MGH In The News - December 2006

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December 31, 2006

• 2006: Just the facts - Boston Globe
• The Influential - Boston Globe
• The events that made headlines in 2006 - Lynn Daily Item

December 29, 2006

• Real estate dip, selectmen changes top the news in '06 - Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror

December 28, 2006

• Amid warnings, Partners to cut anemia drug doses - Boston Globe
• Local Researchers Testing Insulin Inhaler - CBS4-TV
• Andover High students scrub in, watch heart surgery - Andover Townsman
• Removable Tattoos an Attractive Option - ABC News
• For kids, MS itself just half the battle - Chicago Tribune

December 27, 2006

• Fracture risk, medication linked - Reuters/Boston Globe
• How to deal with holiday stress (scroll down to video link) - New England Cable News
• Breast Cancer Patients Sought for Clinical Trial - WCVB-TV, Channel 5

December 26, 2006

• Norovirus spreading fast (choose video link)- WFXT-TV, Ch. 25
• Youth group gives hope - Sudbury Town Crier

December 25, 2006

• Little fish, big medicine - Boston Globe

December 24, 2006

• A harpist's practice in sound therapy - Boston Globe

December 22, 2006

• State Public Health Council Moves Rapidly to Approve Martha's Vineyard Hospital Sale - Vineyard Gazette
• Living Well is the Best Prevention (scroll down) - MedPage Today
• Amid sorrow for medic's lost life comes hope for baby - Kansas City Star

December 21, 2006

• Hope arises for gains long after stroke - Boston Globe
• Hub hospital wears kidney transplant crown - Boston Herald
  Kidney transplants at Massachusetts hospitals in 2005
  
• Wear them well: Bracelets honor a friend and raise money for cancer research
  - Boston Globe (Globe South edition)
• Omega-3 pork hits Discover's top list - The Missourian (Columbia, Mo.)
• Radiation professional claims hospital missed her tumor - Boston Herald

December 20, 2006

• Study casts doubt on new blood tests - Associated Press
• New heart disease markers no better than old: study - Reuters
• Traditional Heart Risk Factors Outdo Biomarkers
  - HealthDay News
• Ten biomarkers don't add much to traditional risk factors in predicting future cardiac events - The Heart.org
• Northfield Hits Blood-Test Hurdle - Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)
• Bill would give tax credit for living organ donors - MetroWest Daily News
• Phil Kessel News Conference with Dr. David Judge of MGH
  (choose audio link) - WBZ Radio
• Yale facility may shine in Fla. - New Haven (Conn.) Register

December 19, 2006

• Imaging could furnish proof of chronic pain - Boston Globe
• Wayland's Candela zaps rival with patent suit - MetroWest Daily News
• Heart doctors get lots of love - New Bedford Standard Times

December 18, 2006

• Hospital strives to balance technology, patient stress - Boston Globe
  Actions you can take to reduce OR stress

December 17, 2006

• Four are recognized for labor relations work - BostonWorks (Boston Globe)
• Physicians not in it for the money (scroll down) - Boston Globe
• Remarkably, Kessel, now considered cured, was able to bear up - Boston Globe
• Docs declare Kessel to be cancer-free - Boston Herald
• For laser at Jefferson Lab, it's 'pick a wavelength' - Hampton Roads (Va.) Pilot
• Bruschi wants to spread his inspirational message - New Bedford Standard Times
• Need a break? Take a hike - Boston Globe
• Wiring his brain - Providence Journal
  Most in study showed progress

December 16, 2006

• Partners HealthCare posts 75% more operating profit - Boston Globe

December 15, 2006

• A Second Look at Death - New York Times
• Birth Defect Led to Stroke in Senator, Doctors Say - New York Times
• Hormone fears rise with cancer news - Associated Press
• Earlier HIV Therapy Helps Beat Back Hepatitis C - HealthDay News
• HIV treatment may need to start above 300 CD4s in HIV/hepatitis C coinfected, study suggests - Aidsmap News
• Novartis moving 2d unit to area - Boston Globe
• Precursor Pinpointed that Generates Heart Cells - HMS Focus
• Tabin Appointed Genetics Chair - HMS Focus
• Jordan Chair Advances Research on Stem Cells - HMS Focus
• In Memoriam - HMS Focus

December 14, 2006

• MV Hospital board signs MGH deal - Martha's Vineyard Times
• Doctor has history of caring - Weston/Wayland Town Crier
• Yale might open medical facility in county - Palm Beach (Fla.) Post
• Matsuzaka, Red Sox agree to terms - Boston Globe
• D-Mat, Sox get it done: Sign 6-year, $52M deal - Boston Herald

December 13, 2006

• Glaxo starts test of Tykerb in early breast cancer - Reuters
• Laverty reassures Cape Ann - Addison Gilbert is here to stay - Gloucester Daily Times
• Medford nurse brings health to the homeless -Medford Transcript
• Deal close: Matsuzaka arrives in Boston - Associated Press
• Cancer surgery for Bruin - Boston Globe
• Kessel cancer confirmed: 'Resting' after surgery - Boston Herald

December 12, 2006

• Scientists model infectious disease action - United Press International
• Diocese may shift control of hospitals - Boston Globe
• Cancer Society plans $25m residence - Boston Globe
• Bruins Rookie Has Cancer-Related Surgery - Associated Press
• 'Medical issue' for Kessel - Boston Globe
• Kessel in hospital: Might have testicular cancer - Boston Herald

• In a shift, physicians embrace a new role: advocacy - Boston Globe
• MGH President Peter Slavin (choose video link) - 'CEO Corner,' New England Cable News
• Oh, no! It's a zit! - Detroit News/San Antonio Express News
• Distracted from a full recovery - Boston Globe
• Runner in Tucson Marathon dies - Arizona Daily Star

December 10, 2006

• Hip fractures a mortal test for elders and for medicine - Boston Globe
• Going beyond alma mater, Rappaport boosts Suffolk - Boston Globe

December 9, 2006

• 'People were crying . . . there was chaos' - Boston Globe
• Milk Therapy - Science News

December 8, 2006

• Brigham official to run ailing Mass. Eye and Ear - Boston Globe
  
• Iraqi baby's story a 'gift,' mom says - St. Louis Post Dispatch
• Saving Baby Mariam (choose audio link) - 'Here and Now' WBUR Radio
• MVC Approves Hospital Plan - Martha's Vineyard Gazette
• Carradine "Mad" for Lifetime drama pilot - Reuters

December 7, 2006

• Marines Save Iraqi Baby to Honor Fallen Soldier - ABC News/Good Morning America
  
• Is Marathoning Too Much of a Good Thing for Your Heart? - New York Times
• MVC will vote tonight on hospital - Martha's Vineyard Times
• Lifeline to Ethiopia - Boston Globe
• The fight for Darfur comes to Winchester - Winchester Star
• Dec receives professorship - Weston Town Crier
• Much-admired Physician Edward S. Rendall Dies - Ellsworth (Maine) American

December 6, 2006

• Partners chief: Pols could ax plan - Boston Herald
  
• Biotech industry, university leaders to form collaborative - Boston Globe
• Diabetes drug found more effective than older rivals - Los Angeles Times
• Diabetes Drugs Compared - WebMD
• Teen raises $10K for cancer research - The Jewish Advocate
• Behind the Scenes with DE Ty Warren - Patriots.com

December 5, 2006

• Depression engulfs area's Puerto Ricans - Boston Globe
  
• Study Touts Avandia To Treat Diabetes; An Editorial Doesn't - Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)
• ER patient loads vary widely - Scripps News Service
• Not all hospital ERs overcrowded - United Press International
• ER busy and getting busier - Casper (Wyoming) Star Tribune

December 4, 2006

• Saving baby Mariam - Boston Globe
  slideshow
• Diabetes drug's benefits come at a price - Associated Press
• IDF: Avandia Delays Therapy Failure in Type 2 Diabetes - MedPage Today
• Ped Med: Scientists study genes in autism - United Press International
• FDA Stent Experts Have Financial Ties to J&J, Boston Scientific - Bloomberg News
• I know you can't catch AIDS from a toilet seat. What can you catch? - Boston Globe

December 3, 2006

• Health Hazard: Computers Spilling Your History - New York Times
• Schillings continue fight against ALS - RedSox.com

December 1, 2006

• Is a senior safety net worth $9,000 a year? - Boston Globe
• Army to fund research on memory pill that may help PTSD victims - Stars and Stripes
• Symposium Animates Origins of Life Initiative - HMS Focus
• Med Ed Day Continues to Stir Curriculum - HMS Focus
• In Memoriam - HMS Focus
• Donovan honored for his work at Mass General - Arlington Advocate