Howard Weinstein, MD, and other pediatric cancer experts at Mass General, are regularly in touch with colleagues at the Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital as part of a partnership designed to bolster pediatric cancer care in southwestern Uganda.

Partnership Supports Pediatric Cancer Care in Uganda...

Published 21 hours ago by James Cook in Children, Community Fundraising, Global Health

A pediatric cancer effort overseen by the Mass General Center for Global Health is making a difference in the lives of families and children.

Andrea Axtell, MD (left), and Philicia Moonsamy, MD, are recipients of two new Mass General fellowships designed to encourage more women to consider careers as cardiac surgeons.

Fellowships Encourage More Women in Cardiac Surgery...

Published 3 days ago by Terry Byrne in Cardiovascular, Diversity, Education

Philanthropy at Mass General is helping more women complete the training needed to become cardiothoracic surgeons.

Ragon Institute Director Bruce D. Walker, MD, and his team used a novel approach to examine the complex, structural bonds within and among viral proteins to identify specific amino acids crucial to viral function.

Ragon Institute Study Helps Advance Work on HIV Vaccine...

Published 5 days ago by Sue McGreevey in Donor Recognition, Global Health, Medical Research

Ragon Institute study identifies viral targets critical to natural HIV control, a major step toward the development of an HIV vaccine.

Among the Boston Marathon runners raising funds for programs at Mass General were, from left: Shira Brown, Abeo Powder and Matthew Danto.

Marathoners Raise $2 Million for Mass General Programs...

Published 1 week ago by Ellen Barlow in Boston Marathon, Donor Recognition

Their personal causes helped Mass General’s Boston Marathon^® runners make it through rain and pain to the finish line.

Mass General researchers have found that, when it comes to price, men’s and women’s moisturizers not considered equal.

Study Finds Women Pay More for Moisturizers...

Published 1 week ago by Julie Cunningham in Dermatology, Health Policy, Medical Research

Mass General researchers find moisturizers marketed to women cost around $3/ounce more than those targeted to men with no significant differences in ingredients

Climate change is quickly becoming a flashpoint for the current generation of physician activists, and Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) now ranks climate change as a top priority alongside nuclear disarmament.

Physicians Take a Stand on Climate Change...

Published 2 weeks ago by Kristen French in Children, Health Policy

Physicians and public health experts collaborate and contribute to global conversation on climate change and its risks.

Susan M. and Phillip T. (Terry) Ragon at a ceremony to mark their $200 million gift to Mass General to endow the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard

Mass General Receives $200 Million for Ragon Institute...

Published 2 weeks ago by MGH News and Public Affairs in Donor Recognition, Medical Research

Largest gift in Mass General history will bolster the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard as it strives to advance research into complex diseases.

Celebrants at the 19th annual Aspire Spring Gala. The Aspire program helps children, teens and adults with high cognitive autism spectrum disorder and related profiles develop the skills necessary to be successful in their communities and workplaces.

Aspire Spring Gala Celebrates Autism Awareness...

Published 2 weeks ago by Lauren Dagnese in Autism, Children, Donor Recognition

Aspire’s 19th annual gala raised more than $2.6 million while spotlighting those who matter most to young people on the autism spectrum.

Obesity is a major global health issue, often stigmatized as a disease related to poor lifestyle choices and lack of willpower.

Researchers Calculate Genetic Risk for Obesity...

Published 3 weeks ago by Mass General Giving in Health & Wellness, Medical Research

Mass General researchers have helped to develop a powerful new tool that could lead to new opportunities to understand and prevent obesity.

Guillermo (Gary) J. Tearney, MD, PhD and engineering technicians in his lab hold the swallowable capsule he developed to diagnose problems in the gastrointestinal tract.

New Way to Diagnose Crohn’s Disease in the Works...

Published 3 weeks ago by Ellen Barlow in Donor Recognition, Medical Research

A Helmsley Charitable Trust grant is enabling Mass General researcher Gary Tearney, MD, PhD, to adapt a swallowable diagnostic capsule with imaging capabilities he devised to find signs of Crohn’s.

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