Football Linemen Face Higher Cardiovascular Risk...
A new study indicates that the rapid weight gain football linemen undergo during training increases their risk of death from cardiovascular problems.
Compassionate Care Inspires Creative Philanthropy...
Hugh Barry says the coordinated care at Mass General inspired his creative philanthropy and lifelong commitment to the hospital.
Fellowships Encourage More Women in Cardiac Surgery...
Philanthropy at Mass General is helping more women complete the training needed to become cardiothoracic surgeons.
New Marfan Syndrome Clinic Focuses on Aortic Aneurysms...
Mass General’s newly launched Marfan Syndrome and Related Disorders Clinic is part of a collaborative effort to gain a better understanding of what strains the aorta and causes ruptures.
Study: Sufficient Sleep Reduces Cardiovascular Risk...
Mass General researchers have found that a hormone that modulates sleep also controls the production of inflammatory cells.
Eating the Food Your Heart Really Wants...
Mass General nutritionist Emily Gelsomin, MLA, RD, LDN, offers tips to help you eat your way to a healthier heart.
Heart Transplant Milestone: Saving Mr. Kaminski...
Reversing one heart transplant patient’s decline required intensive therapy, precise collaboration and the innovative use of an organ infected with a potentially deadly disease.
How Much Exercise is Too Much?...
A Mass General cardiologist is among the researchers trying to determine whether exercise, taken to an extreme, can put the heart in peril.
Pulmonary Embolism: For Some Clots, It Takes a Village...
Treatment of pulmonary embolisms may benefit from a team approach. But that model faces obstacles inside and outside the hospital.
Team Marks Milestone in Mitral Valve Replacement...
A team of Massachusetts General Hospital physicians recently became the first in New England to perform mitral valve replacement with a new, minimally-invasive method that doesn’t require patients to undergo a full open-heart procedure.