MGH In The News - August 2005

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August 31, 2005

• Union looks to organize at Hub's top hospitals - Boston Globe
• New Laser Cancer Treatment (choose audio link) - WBUR Radio

August 30, 2005

• Hospitals on their own when body unclaimed - Boston Herald
• Functional, MGH license a potential Alzheimer's treatment - Boston Business Journal (website)
• Aspirin vs. Colon Cancer? Not So Fast - Washington Post
• Regular aspirin reduces cancer risk - Health and Age.com

August 29, 2005

• Weight needs to be tackled early to avoid lifelong obesity - Boston Globe
• White coat notes: Can Harvard retain key cancer grant? (MGH is a member of Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center) - Boston Globe
• Genitrix: Targeting cancer - with a personal touch - Boston Business Journal

August 28, 2005

• Spinal Cement Draws Patients and Questions - New York Times
• Thyroid screenings uncover the truth behind symptoms - The Capital (Annapolis, Md.)

August 27, 2005

• Volunteers sought for diabetes fund raiser - Kent County (R.I.) Times

August 26, 2005

• Hospitals seek more body scanners - Boston Globe
• Tufts HMO reverts to managing care - Boston Globe
• Acid Test - Wall Street Journal (online subscribers only)

August 25, 2005

• Signs of diabetes often exist unrecognized - The Sun News (Myrtle Beach. Fla.)
• Doctor's diary: what doctors really think about patients - The Telegraph (UK)

August 24, 2005

• Voice for immigrants is to our health - Boston Herald
• Study downplays aspirin's benefits in cancer fight - USA Today
• Aspirin cuts risk of colon cancer - Newsday (New York)
• Aspirin may Reduce Colorectal Cancer Risk - Ivanhoe Newschannel
• Aspirin 'cuts bowel cancer risk' - BBC News
• Wonder pill aspirin may prevent cancer - The Scotsman
• ASA, other anti-inflammatory drugs cut risk for colon cancer in women - Canadian Press
• Science and Your Health - Newsweek Online
• Aspirin may reduce risk of colon cancer - Scripps-Howard News Service

August 23, 2005

• Study: Aspirin cuts cancer risk (choose video link) - NBC Nightly News
• Over-the-Counter Painkillers Cut Colorectal Cancer Risk - HealthDay News
• Aspirin wards off colon cancer, but at high doses - Reuters
• Long-term aspirin lowers colon cancer risk - Reuters Health
• Aspirin may not stop colorectal cancer - Associated Press
• High-Dose Aspirin Prevents Colon Cancer - WebMD
• Common Painkillers May Lower Colon Cancer Risk - Internet News System
• New Technology Giving ALS Patients Some Freedom - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• FDA gives firm OK for 2d test of brain sensor - Boston Globe
• Cyberkinetics teams with Mass. General on ALS - Mass. High Tech
• Grads coming home - and staying: `Boomerang' generation moving back with parents - Boston Herald
• A Techie, Absolutely, and More - New York Times

August 22, 2005

• 'Navigator' guides patients of color - Boston Globe
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• Expansions help drive Bay State hospital revenue - Boston Business Journal
• Hopkins May Impose Stricter Rules on Doctor-Investor Links - Bloomberg Business News
• Utopia goes digital - USA Today

August 21, 2005

• Bug off: Follow these tips to prevent, treat bites - Boston Herald
• Science for fun and profit: Hub students cash in on clinical trials - Boston Herald
• So you want to be a human guinea pig - Boston Herald
• 3-D Medicine: Advancements in imaging allow circulatory system to be viewed - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• The X factor - The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney, Australia)

August 20, 2005

• Potent Medicine: Can Viagra and other lifestyle drugs save lives? - Science News

August 19, 2005

• Transplant candidate rises to challenge - Boston Herald
• Worm infects hospital systems - Boston Globe

August 18, 2005

• Leaving Allergies Untreated May Lead To Problems (choose video link) - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Fetal tissue holds promise for burn victims - U.S. News & World Report (website)
• Who's this Mummy? MGH doctor helped analyze ancient Eygptian artifact - India New England News
• Health Care Forum addresses insurance and reform issues - Martha's Vineyard Times
• Families part with treasures with help from 'stuff coaches' - Boston Globe (Globe North)

August 16, 2005

• Partners CEO got $1.9m last year - Boston Globe
• Partners says its CEO earned $1.9 million last year - Associated Press
• Some adults struggle to remain in virgin territory - Boston Herald
• McCrazy? This diet catching on fast - Boston Herald
• Survivor's advice: Quit - Brockton Enterprise
• Linux entrepreneur tries again - CNet News
• Mining Clinical Data with i2b2 - BioIT World

August 15, 2005

• Imaging companies aim to make worth clear - Boston Globe
• Doctors take stock, supply data - Wall Street Journal
• VisEn Medical raises $4M - Mass High Tech

August 14, 2005

• Project on the origins of life launched - Boston Globe
• Cambridge group makes medical simulation dreams into reality (the founder of CIMIT is named John Parrish; he and Steve Dawson are both MGH physicians) - Associated Press

August 11, 2005

• Former Gov. Michael Dukakis will join forum on national health care policy - Martha's Vineyard Times
• Cancer center site unveiled - Hampton Roads (Va.) Daily Press

August 10, 2005

• Hospital moving to Navy Yard - Boston Globe
• Spaulding Rehab to relocate to $100M facility in Navy Yard - Boston Business Journal (website)
• Researchers: Women May Not Have Limited Egg Supply - Fertility Neighborhood

August 8, 2005

• Jennings' Death Moving Some To Quit Smoking (choose video link) - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• On the Bookshelf: Life in a burn unit - US News and World Report
• Widening the Window - Scientific American
• Biotech building boom brings home life lessons - Mass. High Tech

August 7, 2005

• Gluten for punishment: Better eating puts celiac symptoms on the shelf - Boston Herald
• Depressed? Getting help should be job one - BostonWorks (Boston Globe)
• Workers drive corporate charity programs - BostonWorks (Boston Globe)
• Born Again - Boston Globe Magazine
• Nashua family opens heart, home to girl - Nashua (N.H.) Telegraph

August 6, 2005

• Quarterly results up at Partners - Boston Globe
• Patient partners - Boston Globe

August 5, 2005

• Chrysler pitchman proves he's still master of the deal - Detroit (Mich.) News
• Stem cell duplication said to hamper local research - Boston Business Journal

August 1, 2005

• How To Ease A Move For Kids - CBS News
• White Coat Notes - Boston Globe
• Turning Back the Biological Clock (scroll down) - US News and World Report