Mello is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Mass.

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In the study, Jerry Gurwitz , a doctor at University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Mass.

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"I'm surprised and encouraged, " says Marc Fisher, a professor of neurology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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Dr. Collins, a board-certified physician in internal medicine, is chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Mass.

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When she was convinced last August, she called a longtime friend and colleague, Katherine Luzuriaga, a researcher at University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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Mello, working at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, was looking for a way to turn off specific genes so he could understand their function.

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The most common type of meditation recommended by doctors and used in hospital programs is called Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, which was devised at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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Previous research has also examined depression and dementia, but results have been inconsistent, perhaps because participants were not followed for long enough, said lead author Jane Saczynski, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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Dr. Jay Himmelstein, chief health policy strategist at the Center for Health Policy and Research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, has analyzed various models for implementing insurance exchanges, writing with a colleague in the journal Health Affairs linked here about the importance of following the lead of early adopters, particularly paying attention to technology.

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