MGH In The News - August 2004

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August 31, 2004

• The Havoc of an Undetected Extra Chromosome - New York Times
• Can low blood pressure be dangerous? - Boston Globe

August 29, 2004

• Scientists May Use Drugs to Stop Addiction - Associated Press
• Extended female fertility? - Boston Globe

August 28, 2004

• First-pitch ceremony honors cancer docs - Boston Herald

August 27, 2004

• Heart Attack on Right Side? Just Say NO - Reuters Health
• Diagnostic tool may prevent heart attack, stroke before they happen - Heart Center Online
• Road race to raise funds for research - New Bedford Standard Times

August 26, 2004

• High-strung have to manage stress - Boston Herald
• Is help on the horizon for Alzheimer's? - Jackson (Miss.) Clarion Ledger
• Probing inappropriate rage - Harvard Gazette

August 25, 2004

• Doctors experiment with Crohn's disease drug - WCVB-TV, Channel 5

• Suffering for two: The Bind of Maternal Depression - NPR (choose audio link)
  

August 24, 2004

• Should medicine be colorblind? - Boston Globe
• Why does inconsistent use of HIV medication lead to new mutant strains? - Boston Globe

August 23, 2004

• After shakeout, medical websites find new health - Boston Globe
• Mass. hospitals nurse healthier bottom lines - Boston Business Journal

August 20, 2004

• Mayor's ailment is painful, incurable - Boston Herald
• What is Crohn's disease? (scroll down) - New England Cable News
• Cover These Treatments - Washington Post

August 19, 2004

• Against All the Odds, She Has Enough Heart to Be a Miracle - Litchfield (Conn.) County Times

August 17, 2004

• Over-the-Counter Menopause Test Kits Offer Few Answers - New York Times
• Iacocca driven to diabetes funding - Boston Herald
• Iacocca leads drive for diabetes cure (scroll down) - Boston Globes
• Lee Iacocca Seeks Cure For Diabetes 10 Dollars At A Time - Health Talk (Canada)

August 16, 2004

• Iacocca Unveils Diabetes Testing Campaign - Associated Press
• Lee Iacocca Backs Diabetes Clinical Trial - Reuters

August 15, 2004

• Smooth Operators - Boston Globe Magazine
• Autism seen as problem of connections in brains - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• New teeth would grow in lab - Miami Herald
• Add calcium and vitamins to foods? The debate over fortification - Fredricksburg (Va.) Free Lance-Star
• OCEAN 5k sets bar highest - New Bedford Standard Times
• Bug your boss (scroll down) - Boston Globe

August 14, 2004

• Ousted Caritas chief got $1.4m last year: Other Hub hospital CEOs also did well - Boston Globe
• Ex-Caritas CEO's pay topped his peers - Boston Herald
• Hospitals report earnings (scroll down) - Boston Globe

August 13, 2004

• Broad Institute Finds New Home - Harvard Crimson
• Man's letters shared more than money - Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal

August 11, 2004

• Partners, Blue Cross reach agreement - Boston Globe
• The thrill of a job done well - MetroWest Daily News
• Swords To Plowshares - Chemical & Engineering News

August 10, 2004

• Optimism isn't the cure - Boston Globe
• Prenatal Portraits: Darling or Dangerous? - Web MD
  Jeffrey Ecker is an MGH physician

August 9, 2004

• The Power of a Quiet Room - Nursing Spectrum

August 8, 2004

• Firms aim to balance terror alerts, normalcy - Boston Globe

August 7, 2004

• Patients with HIV seen as separated by a racial divide - New York Times
• Young doctors choosing less stressful route - New Bedford Standard Times

August 6, 2004

• Boston Scientific widens taxus stent recall again - Bloomberg.com
• Boston Scientific expands recall of troubled stent - New York Times
• Partners Navy Yard rights approved - Boston Herald
• BRA approves transfer of navy yard parcels to Partners - Boston Business Journal

August 5, 2004

• A crystal ball for cancer treatment? - San Diego Union Tribune
• Youth creates hospital CD collection - The Sudbury Town Crier

August 4, 2004

• Brain device offers hope for some mental disorders - Boston Globe
• Business leaders, security heads discuss terror threat - WCVB, Channel 5
• Alert! More of same on way - Boston Herald
  

August 3, 2004

• MGH doc: Early C-sections pose health risk to newborns - Boston Herald
  
• Study shows babies born slightly early at risk - Reuters
• Babies born just a few weeks early risk problems - HealthDay
• Babies born before 37 weeks not as healthy - WebMD
• In Drug Research, the Guinea Pigs of Choice Are, Well, Human - New York Times
• A stroke of genius - Beacon Hill Times

August 1, 2004

• Colonoscopies tax health industry - Boston Globe
• Europe's obesity crisis - Time Europe
  
• Alcoholism treatment drug gets FDA nod - Boston Herald
• Convention brings state's stem cell debate to life - MSNBC/Boston Business Journal