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Study Reveals Link Between Moderate Drinking and Heart Health

Mass General Hospital Researchers Uncover Why Light-to-Moderate Drinking Is Tied to Better Heart Health A new study led by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, offers an explanation for why light-to-moderate alcohol consumption may be associated with lower risk of heart disease. For the first time, […]

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Gene Therapy- Long-term Contraception in Female Domestic Cats

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Gene Therapy Produces Long-term Contraception in Female Domestic Cats Currently there are no contraceptives capable of producing permanent sterilization in companion animals. Spaying, the surgical removal of the ovaries and uterus, is the most widely used strategy to control unwanted reproduction in female cats. For the first time, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a

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World’s First Implant of Combined Heart Failure Therapies

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Cleveland Clinic has successfully implanted a dual cardiac device in the first patient in the world as part of a clinical trial, which aims to potentially treat heart failure symptoms. The INTEGRA-D clinical study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a device that combines two proven cardiac therapies into one. Cardiac contractility modulation works

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Northeast Ohio Hospital Systems sign the “Impact Workforce Commitment”

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Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth, and University Hospitals are among 17 U.S. health systems to sign the “Impact Workforce Commitment,” designed by the Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) in partnership with the National Fund for Workforce Solutions. Signing the network’s commitment supports the health systems’ hiring and workforce development programs. Those programs identify opportunities to increase hiring, training and promotion of

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Understanding Ketamine and its Dual Effects

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Ketamine can lessen the effects of depression but can also trigger dissociative symptoms—such as detachment and out-of-body experiences EEG tests revealed that ketamine produces antidepressant and dissociative effects in individuals by activating different structures in the brain via distinct circuits The findings could help scientists design new therapies for depression with fewer side effects Ketamine

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