COBTH in the News

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital identified that viral particles that stay in the gut after a COVID-19 infection may cause multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C).

Jim Braude was joined by Dr. Cassandra Pierre, acting hospital epidemiologist at Boston Medical Center, and Dr. Jeremy Faust, emergency physician at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, to discuss.

Researchers have found that a small chip under the skin may help predict the likelihood of a second stroke

Collin Stultz, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science and a cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, spoke on how health care providers typically prescribe treatments and why these treatments are often incorrect.

John Torous, director of digital psychiatry for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, said therapeutic bots might be promising, but he’s worried they are being rolled out too soon, before the technology has caught up to the psychiatry.

“I feel so fortunate that Dana-Farber is just a 15-minute ride away,” says Slater, who grew up in Ohio.