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John Kerry Released From MGH, Will Continue Recovery In Boston
BOSTON (CBS) — Secretary of State John Kerry was released from Massachusetts General Hospital Friday afternoon. He will continue his recovery at home in Boston. In a press conference outside of the...
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Marblehead Police: Injured Diver Airlifted To MGH
MARBLEHEAD (CBS) — An injured diver was airlifted from Marblehead to Massachusetts General Hospital on Saturday, police say. Police were called around 12:15 p.m. about a boat coming to shore from six...
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Man Seriously Hurt In Fiery Rollover Crash On Route 44 In Plymouth
PLYMOUTH (CBS) — A 35-year-old Worcester man was seriously hurt in a fiery rollover crash on Route 44 in Plymouth on Saturday night. State Police were called to the crash site located about one mile...
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Massachusetts General Hospital Ranked ‘Best Hospital’ In America
BOSTON (CBS) – Massachusetts General Hospital has been named the best hospital in the country by a new ranking in U.S. News & World Report. After coming in second place last year, MGH vaulted to...
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Assault Victim Found Seriously Injured On Chelsea Street
CHELSEA (CBS) — Police are hoping witnesses will come forward after a man was found seriously injured in Chelsea overnight. Officers were called to Marlborough Street at 11:19 p.m. Sunday, where they...
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Fetal Tissue Remains Essential, Medical Researchers Say
BOSTON (AP) — The furor on Capitol Hill over Planned Parenthood has stoked a debate about the use of tissue from aborted fetuses in medical research, but U.S. scientists have been using such cells for...
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Donny Osmond Gets Voice Back Thanks To Boston Surgeon
BOSTON (CBS) — Donny Osmond is singing again after undergoing vocal surgery performed by a notable Boston doctor. Osmond tweeted Monday morning that after three weeks of silence, he was back in Boston...
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The Science Behind The Perception Of Beauty
BOSTON (CBS) – Some say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but is that really true, and if so, why? Dr. Mallika Marshall spoke to a local researcher who is trying to figure out why we have different...
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How To Combat Itchy Winter Skin
BOSTON (CBS) – Itchy, flaky, dry skin. That’s what many of us can expect this winter. But what can you do about it? As we turn on our heaters in the cold winter months, the humidity in the air...
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Hospitals Moving Away From Nurseries For Newborns
BOSTON (CBS) – Maternity wards are moving away from using nurseries, instead having babies “room-in” to help create that special bond. But some mothers say they need time to recover after the birth,...
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New Program In Boston Helps Post-9/11 Veterans Suffering With PTSD, Other...
BOSTON (CBS) — U.S. soldiers from post-9/11 conflicts now have a place to go to get help for their mental and physical injuries and that place is in Boston. The Home Base clinic in Charlestown, run by...
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Halifax Man Receives First Penis Transplant In U.S. At Mass General
BOSTON (CBS) – A man from Halifax has become the first person to receive a penis transplant in the United States, Massachusetts General Hospital announced Monday. Thomas Manning, 64, underwent the...
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Partners To Stop Performing Heart Surgery At Salem Hospital
SALEM, Mass. (AP) — Partners HealthCare plans to stop performing heart surgeries at its Salem Hospital and instead send those patients to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Partners says the...
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26-Year-Old Man Seriously Injured In Chelsea Hit-And-Run
CHELSEA (CBS) — A 26-year-old man was seriously hurt in a hit-and-run Saturday night in Chelsea. The crash happened shortly after 10 p.m. on Washington Street. Chelsea Police chief Brian Kyes posted a...
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Man Killed In Chelsea Hit-And-Run Crash Identified
CHELSEA (CBS) — Chelsea Police and Mass. State Police are investigating after a Chelsea man was killed in a hit-and-run accident Saturday night. Police said the victim, 25-year-old Marco Cruz, was...
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Study: On Average, Female Doctors Make $20,000 Less Than Men Annually
BOSTON (CBS) – There’s a sizable pay gap between men and women working in the medical field, according to a new study. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School looked...
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Increased Activity In Part Of Brain Could Predict Stress-Related Heart Attack...
BOSTON (CBS) — Stress and heart attacks have long been linked, but researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital may now know exactly why. Published in the Journal Lancet, Mass General researchers...
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In Partnership With MGH, Chelsea High Gets More Than A School Nurse
CHELSEA (CBS) — As a student at Chelsea High School, Christina Fernandez dealt with a lot of anxiety. But instead of having to leave school or make an appointment with her doctor, she would go see...
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Boston Researchers Developing Way To Tan Without Harmful UV Rays
BOSTON (CBS) – Someday you may be able to get a tan without risking skin cancer. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed molecules that darken...
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Pete Frates ‘Resting Comfortably’ At MGH Amid False Report Of Death
BOSTON (CBS) — The family of Pete Frates, the man who inspired the Ice Bucket Challenge five years ago, wants everyone to know that he is ‘resting comfortably’ at Massachusetts General Hospital–and...
View ArticleSen. Markey Calls On Congress To Spend $1B For Universal Flu Vaccine
BOSTON (CBS) – The flu epidemic is hitting Massachusetts hard. Thursday night, another patient died from influenza at Massachusetts General Hospital, the eleventh person to die in the past two months....
View ArticleMass. General Named 4th-Best Hospital In Country By U.S. News & World Report
BOSTON (CBS) – Boston shows up a few times on an annual ranking of the country’s best hospitals released Tuesday. Massachusetts General Hospital landed at No. 4 on the U.S. News & World Report...
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Amazon Hires Star Mass. General Cardiologist As It Pushes Deeper Into Health...
(CNN Money) — Amazon has hired a top cardiologist as it broadens its involvement in the health care industry. Maulik Majmudar, who is also associate director of the Healthcare Transformation Lab at...
View ArticleMass. General To Participate In Clinical Trial Studying Ebola Treatment
BOSTON (CBS) – Massachusetts General Hospital says it is stepping up preparedness for biothreats by participating in a clinical trial evaluating an experimental treatment for the Ebola virus. If...
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Mass General Doctor Says She Was Racially Profiled On Delta Airlines Flight
BOSTON (CBS) — A Massachusetts General Hospital doctor believes she was the victim of racial profiling while she was on a Delta airlines flight. The list of Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford’s credentials goes...
View Article‘Mind-Blowing’ Support From Community Helps Family Afford MedFlight For...
BOSTON (CBS) — Family and friends of Joel Ricketts have been overwhelmed by the support they have received in the last few weeks. With the help of a GoFundMe page, they can now afford to have the...
View ArticleTechnical Problems At Partners HealthCare Hospitals Delaying Some Procedures
BOSTON (CBS) – Partners Healthcare says it has resolved technical issues that have delayed some procedures for patients at Boston-area hospitals, including Brigham and Women’s Hospital and...
View ArticleGender-Based Pricing: Study Shows Women Pay More For Facial Moisturizers Than...
BOSTON (CBS) — When it comes to the price of facial products for men and women, not all are considered equal. A new study from Massachusetts General Hospital finds women consistently pay more for...
View ArticleMass. General Named America’s Second-Best Hospital
BOSTON (CBS) – Boston hospitals are earning top honors in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings for 2019. Massachusetts General Hospital was ranked second in the nation, only behind the Mayo...
View ArticleMGH Researchers Behind ‘CoolSculpting’ Invent New Way To Get Rid Of Fat
BOSTON (CBS) — Local researchers have an invented a new way to dissolve unwanted fat without the hassle of other treatments currently available. These are the same Massachusetts General Hospital...
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Marion Resident Injured In Holy Cross Rowing Team Crash Transferred To MGH
BOSTON (CBS) — A member of the College of the Holy Cross women’s rowing team who was injured in a car crash in Vero Beach, Florida Jan. 15 is being transferred from a Florida hospital to Massachusetts...
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Myron Rolle Using Traits Learned As NFL Safety To Fight Coronavirus At Mass...
BOSTON (CBS) – Myron Rolle wears a different kind of face mask now than he did in his prior profession. Rolle is a former NFL safety who is now in his third year as a neurosurgery resident at...
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Coronavirus Fight: A 100-Year-Old Tuberculosis Vaccine Could Help Combat...
(CNN) — As researchers scramble to find new drugs and vaccines for the coronavirus, a vaccine that is more than a century old has piqued researchers’ interests. The Bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine —...
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COVID-19 Simulator Shows Potential Impact Of Reopening Too Soon In Massachusetts
BOSTON (CBS) — What would happen if we reopened too soon? A COVID-19 Simulator was created to help predict the potentially deadly results. “What we’ve done is slowed the spread but it could easily be...
View ArticleBrookline Plans Randomized COVID-19 Antibody Testing Of Residents
BROOKLINE (CBS) – The town of Brookline will perform COVID-19 antibody testing on randomly selected residents next week in partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital and Fallon Ambulance Service....
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Norwell Young Woman Makes Care Packages For Mass. General Hospital Workers
BOSTON (CBS) — If you’ve ever thought that one person can’t make a difference you haven’t met Kenzie Higgins. She’s doing her bit to help health care workers fighting coronavirus one bucket of goodies...
View ArticleMass General, Brigham And Women’s Make Best U.S. Hospitals List
BOSTON (CBS) – Two Boston hospitals have been ranked among the best in the nation in a new survey released Tuesday. Massachusetts General Hospital was sixth and Brigham and Women’s Hospital came in at...
View ArticleMGH Study: Some Coronavirus Long Haulers Have Skin Problems, ‘COVID Toes’...
BOSTON (CBS) — A new study from Massachusetts General Hospital shows that some coronavirus patients have persistent skin problems months after their initial infection. Researchers looked at nearly...
View ArticleNew Clinical Trial In Boston Tests Home Treatment For Cancer Patients
BOSTON (CBS) – Cancer patients often need to be seen in the hospital because of the side effects of treatment. But now, a new clinical trial in Boston is testing whether patients can receive supportive...
View ArticleMass General, Brigham And Women’s Among Top Hospitals In New U.S. News Rankings
BOSTON (CBS) – Two Boston hospitals are among the best in the nation, according to new rankings by U.S. News & World Report. Massachusetts General Hospital came in fifth on the 2021-2022 Best...
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