MMS News Releases

Three agencies in Western Massachusetts, three in Central Massachusetts, two in MetroWest, and four in Boston/Greater Boston have received grants from the Massachusetts Medical Society & Alliance Charitable Foundation as part of its 2013 allocations.

The Massachusetts Medical Society announced it has re-launched its website at www.massmed.org with a modern technology platform that provides new tools for members and easier access for users of smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices.

Statement of Richard V. Aghababian, MD, president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, following the release of proposed regulations for the medical marijuana law.

The April edition of Physician Focus with the Massachusetts Medical Society, Checkups and Screenings: What do you need?,  examines the role of screening tests and preventive examinations, the pros and cons of undergoing such testing, why the medical community seems divided on the question, and what...

MMS testimony raises objections to proposed DPH regulations, while also suggesting changes and improvements that would “establish a program that is effective and efficient.”

The Massachusetts Medical Society and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology have been awarded a $50,000 grant from the ABIM Foundation to participate in the Foundation’s Choosing Wisely® campaign

MMS statement on the start of federal budget sequestration on March 1, 2013.

As reports of child sexual abuse increase at Massachusetts schools and with the Penn State and church pedophile scandals still in memory and making headlines, the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) is encouraging parents and guardians to learn more about child sexual abuse with the publication of...

Physicians of the Massachusetts Medical Society provide some perspectives on the topic of youth violence in the March edition of Physician Focus, the Society’s monthly patient education program broadcast by public access television stations.

The MMS comments were based on its policy adopted last December, following the passage of the referendum in November allowing medical marijuana in Massachusetts.

Following the release of new research indicating that more strokes occur during the winter months and that the public’s knowledge of warnings signs is low and that people aren’t calling for help soon enough when symptoms appear, physicians of the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) are urging...

Depression is a chronic mental illness affecting some 25 million Americans annually, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. It touches all ages, and all racial, ethnic, social, and economic groups, and has a substantial impact on patients and health care delivery: it is a leading...