A study co-authored by Massachusetts General Hospital physician David Perez MD, MMSc, FAAN, FANPA, FAPA was covered by MGH Research Spotlight. The study, "Machine Learning Classification of Functional Neurological Disorder Using Structural Brain MRI Features," examined whether or not structural brain MRI could be used to diagnose functional neurological disorder (FND). "We successfully classified participants with mixed FND against healthy control participants at rates significantly above-chance, and classification performance became even more robust when focusing on a functional motor disorder subtype," said Perez. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/e2ndzxKf
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The Massachusetts General Physicians Organization (MGPO) is a multi-specialty medical group dedicated to excellence and innovation in patient care, teaching and research. The MGPO's vision is to be one of the premier multi-specialty physician group practices in the world. Working in partnership with the Massachusetts General Hospital and in cooperation with Partners HealthCare, the MGPO builds on the synergies among clinical practice, research, and teaching to improve our patients' well being and the professional lives of our physicians and staff.
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Massachusetts General Hospital physicians Matthew L. Russell, MD, and Virginia A. Triant, MD, MPH, are co-medicals of MGH’s Age Positively Program, a partnership between the Geriatric Medicine and Infectious Diseases divisions. This program is dedicated to supporting people with HIV through care and resources as they age. "People living with HIV can experience age-related health concerns earlier than the general population, leading them to prematurely experience cognitive and functional decline," said Russell. "As people with HIV are living longer and confronting an increased and accelerated burden of chronic diseases, there is a shifting focus of care for many to issues related to aging," added Triant. "Our program optimally addresses these issues through a clinical and educational forum." For more information on the Age Positively Program, click here: https://lnkd.in/ey3Rz3MY
Helping People with HIV Age Well
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A study led by Massachusetts General Hospital physician Jennifer S. Temel, MD, assessed the effectiveness of stepped palliative care as compared to early palliative care for patients with advanced lung cancer. The study found that stepped palliative care resulted in fewer palliative care visits while maintaining the patients' quality of life. "To our knowledge, this is the first randomized trial to establish the non-inferiority of a palliative care strategy that’s tailored to a patient’s needs by triggering more intensive palliative care services based on patient-reported quality of life, compared with resource-intensive early palliative care," said Temel. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eu8zHWqk
Trial Reveals Benefits of ‘Stepped’ Palliative Care for Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer
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Massachusetts General Hospital physician Zirui Song, MD, PhD, spoke to MGH Research Spotlight about the study "Corporate Medicine 2.0 - Special Purpose Acquisition Companies in the United States," of which he is the senior author. The study examined special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and looked into how they are being used in health care. "We found that SPAC activity is larger than expected in health care - 107 SPACs were launched in 2021 listed health care companies as their intended target and raised a total of $23 billion," he said. "We also found evidence of several major health care deals involving SPACs." To learn more, click here: https://lnkd.in/dxm6Mdsn
Research Spotlight: What are Special Purpose Acquisition Companies in the US Healthcare System?
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Massachusetts General Hospital physician Lecia Sequest, MD, spoke about about Sybil, an AI tool that can accurately predict lung cancer earlier than human radiologists, for Mass General Cancer Center. She along with Regina Barzilay, PhD, and Mass General Brigham radiologist Constance Lehman, MD, PhD, worked together to develop Sybil. "We taught the model to recognize the patterns of risk that indicate a future lung cancer by using thousands of CT scans from patients who were participating in a clinical trial," she said. "...Once the model was trained, all that is needed is the CT scan itself–no other information about the patient is needed to determine future lung cancer risk.” Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/d9-kz3Ma
AI for Early Detection of Cancer | Massachusetts General Hospital
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Massachusetts General Hospital physician Shuhan He MD, led a study highlighted by MGH Research Spotlight. The study, "Entropy Removal of Medical Diagnostics," examined how physicians in emergency medicine can measure and reduce uncertainty. "In our daily lives, having a clear understanding of the uncertainty reduction or entropy removal associated with each decision step allows us to make confident and informed decisions," said Dr. He. "This could potentially allow us to make personalized informed health decisions with analytics for each patient based on new information occurring live in the ER." Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/dGzsRm6u
Research Spotlight: Entropy Removal of Medical Diagnostics
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Massachusetts General Hospital physician Michael Lu, MD, led a substudy of the phase 3 Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV (REPRIEVE). The study found that pitavastatin, a cholesterol-lowering medication, reduced the risk of heart attack and stroke by 35% over five years in 7,769 people with HIV. “The reductions in coronary plaque and inflammation may help explain the prevention of cardiovascular events observed in REPRIEVE,” said Lu. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/dDiW3cw7
Substudy of REPRIEVE trial reveals how statin therapy prevents cardiovascular disease in people with HIV
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Massachusetts General Hospital physician Anne-Marie Wills MD, led a study highlighted by MGH Research Spotlight. The study, "Concomitant Medications for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy," searched for medicines to slow disease progression of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). She and her team instead discovered that benzodiazepines were associated with much worse disease progression. "We feel that this is important to publicize to physicians who are treating this illness, because these medications may be harming patients with PSP," she said. "Alternative medications, such as antidepressant medications and zolpidem for insomnia, were not associated with any worsening of the disease." Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/enKTPtnP
Research Spotlight: Benzodiazepines Associated with Strikingly Worse Disease Progression in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
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Several Massachusetts General Hospital physicians were quoted in Mass General Research Institute's blog post about how people can improve their heart health. "Aim to incorporate exercise into your routine, regardless of whether it's during the week or on the weekend," said J. Sawalla Guseh, II MD. "Strive for at least 150 minutes (about 2 and a half hours) of aerobic activity across the week; however, if you can manage more, it's even better for your heart health.” Also featured were Kaavya Paruchuri MD; Suzanne J. Baron, MD; Amy Sarma, MD; Michael Honigberg MD; and Pradeep Natarajan MD. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gKgXB2Kt
Mass General Researchers Share Science-Backed Ways to Improve Your Heart Health
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Massachusetts General Hospital physician Kathryn Himmelstein, MD, led a study highlighted by MGH Research Spotlight. The study, "Wealth Redistribution to Extend Longevity in the US," analyzed data from the federal Health and Retirement Study and used simulation models to find out if more-equitable wealth distributions would lead to longer lives. "Among the research subjects, whose average age was 59 at the outset of the study, the wealthiest individuals survived 13.5 years longer than the poorest people," she said. "We then modeled the effects of different policies to narrow US wealth gaps and found that fully equalizing household wealth could increase longevity at midlife by 2.2 years overall." Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eWqKcUTm
Research Spotlight: Modeling Study Shows that Policies to Reduce Wealth Inequality Could Improve Health and Life Expectancy of Americans
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