Hospitals

Zombie Doc
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A Conversation With Mass General’s ‘Zombie Doctor,’ Steven Schlozman

In many ways, Massachusetts General Hospital’s Steven Schlozman is just like any child psychiatrist. Except, of course, for the fact that he’s known as “The […]

BIDMC
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Beth Israel Deaconess Made a ‘Shake It Off’ Parody About Flu Prevention

You know what they say: If you want to get a message across, just turn it into a Taylor Swift parody. That’s what the Beth […]

Sally Jane jewelry
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A Cancer Survivor Is Donating Profits From Her Jewelry Company to Mass General

At age 31, Sally Waite was seven months pregnant and getting ready to launch a jewelry company with her aunt, also named Sally. Then she […]

Arthur
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A Mass General Psychiatrist Is A Medical Consultant for Arthur

Stress? Anxiety? Times of crisis? No topic is too heavy for Arthur, the beloved 18-year-old PBS series known for tackling real issues that kids today […]

Boston Children's
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Boston Children’s Hospital Is Hosting Two Competitions For Healthcare Innovators

Got an idea, invention, or research proposal that could change pediatric healthcare? Boston Children’s Hospital wants to hear about it. The hospital’s annual Global Pediatric […]

Boston Children's
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Boston Children’s Is Holding a Competition To Solve Medical Mysteries

Boston Children’s Hospital announced Tuesday that it’s sponsoring a unique competition: a genomic sequencing contest aimed at solving five patients’ medical mysteries. Called the CLARITY […]

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Dana-Farber’s Soulmates Program Gives Breast Cancer Patients Emotional Support

Noel Peters is many things to Melissa Angiolillo: a mentor, a support system, and, most importantly, a friend. But the two women never would have […]

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Brigham and Women’s Labor Dance Goes Viral

Ah, the 90s: If you lived through it the first time (glory days!), you thought for sure the fashions (crop tops, military-style boots, floral slip […]

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Lynn Resident Says ABC’s Save My Life Show Actually Saved His Life

Millions of Americans have been watching Save My Life: Boston Trauma every week, but for Lynn resident Dana Mower, the program provided a lot more […]

Boston Medical Center
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Boston Medical Center to Pilot an Opioid Abuse Prevention Program

Thanks to a $1.3 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Boston Medical Center (BMC) is beginning a pilot program to test […]

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Boston’s Docs Show Support for the #ILookLikeASurgeon Hashtag

Female surgeons are using the #ILookLikeASurgeon hashtag to challenge what people traditionally think a surgeon looks like. Similar to the #ILookLikeAnEngineer hashtag that went viral […]

Christmas in July
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Christmas Came Early to Shriners Hospital for Children

Though it hardly feels like the North Pole outside, Christmas came to Shriners Hospital for Children Wednesday. For the 13th year, the Boston Firefighters Burn […]

Ambulance
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Boston EMS Will Premiere Saturday Night

If you missed the premiere of Save My Life: Boston Trauma on Sunday, don’t worry—its sister show, Boston EMS, will air its first episode on Saturday, […]

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Mass General Named the No. 1 Hospital in the Nation

Mass General is tops once again. U.S. News and World Report released its annual rankings Tuesday, and Mass General took the top spot. The Harvard-affiliated […]

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Watch a Rock Star Doc Jam Out on Stage with the Foo Fighters

The Foo Fighters played two shows at Fenway this past weekend, and it looks like Dave Grohl’s broken leg is not slowing him down. In […]