• MGH prepares for impact of Democratic National Convention
  While news headlines during the past few weeks have focused on political aspects of the upcoming Democratic National Convention (DNC), MGH staff have been behind the scenes quietly preparing for the event that comes to Boston July 26 to 29.
  

• Helping to find a cure for cancer
  Anne Sorrenty and her nieces, Magen Ellis and Erin McCann, are searching for a cure for cancer, and they are committed to raising money to help this cause. Sorrenty, who organized a group called Believe in a Cure for Cancer in New Hampshire, and her nieces recently donated $5,000 to support the research of pediatric brain tumors of Nancy J. Tarbell, MD, of MGH. Radiation Oncology and the MGH Cancer Center, They also donated books and stuffed animals for young cancer patients.

• MGH Radiation Safety staff honored
  The MGH Radiation Safety Office participated in a meeting of the New England Chapter of the Health Physics Society (NECHPS) March 11. The NECHPS's mission is to offer aid in the health physics field, foster dissemination of information among radiation professionals and improve public understanding of issues involving radiation.
  

• PACE prizes for right answers
  Do MGHers know what the acronym PACE stands for? Five employees who knew the answer to that and five other questions about the PACE project were picked as winners of the PACE quiz that was distributed through broadcast e-mail.

• How much do you know about PACE?
  Test your understanding of the PACE project, an MGH and MGPO effort to improve outpatient registration and insurance referral and hospital billing processes.
  

• MGH brochures available
  The MGH Public Affairs and Marketing departments have produced a brochure that provides a general overview of the MGH.
  

• Activity of calcium-handling gene appears to prevent cardiac arrhythmias
  Activation of a gene that can correct heart failure by improving calcium metabolism may also help prevent arrhythmias, sometimes-dangerous disturbances in heart rhythm, according to a study from the MGH Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC). The article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences describes how overexpression of the gene for SERCA2a in the hearts of rats reduced arrhythmia after heart muscle injury.
  

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