALS from Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili, PhD
• The Recipient of a Prized Leadership Award in Stroke Takes the Road Less Traveled
  11/21/2019: Neurology Today profiles Dr. Allesandro Biffi, his career path and his mentors
• In Alzheimer’s, Women May be Under-diagnosed
  11/6/2019: USA Today/Chicago Sun Times reporting consults Steven Arnold, MD about a new report about the possible under-diagnosis of women and over-diagnosis of men with Alzheimer's
• Insomnia in Adults Linked to Heart Attack and Stroke
  11/6/2019: CNN quotes Natalia Rost, MD, MPH on a new study about the connection between insomnia, heart attacks, and stroke
• Colombian woman’s genes offer new clues to staving off Alzheimer’s
  11/4/2019: Science magazine covers the research of Yakeel Quiroz, PhD, focusing on a woman with genetic markers for Alzheimer's Disease, but no dementia. This breakthrough research from the Familial Dementia Neuroimaging Lab, which Dr. Quiroz directs, was also covered by numerous other outlets, including:
  • The New York Times: Why Didn’t She Get Alzheimer’s? The Answer Could Hold a Key to Fighting the Disease
  • Reuters: Rare Genetic Finding May Help in Search for Alzheimer's Therapies
  • Newsweek: Alzheimer's: Woman With Extremely Rare Gene Mutation That Protects Her From Dementia Discovered
  • WBUR: How A Woman In Her 70s Might Be The Key To A New Alzheimer's Treatment
  • Channel 7 News (Australia): Rare Gene Link to Alzheimer's Resistance
  • The Harvard Gazette: Why Some People are Resistant to Alzheimer’s
• Lifestyle Changes Improved Cognition in People at Risk of Alzheimer's
  10/30/2019: CNN Health consulted Dr. Rudi Tanzi of the McCance Center for Brain Health about a new study of Alzheimer's risk
• Healey Center for ALS to Evaluate Five Promising Treatments in First ALS Platform Trial
  10/30/2019: Mass General Advances in Motion coverage of the innovative new Platform Trial at the Healey Center for ALS
• Can a Simple Eye Exam Replace Costly and Invasive Alzheimer's Diagnostic Procedures?
  10/28/2019: The Boston Globe covers Dr. Gad Marshall's research into simplifying and enhancing Alzheimer's diagnostics
• First patient enrolled in Oxford BioDynamics’ ALS biomarker study
  10/25/2019: Pharma Times coverage of Oxford BioDynamics' drug, now under investigation at the Healey Center for ALS
• First-of-its-kind Trial in ALS Spurs Hope for Brutal Disease
  9/25/2019: Andrew Dunn from BioPharma Dive profiles the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial and some of the patients who could benefit from the accelerated pace of discovery
• Mass General to begin ALS Trials that Test Several Drugs at Once
  9/20/2019: Boston Globe coverage of the HEALEY ALS Platform Trial launch
• Electronic App to Monitor Dietary Intake May Benefit ALS Patients, Trial Data Suggest
  6/5/2019: ALS News Today reports on a clinical trial of an app for improving diet in ALS patients
• Governor Baker Congratulates the Sean M. Healey and AMG Center for ALS
  4/26/2019: Governor Charlie Baker congratulates Sean M. Healey and Mass General on the launch of the Sean M. Healey and AMG Center for ALS at Mass General
• Could Alzheimer's Be a Reaction to Infection? – Observations/Scientific American.com blog entry mentions the work of MGH investigators William Eimer, Rudolph Tanzi and Robert Moir
• Autism diagnosis often followed by identification of other conditions – Spectrum News quotes MGH physician Ann Neumeyer
• For Alzheimer’s Sufferers, Brain Inflammation Ignites a Neuron-Killing “Forest Fire” – Scientific American quotes MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• Mild Cognitive Impairment Strikes Seniors But Isn't Always Permanent – Newsmax Health quotes MGH physician Joel Salinas
• At last, hope for families living in the shadow of Huntington’s disease – The Guardian (U.K.) mentions discovery of HD gene by team led by MGH investigator Jim Gusella, who is quoted
• Why the number of Americans with Alzheimer’s could more than double by 2050 – PBS NewsHour quotes MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• Here’s How Strokes Happen When You’re as Young as Luke Perry – New York Times quotes MGH physician Lee Schwamm
• Genetic study confirms that numerous genes contribute to Tourette’s syndrome – Drug Target Review coverage of study co-led by MGH investigator Jeremiah Scharf
• Gum disease–causing bacteria could spur Alzheimer’s – Science quotes MGH investigator Robert Moir
• ALD Prognosis in Boys Improves Thanks to Research in Boston – NBC 10/NECN text and video report featuring MGH physician Florian Eichler
• The cerebellum may do a lot more than just coordinate movement – Science News quotes MGH investigator Jeremy Schmahmann
• Virtual Doctor Visits Get High Marks in New Survey – HealthDay News coverage of study led by MGH investigators Karen Donelan and Lee Schwamm
• Do anti-ageing supplements live up to the hype? – Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald quotes MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• Digital doctor's visits found to be an effective alternative for many patients – Consumer Affairs coverage of study led by MGH investigators Karen Donelan and Lee Schwamm
• Experts Outline Down Syndrome's Developmental Milestones – HealthDay News coverage of study led by MGH investigator Brian Skotko
• FDA Awards Fast Track Status to Revalesio’s RNS60 for ALS; Phase 2 Trial Recruiting – ALS News Today mentions recent MGH clinical trial
• Researchers Identify New Therapeutic Target for ALS - Advances in Motion coverage of Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne, MD, PhD, who is using stem cell models of human motor neurons to explore a potential new therapeutic target for ALS

2018

• 5 Shockingly Simple Ways to Get Rid of Brain Fog, According to Doctors – Prevention quotes MGH physician Jonathan Rosand
• Anticonvulsant Potiga Lowers Motor Neuron Excitability in ALS Patients, Phase 2 Trial Shows – ALS News Today coverage of clinical trial presentation by MGH physician Brian Wainger
• Netflix to develop a movie about Pete Frates’s life – Boston Globe patient treated at MGH, mentions Healey Center for ALS at MGH
• Why you shouldn’t be afraid of your aging brain – Boston Globe Magazine quotes MGH investigators Bonnie Wong and Brad Dickerson
• The Scramble For Shingrix: What To Know About The Shingles Vaccine Shortage – CommonHealth/WBUR.org quotes MGH physician Anne Louise Oaklander
• Affiliated Managers Group Gives $20M to Help Establish ALS Research Center – ALS News Today coverage of the Sean M. Healey and AMG Center for ALS at MGH, quotes MGH physician Merit Cudkowicz
• 1st Human Clinical Trial of ALS Therapeutic Launched – Precision Vaccinations coverage of trial co-led by MGH physician Merit Cudkowicz
• Will We Ever Cure Alzheimer’s? – New York Times includes coverage of study co-led by MGH investigators Robert Moir and Rudy Tanzi
• BU researchers make first link from severe CTE to genes – Boston Globe quotes MGH physician Merit Cudkowicz
• How an outsider in Alzheimer’s research bucked the prevailing theory — and clawed for validation – STAT profile of MGH investigator Robert Moir, quotes MGH co-investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• Rare, complex disorder affects four children from the same family – WCVB Channel 5 video report features MGH physician Ron Thibert, family treated at MGH
• Doctors Fret As Men's Health Startup Moves Into Migraine Treatment – Forbes quotes MGH physician Andrea Harriott
• 5 Caregivers Share 11 Tips for Looking After Someone With Alzheimer's – Self quotes MGH Frontotemporal Disorders Unit resource specialist Katie Brandt
• Opinion and Special Article: Challenges and opportunities in defining career identity in academic neurology - Neurology editorial features David J. Lin, MD, Merit E. Cudkowicz, MD, MSc, and Tracey A. Cho, MD
• Stroke centers may be penalized for accepting sicker transfer patients – Cardiovascular Business coverage of study led by MGH investigator Lee Schwamm
• Diagnosing Alzheimer's: New State Law Aims To Help – WGBH Greater Boston video report features MGH investigator Jonathan Jackson
• The Power And Pitfalls Of The Popular Ketogenic Diet For Patients – WBUR/CommonHealth quotes MGHfC physician Elizabeth Thiele
• UI plays key role in groundbreaking multiple sclerosis research study - The Daily Iowan features phase II study conducted by NeuroNEXT on the drug Ibudilast, which showed the drug slows brain atrophy in people suffering from multiple sclerosis by nearly 50 percent over a two-year period
• How does exercise keep your brain young? – Science Magazine - coverage of study led by MGH investigators Se Hoon Choi and Rudolph Tanzi
• How tau disrupts brain-cell connections in Alzheimer’s disease – Fierce Biotech coverage of MGH/Johns Hopkins study co-led by MGH investigator Bradley Hyman
• Should Endovascular Therapy Be Centralized Regionally? – MedPage Today quotes accompanying editorial written by MGH physician Lee Schwamm
• Meet the exosome, the rising star in drug delivery – Chemical & Engineering News mentions research led by MGH investigator Casey Maguire, quotes MGH investigator Xandra Breakefield
• Evidence Mounts That Germs May Cause Alzheimer's – Forbes coverage of research led by MGH investigators Rudolph Tanzi and Robert Moir
• FDA approves first migraine prevention drug – Harvard Health Letter quotes MGH physician Lee Schwamm
• What Personal Genome Testing Can and Can't Do – Scientific America quotes MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• Alzheimer's Plaques Protect The Brain Against The Herpes Virus – IFLScience.com covers study co-led by MGH investigators Robert Moir and Rudolph Tanzi
• Marijuana-Derived Epilepsy Drug Receives FDA Approval – MD Magazine quotes MGH physician Elizabeth Thiele
• A Common Virus May Play Role in Alzheimer’s Disease, Study Finds – New York Times features coverage of study led by MGH investigators Rudolph Tanzi and Robert Moir
• NeuroBANK Banking On Collaboration, Compassion, Clinical Research – Bio-IT World quotes MGH investigator Alexander Sherman
• Black, Hispanic Patients More Likely to Have Second ICH – MedPage Today coverage of study led by MGH investigator Alessandro Biffi
• Gene therapy is saving children’s lives—but screening to discover who needs it is lagging behind – MIT Technology Review quotes MGH physician Kathryn Swoboda
• How New Biomarkers and Smartphone Apps Could Provide New Hope for ALS Patients - Mass General Research Institute Blog
• Can Studying a Rare Inherited Form of ALS Lead to Earlier Diagnosis and New Treatments? - Mass General Research Institute Blog
• Online Platform Accelerates Rare Disease Research - Mass General Research Institute Blog
• Paganoni Advances ALS Research and Care with Technology - Mass General Research Institute Blog
• Mass General Investigators on the Cutting Edge of ALS Research - Mass General Research Institute Blog
• NeuroBANK – The Patient-Centric Platform For Clinical Research – Wins 2018 Bio-IT World Award - ALS Association features Alex Sherman, Director, Center for Innovation and Bioinformatics, NCRI at Mass General
• Angelman Patients’ Seizures Are Dynamic, May Change with Age, Study Finds – Angelman Syndrome News coverage of study co-authored by MGH investigator Ronald Thibert
• Take steps to give memory a boost – South Maryland Newspapers Online quotes MGH physician Joel Salinas
• Researchers to use PET imaging to identify ALS biomarkers – Health Data Management quotes MGH investigator Nazem Atassi
• 9 people to be inducted in R.I. Heritage Hall of Fame – Providence Journal MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi named as 2018 inductee
• Philanthropy Fuels Movement Disorder Breakthrough - Mass General Hospital Giving features a research breakthrough in understanding the cause of X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism (XDP)
• Fenway set to host Army-Navy, ALS event – MLB.com coverage of event benefitting Home Base, a Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Program
• Marijuana-Derived Cannabidiol for Seizures Receives Unanimous FDA Committee Backing – MD Magazine coverage quoting MGH physician Elizabeth Thiele
• Bio-IT World Announces Finalists For 2018 Best Practices Awards – Bio-IT World finalists include NeuroBANK clinical research platform developed by MGH Neurological Clinical Research Institute
• MRI may expand tPA treatment to include unwitnessed stroke patients – Health Imaging coverage of study led by MGH investigators Lee Schwamm and Ona Wu
• The Fresh New Faces of Neurology – Neurology Today spotlights incoming Partners neurology residents Earllondra Brooks and Michael Stanley, quotes MGH chief of Neurology Merit Cudkowicz
• 5 Easy Ways to Spring Clean Your Health – TIME quotes MGH physician Josna Adusumilli
• New way of defining Alzheimer’s aims to find disease sooner – NBC Nightly News video report featuring MGH/BWH investigator Reisa Sperling
• Low Blood-sugar Diet Reduces Angelman Patients’ Seizures, Study Shows – Angelman Syndrome News coverage of study led by MGH investigator Ronald Thibert
• Can Aβ Seeds Be Transferred During Neurosurgery? – Alz Forum quotes MGH investigator Steven Greenberg
• Nagagopal Venna appointed chief at Massachusetts General Hospital – News India Times coverage of Division of Neuro-Immunology and Neuro- Infectious Diseases chief appointment
• Successful Reperfusion Also Benefits Brain Edema – MedPage Today coverage of study led by MGH investigator W. Taylor Kimberly
• 'Pharma Grade' CBD Effective in Lennox-Gastaut – Medscape coverage of study led by MGHfC investigator Elizabeth Thiele
• When Pain Is Persistent, Mysterious – and Unbearable – HealthDay News quotes MGH physician Anne Louise Oaklander
• How to Be Your Own Medical Advocate – San Francisco Gate article co-authored by MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• Study: ‘Silent Seizures’ A Clue To Memory Loss In Alzheimer’s Disease – Study Finds.org quotes study co-author MGH investigator Andrew Cole

2017 and Earlier

• Small Nerves – Big, Big Problem? Drug Trial Points Finger at Autoimmunity in Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS – Health Rising coverage of study led by MGH investigator Anne Louise Oaklander
• Bioelectronic medicine is a fast growing alternative to drugs - Boston Globe Magazine quotes MGH physician Andrew Cole
• Her Chronic Pain Was a Medical Mystery. Was It an Unexplained Condition? – Daily Beast coverage of study led by MGH investigator Anne Louise Oaklander
• Non-invasive brain stimulation aims to reset circuits to treat neuropsychiatric conditions at MGH – Health Care Business coverage of the research of MGH investigator Joan Camprodon
• Meet Joel Salinas of Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Brain Health - Boston Voyager
• MGH researchers make major discovery about fibromyalgia and IBS – Boston Fox 25 News video segment features study co-led by MGH investigator Anne Louise Oaklander
• Auburn-born neurologist talks ways to reduce stress at caregiver workshop – Auburn Citizen coverage of presentation by MGH physician Marie Pasinski
• Why Experts Are Excited About The New Shingles Vaccine – WBUR/CommonHealth quotes MGH physician Anne Louise Oaklander
• GOCOVRI for Dyskinesia Gets Orphan Drug Designation – MD Magazine quotes MGH physician Aleksander Videnovic
• FDA approves a new vaccine for shingles that provides broad protection – STAT quotes MGH physician Anne Louise Oaklander
• Hippocampal Storms Leave Lasting Marks – Alzforum quotes MGH physicians Andrew Cole and Alice Lam
• What We Know About How HIV Affects the Brain - MD Magazine quotes MGH physician Shibani Mukerji, MD, PhD
• The Biggest Alzheimer’s Breakthroughs - The Dr. Oz show features MGH investigator Dr. Rudy Tanzi
• This Device Uses Radio Waves To Track How You’re Sleeping – Smithsonian Magazine coverage of MIT/MGH study co-led by MGH investigator Matt Bianchi
• A family with an astonishing rate of Alzheimer’s disease may harbor a powerful new gene – STAT quotes MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• Imaging study identifies brain structural changes linked to physical, mental health in FND patients – coverage of study led by MGH investigator David Perez
• FDA Approves Amantadine Hydrochloride for Dyskinesia – MD Magazine (registration required)quotes MGH investigator Aleksandar Videnovic
• Their genes put them at high risk of Alzheimer’s. So they’re experimenting — on themselves – STAT quotes MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• Key Factors Distinguish Transient Post-Stroke Symptoms – Medscape coverage of study led by MGH investigator Aneesh B. Singhal
• Better habits, better brain health – Harvard Health Letter quotes MGH physician Joel Salinas
• A mysterious disease has plagued this family for generations. They may be on the verge of answers – STAT profile of family of MGH patients, quotes MGH physician Anne Oaklander
• Wi-Fi Signals May One Day Be Used to Tell If You’re Dreaming – Gizmodo coverage of study co-led by MGH investigator Matt Bianchi
• CRISPR Edits Genome of Human Embryos – Alzforum quotes MGH investigator Merit Cudkowicz
• Five things you need to know today, and these are trick questions – Boston Business Journal coverage of study led by MGH investigator Matt Bianchi
• New AI algorithm monitors sleep with radio waves – MIT News coverage of study led by MGH investigator Matt Bianchi
• fMRI, EEG Tests May Detect Consciousness in Severe TBI Patients – Coverage of study co-led by MGH investigators Brian Edlow and Camille Chatelle
• In the Clinic: Alice Lam, MD, PhD: On the Hunt for a Non-Invasive Toolbox for Diagnosing Epilepsy – Neurology Today coverage of research by MGH investigator Alice Lam
• Mediterranean style diet may prevent dementia – CNN.com quotes MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• Brain researchers led by Brown Univ. win grant to develop micro-implants – Providence Journal mentions participation of MGH investigator Leigh Hochberg
• Implant device decreasing frequency of seizures in MGH patients – WFXT-TV, Ch. 25 coverage of patient treatment at MGH, features physician Andrew Cole
• Health Buzz: Why How Much You Sleep Could Affect Your Risk for Alzheimer's Disease – U.S. News & World Report quotes MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• Is Inflammation the Key to Aging? – SF Gate article co-authored by MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• The mental powers of super-agers – Harvard Men’s Health Watch quotes MGH investigator Bradford Dickerson
• Shingles may up risk of heart attack, stroke – Reuters Health quotes MGH physician Lee Schwamm
• Kalter: ‘Pacemaker for the brain’ – Boston Herald coverage of patient treatment at MGH, quotes physician Andrew Cole
• Rare Genetic Variants Increase Risk for Tourette Syndrome – Coverage of study co-led by MGH investigator Jeremiah Scharf
• Brain pacemaker changes life of Brookline resident with epilepsy – Wicked Local Brookline coverage of patient treatment at MGH, quotes physician Andrew Cole
• Kalter: Gene find may aid in Tourette treatment – Boston Herald coverage of study co-led by MGH investigator Jeremiah Scharf
• One Doctor's Hopeful Plan To Eradicate Alzheimer's – Forbes coverage of research by MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• New Research Explains Why Overthinking Can Hinder Creativity – Psychology Today cites the work of MGH investigator Jeremy Schmahmann
• Jamie-Lynn Sigler Isn't Ashamed of Using a Walking Stick for Her MS – Self quotes MGH physician Farrah Mateen
• Autism's 'Worryingly' High Suicide Rates Spur Conference – HealthDay quotes Christopher McDougle of the Lurie Center for Autism at MGH
• Hopes -- And Questions -- Are Raised By Study Of French Biotech's ALS Drug – Forbes quotes MGH investigator Merit Cudkowicz
• Senate bill to expand reimbursement for telemedicine would cost $380 million over a decade, CBO says – Healthcare Finance quotes MGH physician Lee Schwamm
• Industry asks Congress for more leeway on Medicare Advantage, telemedicine coverage – Modern Healthcare quotes MGH physician Lee Schwamm
• Probe of Alzheimer’s follows paths of infection - Harvard Gazette features MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• Is Losing Your Sense of Smell an Early Sign of Dementia? – University Health News coverage of 2016 study led by MGH investigator Mark Albers
• What Lies Beneath: Intracranial Probes Pick Up Hippocampal Seizures in AD – AlzForum coverage of study co-authored by MGH investigator Andrew Cole
• 30x30: Staving Off Strokes – WGBH News video report featuring MGH physician Lee Schwamm
• Brain Alterations Linked With Symptoms of PTSD, Functional Neurologic Disorders – Medscape News coverage of study presented by MGH investigator David Perez
• Kalter: This doc can feel your pain – Boston Herald profile of MGH physician Joel Salinas
• 'Not a cure for MD' What We Heard This Week – MedPage Today (free registration required) quotes MGH physician Natalia Rost
• Intracerebral Hemorrhage Outcomes Improved With Anticoagulants – Neurology Advisor coverage of study led by MGH investigator Alessandro Biffi
• This Doctor Can Literally Feel His Patients' Pain – WGBH News profile of MGH physician Joel Salinas
• The odd, awful downfall of the school librarian of the year – Associated Press quotes MGH investigator Brad Dickerson
• ALS: The Search for a Cure – WCVB-TV, Ch. 5 video report features MGH physician Merit Cudkowicz
• FDA approves sale of genetic tests for risk of Alzheimer’s and other diseases – StatNews quotes MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• The Stroke Miracle Cure You Probably Can’t Get – Bloomberg Businessweek quotes MGH physician Lee Schwamm
• ALS ONE raises over $6 million towards treatment, finding cure for disease - WCVB story on ALS One
• Another neuroscience breakthrough from Brown, VA BrainGate partnership – Providence Journal coverage of study co-authored by MGH investigator Leigh Hochberg
• HOW TO HELP: ALS One fundraiser on dinner menu for Marshfield restaurants – Wicked Local Marshfield mentions MGH participation in ALS One
• A tragic disease robs patients of their memory, but makes their visual world flourish - Stat article features MGH physician Brad Dickerson, MD
• How different sleep positions affect your wellbeing – Marie Claire (U.K.) quotes MGH physician Josna Adusumilli
• Study finds 40% of intracerebral hemorrhage survivors have depression within 5 years – Cardiovascular Business coverage of study led by MGH investigator Alessandro Biffi
• From better sex to thicker hair, why a good night’s sleep is worth celebrating – South China Morning Post (China) quotes MGH physician Josna Adusumilli
• Multimodal Imaging Ties Tau to Neurodegeneration, and Symptoms – AlzForum coverage of study led by MGH investigator Brad Dickerson
• Red hair gene may explain melanoma, Parkinson's link, study says – United Press International covers study led by MGH investigator Xiqun Chen
• Nurse practitioners in demand as health care field changes – Boston Herald quotes Darlene Sawicki of the MGH ALS Multidisciplinary Clinic
• Autoimmune disorders linked to an increased risk of dementia – New Scientist quotes MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• Dementia, Depression Common After Intracerebral Hemorrhage – Neurology Advisor covers study led by MGH investigator Alessandro Biffi
• Kalter: Docs say victory leaves fans wanting more – Boston Herald quotes MGH physician Joel Salinas
• Another way to think about dementia – Harvard Men’s Health Watch quotes MGH investigator Anand Viswanathan
• Mass. General specialist rocks with Aerosmith – Boston Globe features MGH physician Rudolph Tanzi
• Are statins a key to preventing Alzheimer's disease? – CNN quotes MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• Why Sleep Disorders May Precede Parkinson's and Alzheimer's – Scientific American quotes MGH investigator Aleksandar Videnovic
• Undiagnosed: Terrifying symptoms – Chronicle/WCVB-TV, Ch. 5 segment on patient treated by MGH physician Tracey Cho
• Cannabidiol Helps Reduce Frequency of Drop Seizures in Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome – Neurology Advisor coverage of study led by MGH investigator Elizabeth Thiele
• Sleeping Beauty Syndrome Is a Real Thing – Shape quotes MGH physician Josna Adusumilli
• Janet Reno Dies From Parkinson’s Complications At 78 – Self quotes MGH physician Albert Hung
• Defying expectations, people with autism are participating and excelling in sports – Sports Illustrated quotes Ann Neumeyer of the Lurie Center for Autism at MGH
• VIDEO: Cannabidiol and Our Progress Towards a Treatment for Refractory Epilepsy – Neurology Advisor video features Elizabeth Thiele of the Pediatric Epilepsy Program at MGH
• Model Katie May Died From A Stroke After Visiting A Chiropractor – Self quotes MGH physician Aneesh Singhal
• Why grown-ups could benefit from a set bedtime routine too - Yahoo News UK and Ireland quotes MGH Neurologist and Sleep Disorders Physician Josna Adusumilli, MD
• Fluid NfL Shines, Tau PET Dims, in the Hunt for FTD Biomarkers – Alzforum mentions meeting presentation by MGH investigator Brad Dickerson
• Study suggests how "super aging" older adults retain youthful memory abilities
• Swansea woman leads walk to raise awareness of Machado Joseph disease, other types of ataxia – The Herald News (Fall River, Mass.) mentions treatment by MGH physician Jeremy Schmahmann
• A 17-Year- Old Died From A Stroke After He Got A Hickey—What You Need To Know – Self quotes MGH physician Lee Schwamm
• A Nudge for Neurology Drugs – Proto Magazine quotes MGH investigator Merit Cudkowicz
• Self-Directed Biological Transformation – SF Gate article co-authored by MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• Hope springs eternal that cures come soon – Las Vegas Sun quotes MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• New Body, New Mind, New Medicine – SF Gate co-authored by MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• Best way to combat Alzheimer's is a healthy lifestyle, studies show – USA Today quotes MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• How one Watertown family is living with ‘very early onset’ Alzheimer’s – Boston.com quotes MGH investigators Rudolph Tanzi and Mark Albers
• Are Stroke Centers Life Savers? – HealthDay News quotes MGH physician Lee Schwamm
• Lack of Sleep Is Linked to Higher Risk of Alzheimer's – Oprah.com mentions studies led by MGH investigators Rudolph Tanzi and Doo Yeon Kim
• Until research unlocks medical understanding of marijuana, patients experiment – PBS NewsHour video features Elizabeth Thiele of the Pediatric Epilepsy Program at MGH
• Late Dementia After ICH a 'Critical Issue' – Medscape News coverage of study led by MGH investigator Alessandro Biffi
• High-Tech Tools Show Promise for Stroke Recovery – Wall Street Journal quotes MGH physician Lee Schwamm
• What Exactly Is Parkinson’s Disease? – Self quotes MGH physician Albert Hung
• Doctors finally able to help boy suffering with chronic pain for years – WCVB-TV, Ch. 5 video report featuring MGH physician Anne Louise Oaklander
• Alzheimer’s could be caused by past infections, researchers say – PBS NewsHour interview with Robert Moir, PhD
• Could Alzheimer’s Stem From Infections? It Makes Sense, Experts Say – New York Times article features MGH investigator Rudy Tanzi
• Amyloid Thwarts Microbial Invaders - The Scientist features MGH researcher Rudy Tanzi
• MIT startup lets seniors enter the world of virtual reality – Boston Globe quotes MGH investigator Bradford Dickerson
• Hanover family featured in PBS documentary about epilepsy – York Dispatch quotes Andrew Cole of the MGH Epilepsy Service
• A Concussion Can Lead To Sleep Problems That Last For Years – Shots/NPR.org mentions journal editorial co-authored by MGH investigator Brian Edlow
• Gene Therapy Stabilizes Disease in Cerebral ALD – Medscape News coverage of study led by MGH investigator Florian Eichler
• Lowell native's goal: Helping find a cure – Lowell Sun coverage of funding for Carol and James Herscot Center for Children and Adults with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex at MGH, quotes director Elizabeth Thiele
• Making their Christmas: REACH helps victims of domestic violence – Boston Herald coverage of MGH Department of Neurology’s participation in holiday gift program, quotes Melissa Tulipano
• Clinton to call for Alzheimer's cure, increase spending to $2 billion annually – USA Today article features MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• AZTherapies raising $20M, in Phase 3 trials for reformulated drugs that treat Alzheimer’s disease – MedCity News quotes MGH investigators David Elmaleh and Rudolph Tanzi
• Anti-Alzheimer’s gene may have led to the rise of grandparents – Science quotes MGH investigator Rudolph Tanzi
• Boston Hospitals with Niche Specialties – Boston Magazine mentions MGH physician Joel Salinas
• Ask Well: Essential Tremor – New York Times quotes MGH physician Albert Hung
• ‘Sundowning’: Why Hospital Staffs Dread Nightfall, And How To Help Seniors Avoid It – CommonHealth/WBUR.org quotes MGH investigator Eyal Kimchi
• The Two Brains at the Forefront of the Fight Against Alzheimer's – Smithsonian Magazine profile of MGH investigators Doo Yeon Kim and Rudolph Tanzi 
• ‘Still Alice’ author gives keynote at HubWeek Alzheimer’s event – Boston.com article features Alzheimer’s researcher Rudy Tanzi, PhD  
• Auras may not protect epileptic drivers - Yale Daily News quotes Mass General Physician Andrew Cole