Alessio Fasano, MD (left), director of the Center for Celiac Research and Treatment, joins Joyce and Hugh McCormick to mark the couple’s commitment to celiac disease research.

Committed Donors Advocate for Celiac Disease Solution...

Published 1 month ago by Kay Cahill in Children, Donor Recognition, Medical Research

A long alliance with a Mass General researcher inspires the McCormick family to boost its support for transformational research on celiac disease.

Caitlin and Rich Hill, with their son Brice, are happy to support the work of David Sweetser, MD, PhD (center, wearing tie), who helped solve their family’s genetic mystery.

Season of Hope...

Published 4 months ago by Kay Cahill in Children, Donor Recognition, Medical Research

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill and his wife Caitlin are challenging baseball fans to help them raise $1 million in 2019 to support Mass General research into rare and undiagnosed diseases like the one that touched their family.

Physician Sees Health Effects of Climate Change...

Published 5 months ago by Kay Cahill in Health Policy, Medical Research

Emergency physician Renee Salas, MD, MPH, MS, says doctors are already seeing the health effects of climate change among their patients.

The PACT Program helps parents with cancer like Jen Norton (pictured with her children, Greta and Anders, and her husband, Steve) navigate the difficult waters of family life with their diagnosis.

PACT Helps Parents with Cancer Talk with Children...

Published 5 months ago by Kay Cahill in Cancer Center, Children, Patient Care

The PACT Program helps parents cope with the trauma of a cancer diagnosis and the uncertainty about what to tell their children.

Members of the Mass General community gathered in 2018 to promote gun safety.

Health Policy Advocates on the March for Patients...

Published 7 months ago by Kay Cahill in Health Policy, Mass General Magazine

At Mass General, many physicians, nurses, researchers and health workers believe protecting patients should involve more than treating illness and injury.

After surviving severe, disfiguring burns, Joy Greene understands that beauty is more than skin deep.

A Different Kind of Beauty...

Published 2 years ago by Kay Cahill in Community Fundraising, Mass General Magazine, Patient Care

Grateful for her own hard-won recovery, Joy Greene devotes herself to helping other burn survivors and supporting burn research.

Patient David Fontaine meets with his radiation oncologist, Helen Shih, MD.

Cancer Center Addresses Substance Use Disorders...

Published 2 years ago by Kay Cahill in Cancer Center, Patient Care

The Mass General Cancer Center tackles the dual challenge of treating cancer patients who also have substance use disorders with an innovative approach.

Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD, seeks answers to the problem of obesity and related diseases at the Mass General Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition Institute.

Obesity Research Sheds New Light On Weight Problems...

Published 2 years ago by Kay Cahill in Medical Research, Patient Care

Mass General obesity medicine expert, Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD, says that old, one-size-fits-all ideas about obesity are giving way to a new understanding that points towards more individualized treatment.

Richelle Charles, MD, (center in green wrap) in Bangladesh at the International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research.. typhoid fever

Doctor Seeks High-Tech Test for Typhoid Fever...

Published 2 years ago by Kay Cahill in Global Health, Medical Research

Working with tiny, magnetic nanoparticles, a Mass General doctor is creating a quick and accurate test for typhoid fever, a life-threatening disease that affects millions worldwide.

Wendy Macias-Konstantopoulos, MD, (at left) director of the Freedom Clinic meets with Bella Brown, a survivor of human trafficking.

Clinic Aids Victims of Human Trafficking...

Published 3 years ago by Kay Cahill in Patient Care

A Massachusetts teenager, forced into the sex trade by a human trafficker, builds a new life with the help of the MGH Freedom Clinic.

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