Massachusetts General Hospital
11 results

Slumber puncture: the perils trying to sleep in hospital
- Health & Family
- December 8, 2018, 17:01
If part of a hospital stay is to recover from a procedure or illness, why is it so hard to get any rest? There is more noise and light than is conduc(...)

‘Think big, talk big, make it happen’
- Sponsored
- July 18, 2018, 00:00
With more than 300,000 customers in the US and Europe and 500 staff spread across three countries, Netwatch is well on the way to achieving its founde(...)

Conservative US commentator Charles Krauthammer dies
- US
- June 22, 2018, 19:54
Pulitzer Prize winner Charles Krauthammer, who gave up a psychiatric career to become one of the leading conservative political commentators in the US(...)

A wounded young man’s penis and scrotum transplant
- Health & Family
- May 3, 2018, 07:01
In a 14-hour operation, a young military veteran – whose genitals were blown off by a bomb – has received an extraordinary transplant: a penis, scrotu(...)

3D brain surgery: ‘this is like landing on the moon’
- Health & Family
- January 10, 2018, 09:22
One blue surgical drape at a time, the patient disappeared, until all that showed was a triangle of her shaved scalp. “Ten seconds of quiet in the ro(...)

Innovation awards: Orreco aims to bring elite sports science to the masses
- Business
- August 4, 2016, 07:35
Orreco is a company that merges biology and advanced computer technology as a way to help elite athletes train longer, recover faster and reduce the (...)

First successful penis transplant in the US completed
- US
- May 16, 2016, 16:42
A 64-year-old man became the first in the US to undergo a successful penis transplant in a procedure at Massachusetts General Hospital earlier this mo(...)

An effective, if unpalatable, gut function treatment
- The Health Centre
- October 20, 2014, 01:00
The results are in for the first trial of a “poop pill”, which represents a significant breakthrough in the science of faecal therapy. True, it wil(...)

Amount of lower-body injuries ‘not unusual’ given nature of device
- US
- April 17, 2013, 07:00
The Boston Marathon bombs had been packed with metal fragments and placed close to the ground, causing amputations and other s(...)
Two reported dead after explosions at Boston marathon
- US
- April 15, 2013, 20:26
Two people are reported dead and 22 were injured after two explosions at the finish line of the Boston marathon about three hours after the wi(...)