Realizing Dreams...
When cancer threatened newlywed Angela Boylan’s hopes of having children, she turned to specialists at the Mass General fertility center for help.
Cure Alzheimer’s Fund Teams Up with Mass General to Explore Genetics Behind the Disease...
On Oct. 18 2012, Cure Alzheimer’s Fund (CAF) announced a gift of $5.4 million to Mass General to lead an unprecedented Alzheimer’s research project to explore the genetic factors that affect the brain and increase the risk of disease. This [...]
A Gift For Others...
After years in the suburbs, Peggy Scott is now a city person. She enjoys exploring new neighborhoods, riding her bike along the Esplanade and volunteering at Mass General. She is part of the ‘snow team.’ If someone cannot make a [...]
Honorary Co-chairs Host MGH Campaign Celebration...
In September 2012, John Henry and Linda Pizzuti Henry, honorary co-chairs of the $1.5 billion Campaign for the Third Century of MGH Medicine, hosted more than 400 key supporters at their Brookline home. The evening reception paid tribute to philanthropy’s [...]
A New Vision for Critical Care...
Mass General critical care clinicians want more people to leave the hospital stronger. Being able to offer new organs is one of their goals.
Opening Celebration for Termeer Center...
Mass General Cancer Center Hosts Opening Celebration for Henri and Belinda Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies
Fashion Runway the Perfect Platform to Raise Cancer Awareness...
The Runway Ten fashion show on March 29, 2012, at Copley Place celebrated cancer survivors, who walked the runway with their physicians and nurses. The colorful show, hosted by Neiman Marcus for the Mass General Cancer Center, enabled the participants [...]
The Exercise Effect...
In search of innovative treatments, Mass General clinicians and researchers are trying to understand precisely how exercise benefits the human body.
Seeds of Empathy...
Many medical institutions talk about providing compassionate care. With empathy training, Mass General doesn’t leave it to chance.
Toward a More Silent Hospital: All’s Quiet in Lunder...
Three p.m. on the patient floor of a hospital is typically a noisy time. Nurses are changing shifts, physicians are arriving to see patients, pages are continually heard overhead and alarms are beeping. But on Lunder 9 — one of [...]