MGH In The News - December 2004

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December 30, 2004

• Mass. Iran quake team expects no call for Asia - Boston Globe
• Men Still Worry After 'All Clear' Prostate Biopsy - Reuters
• "The Aviator" Draws Attention to Anxiety Disorders in Older Adults (Michael Jenike is also on the MGH medical staff) - SeniorJournal.com
• Hospital plans major project - Boston Globe

December 29, 2004

• Big tobacco targets college students - Boston Herald

December 28, 2004

• Smoking makes the campus scene - USA Today
• Tobacco Company-Sponsored Parties May Encourage Students To Smoke - Internet Broadcasting System
• Study: Tobacco Firms Encourage College Smoking - JoinTogether.org
• Swallowing pills isn't the only way to treat pain - Boston Globe
• Where Are Icelanders From? The Answer Is in the Genes - New York Times
• Dr. Durant's good works - Boston Globe
• Are pigs the future of transplants? - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

December 26, 2004

• Struggling with attention disorders - Boston Globe
• For Brudnoy near death, a report filled with hope - Boston Globe
• Studies on painkillers in jeopardy - The Washington Post

December 25, 2004

• Called back to life: Boss' wake-up call stops waiter at death's door - Boston Herald

December 24, 2004

• Everyday Santas light up our world - Boston Herald

December 23, 2004

• Area's hospitals retaining post-C-section policy - New Bedford Standard Times

December 22, 2004

• MGH program offers help, hope for HIV-positive women - Newton TAB
• Public Pays for Blood Expert's Advice, and So Do Firms - Los Angeles Times
• Former Olean man in a race for his father's life - Olean (N.Y.) Times Herald

December 21, 2004

• When the tears came - Boston Globe
• The Ultimate Gift: 50 Years of Organ Transplants - New York Times
• Lost childhood: Missed diagnoses can lead to medication mistakes - Boston Globe
  Official criteria for bipolar disorders
  
• Treatment boost for disease (scroll down) - Boston Globe
• Bringing new respect to an old teaching method -Boston Globe

December 20, 2004

• Hospitals seize more tech dollars - Boston Business Journal
• Improving Radiation's Effectiveness with Anti-Angiogenic Drugs - CancerPage.com
• U.S. Halts Pfizer's Celebrex Use in Alzheimer's Test - Bloomberg Business News

December 19, 2004

• Weis Made His Luck on Way to the Irish -New York Times

December 18, 2004

• Partners' operating profit up nearly sixfold in quarter - Boston Globe
• Partners, Children's in black - Boston Herald
• Honesty's not cheap, but returns are priceless - Boston Herald
• Problems May Send Many Patients Back to Good Old Aspirin Jonathan Kay is an MGH physician - New York Times

December 17, 2004

• Doctors say avoid Pfizer's Bextra - medical journal - Reuters
• Brain Structure for Reward and Punishment Smaller in Cocaine Addicts (scroll down) - HMS Focus

December 16, 2004

• Natural birth after C-section poses small risk, study finds - Toronto Globe and Mail
• Weis suit alleges medical malpractice (scroll down) - Boston Globe

December 15, 2004

• Findings on Caesarean Deliveries Rekindle Debate - Washington Post
• Nonprofit launches plan to reduce medical errors - Boston Globe
• 'Who's next? Filling the void of civic leadership will be hard - Boston Globe
• Brudnoy's dying request: Support AIDS research - Newton Tab (and other local papers)
• Editorial: David Brudnoy was articulate to the last - Dover-Sherborn Suburban Press
  
• Weis weighs in with a malpractice suit vs. MGH surgeons - Boston Herald
• Weis suit against doctors who performed stomach stapling moves ahead - Associated Press
• Is Vaginal Delivery After C-Section Safe? - WebMD

December 14, 2004

• The power of perseverance - Boston Globe
• MIT grows beating heart tissue - Boston Globe
• I've heard you can get liver failure from taking Tylenol and drinking - Boston Globe
• Natural delivery risk low after C-Section - Associated Press
• Risk Seen in Vaginal Birth After Caesarean -Study - Reuters
  
• Obese and Opaque - Washington Post

December 13, 2004

• Next-Generation Mammogram More Accurate, Less Painful (Daniel Kopans is an MGH radiologist) - ABC News
• Technology saves money and lives -North Adams (Mass.) Transcript
• Red Sox' hot stove cools in Anaheim - Boston Herald

December 12, 2004

• Off the charts - Boston Globe
• Long-distance house calls - Boston Globe
• Death of a gallant man - Boston Globe
  
• Genetic find brings AIDS vaccine closer - The Independent (South Africa)

December 11, 2004

• Anorexia Consequences Need Vigilant Monitoring - Reuters Health
• Sox drop Morgan as team doc - Boston Herald

December 10, 2004

• Legs feel like Jell-O? Check your cartilage - Boston Herald
• Meek expectations: Modest raises, selective bonuses await - Boston Business Journal
• Brudnoy, icon of airwaves, dies - Boston Globe
  Friends recall a man of courage, eloquence
  
• Hub mourns loss of radio icon Brudnoy: Death with dignity, just as he lived - Boston Herald
• Boston radio talk show host Brudnoy dies - Associated Press
• Scientists identify key genes linked to HIV response - The Advocate

December 9, 2004

• Brudnoy, in cancer's grip, prepares for end - Boston Globe
• Brave to the end: Radio legend Brudnoy says his last goodbyes - Boston Herald
  
• Latest discovery may speed development of vaccine to fight AIDS - Boston Herald
• Key HIV-fighting genes identified - BBC News
• Gene Variants May Help Fend Off HIV Infection - Medical News Today (UK)
• Discovering how we appreciate a loss - Harvard Gazette
• Key Clue In AIDS Vaccine Search - 365Gay.com
• Supplement may help with antidepressant response - Health and Age.com

December 8, 2004

• Radio Host David Brudnoy, battling cancer, nears death - Associated Press
• Brudnoy Bids Farewell, Accepts Losing Battle With Cancer - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
  Statement From Mass General
  
• David Brudnoy is Saying Goodbye - WBZ Newsradio
• Scientists Find Gene Clue in Hunt for AIDS Vaccine - Reuters
• Certain Immune Genes Key in Fighting HIV - HealthDay News
• Drug May Ward Off Breast Cancer's Return - Associated Press
• Amgen Drug Boosts Blood Cells for Clotting - Los Angeles Times

December 7, 2004

• Drug-ordering systems get a boost - Boston Globe
• When doctors do the right thing - Boston Globe
  also scroll down to "Doctors receive bonus for better care"
  
• Mass. Launches Computerized Medical Files - Associated Press
• Statewide database of medical records sought: eHealth Collaborative system to target efficiency, savings - MetroWest Daily News
• Legislator's diagnosis: leukemia - Boston Globe

December 6, 2004

• Some hospitals outsourcing work - Associated Press
• Nutritional Supplement Helps Ease Depression - HealthDay News

December 5, 2004

• Brain Power - Boston Globe Magazine
• The Bionic Eye - Boston Globe Magazine
• Hospital gift shops often yield . . . Present Surprises - Boston Herald
• ER docs: Flu threat nothing to sneeze at - Boston Herald
• Healthcare price tag is coming your way - Boston Globe
• Boston hospital mends its finances - Boston Globe
• Letters: Who's the Boss? - Boston Globe
• Hub woman: X-ray snafu cost my life - Boston Herald

December 3, 2004

• More testing urged for 'female Viagra' - Boston Globe
• Online organ linkups spur debate, alarm - Boston Globe
• Ethics issue leads doctor to quit fund - Cleveland Plain Dealer
• Francis H. "Hooks" Burr - Boston Herald
• Obesity may Obstruct Imaging Diagnosis - Ivanhoe Newschannel
• Earliest Cancer Trials May Offer Lower Risk But Lower Benefit - HMS Focus
• HMS Hospitals Hone Plans for Deeper Cuts in Resident Hours - HMS Focus
• Broad and Novartis Announce Joint Program to Decode Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes (scroll down) - HMS Focus
• Paintings celebrate Rhode Island Hospital's history - Providence Journal

December 2, 2004

• Obesity Limits Image Quality, Diagnosis and Treatment - RSNA Daily Bulletin
• HealthBeat Wrap: Obesity, Red Meat, Prescription Drug Use - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• South African Choir Sings to Raise Money for AIDS Medication - Larchmont (N.Y.) Gazette
• Dietary Supplement Ups Antidepressant Effect - WebMD
• Alternatives to flu shots fill Web sites (Harold DeMonaco is an MGH pharmacist) - USA Today
• 50-50 raffle planned for tree lighting (scroll down) - Marblehead Reporter

December 1, 2004

• Dietary supplement tested as remedy for depression - Boston Herald
• Supplement Boosts Depression Treatment - Betterhumans.com
• Study suggests supplement may boost antidepressants - APA Online
• SAMe may boost antidepressants (scroll down) - United Press International
• 'A tragedy of overwhelming magnitude' - Newton Tab
• Fat Americans Overwhelm Diagnostic Machines-Study - Reuters
• Obesity Limits Quality of Imaging Techniques - WebMD
• Obesity affects accuracy of scans - Health and Age.com
• Surfers get some free medical advice - San Diego Union Tribune