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Resource: Join us for Virtual Rounds at the Center for Women’s Mental Health on Wednesday, April 15th

As our faculty at the Center for Women’s Mental Health (CWMH) have gone fully remote with respect to clinical and research activity, we have managed to stay connected these last three weeks with “virtual rounds”.  For over 25 years, our group has met on Wednesdays at midday to discuss clinical cases we have seen across… Read More: Resource: Join us for Virtual Rounds at the Center for… »

An Update on Virtual Rounds at the Center for Women’s Mental Health, MGH

Over the past three weeks, we have been so fortunate to have hosted ‘virtual rounds’ on Wednesday afternoons for our colleagues in the field of reproductive psychiatry and women’s mental health. We have discussed the impact of COVID19 on delivery of care and the experiences of our patients, in addition to advances in psychopharmacology and… Read More: An Update on Virtual Rounds at the Center for Women’s… »

When COVID-19 becomes blinding to other conditions

Amber Deptola | Conditions | April 17, 2020 The coronavirus pandemic has incited the necessary fear amongst the public and health care workers. This fear is a positive driver of social distancing and other precautionary measures that assist in protecting health care workers and patients. However, when this fear becomes blinding, patients may be more… Read More: When COVID-19 becomes blinding to other conditions »

Why are men more likely to get worse symptoms and die from covid-19?

By Graham Lawton A London health care worker takes a man from an ambulance.Justin Setterfield/Getty Images We know that older people are more vulnerable to covid-19, but another major risk factor has emerged: being male. The first signs of a sex difference in covid-19 severity emerged from hospital records in Wuhan shortly after the city… Read More: Why are men more likely to get worse symptoms and… »