MGH In The News - December 2007

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December 31, 2007

• Chip could aid cancer detection - Boston Globe

December 30, 2007

• A mother perseveres for her son - Boston Globe
• Can Omega-3 Fatty Acids Help Depression? - Ivanhoe Newschannel

December 28, 2007

• Depression Drugs: Prozac turns 20 (choose video link) - CNBC
• Dads can do plenty to help their daughters with image issues - Seattle Post Intelligencer
• Prostate Cancer Patients Pick Treatments That May Worsen Quality of Life - American Cancer Society News

December 27, 2007

• Going against the grain - PLOS Biology
• A year later, MGH deal pays dividends - The Martha's Vineyard Times
• Funds for CARES coalition (scroll down) - Boston Globe
• Gene-Test Marketing Raises Public Health fears - MedPage Today

December 26, 2007

• Make a mistake, and this mannequin dies in battle - Boston Globe
• Hospitals Look to Nuclear Tool to Fight Cancer - New York Times

December 24, 2007

• Falling Short of Professional Standards - New York Times
• Umass policy limits doctor, drug maker ties - Boston Globe

December 21, 2007

• Partners HealthCare sees profit despite higher labor costs - Boston Business Journal
• Neighborhood news (scroll down) - Boston Globe

December 20, 2007

• Child who helps others shows Christmas spirit all year - Andover Townsman
• Microfluidic Chip Snags Cancer Cells - Chemical & Engineering News
• Physician, police thyself - Toledo (Ohio) Blade

December 19, 2007

• Device can spot cancer cells in blood: U.S. study - Reuters
• Microchip Spots Stray Tumor Cells in the Bloodstream - HealthDay News
• 'Lab-On-a-Chip' May Improve Cancer Detection - MedPage Today
• New Test for Cancer Cells in Blood - Technology Review
• Chip Performs Blood 'Biopsy' - Photonics.com
• Cancer Survivor Warms Hearts Of Young MGH Patients - WBZ-TV, Ch. 4
• For transplant pioneer, a bounty of family life - Boston Globe
• Selectman Brian Chadwick undergoes remarkable surgery - Nantucket Independent
• Exercise: How much is enough? - Gather.com
• Vitale Has Vocal Cord Surgery - Associated Press
• Vitale sidelined until February - Bradenton (Fla.) Herald
• Dick Vitale to be silent? Couldn't be - Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune
• Encouraging news on Bergeron - Boston Globe

December 18, 2007

• 'Miracle Man' dies at 67 - Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader
• Letter to my fans - ESPN.com

December 17, 2007

• Caution urged in new method for stem cells - Boston Globe
• Faulty wiring mystifies mechanics and doctors alike (Anne Louise Oaklander is an MGH physician)- Boston Globe
• Like fathers, like son - Los Angeles Times
• Survey: Physicians falling short on professionalism - American Medical News

December 16, 2007

• Preparing for the holidays with elderly relatives (scroll down to video link) - New England Cable News
• It Makes You Sick! - Boston Globe Magazine
• Ice Cream for Fertility! - Boston Globe Magazine

December 15, 2007

• Tax dollars at work: Useful new Web site tracks federal spending - Worcester Telegram & Gazette

December 14, 2007

• Amgen's best hope for a hit - Wall Street Journal (subscriber access only)
• Hospitals merger may not reduce patient costs - Providence Journal
• Ex-speaker says he will have prostate removal surgery - Associated Press

December 13, 2007

• Charlestown unites to combat heroin - Boston Globe
• More French medical services needed: professor - CBC News (Canada)
• Hospital pacts (scroll down) - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
• When Mammograms Lie - Mom Logic.com
• Knee surgery for Fernandez - Boston Globe

December 12, 2007

• Statins Can Boost Brain Hemorrhage Risk After Stroke - HealthDay News
• Lipitor Linked to Bleeding After Stroke - WebMD
• Putting Stadium Site to Full-Time Use - New York Times
• All that glitters is not healthy - Gather.com

December 10, 2007

• Attack plan: Cardiac rehabilitation does wonders - Boston Globe
• Taking healthcare's pulse - Boston Globe
• Weight And Pregnancy - Hartford (Conn.) Courant
• Warning From City: Clear Those Icy Sidewalks! (also choose video link) - WBZ-TV, Ch. 4
• Health: Benefits Of Fish Oil - CBS Newsfeed
• St. Vincent cardiac program performing well - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
• Rise of the e-mandates - American Medical News

December 9, 2007

• The sneezin' upon us - Boston Globe
• So much healthcare, so many costs - Boston Globe
• First-time songwriter James Melody's ode to the season in Boston has found a home on holiday radio - Boston Globe
• A Cause for Celebration - Boston Globe (Globe North edition)

December 8, 2007

• Doctors failing to report incompetent colleagues - New Scientist

December 7, 2007

• Isotope Shortage Has North American Hospitals Scrambling to Meet Diagnostic Needs - MedPage Today

December 6, 2007

• Cell Transplants Hold Promise for Heart Attack Survivors - HealthDay News
• New Stem Cell Technique Effects Cure - Associated Press
• Nuke Reactor Shutdown Jeopardizes Medical Tests - ABC News.com
• Among Massachusetts Hospitals: The Rich Get Richer - Commonhealth/WBUR.org
• Doctors Unlikely To Report Peers Who Make Mistakes - Harvard Crimson

December 5, 2007

• Drug Helps Ease Fat Disorder in HIV Patients - HealthDay News
• Tesamorelin Slims HIV Patients with Lipodystrophy - MedPage Today
• Drug May Cut Belly Fat in HIV Patients - WebMD
• In desperate need of care - Boston Globe
• Study: Most Doctors Don't Report Serious Mistakes - CBS News
• Beating winter's woes - Boston NOW
• Cholesterol's impact on your heart health - Auburn (N.Y.) Citizen

December 4, 2007

• Doctors don't report colleagues, errors - Boston Globe
• How Professional Is Your Doctor? - Well/NYTimes.com
• Study: Doctors don't always report colleagues, errors - USA Today
• Study Finds Gaps Between Doctors' Standards and Actions - Washington Post
• Report: Many Docs Bend Ethics Beliefs - WebMD
• Many U.S. Doctors Don't Report Colleagues (scroll down) - HealthDay News
• Many Physicians Give Only Lip Service to Highest Principles of Profession - MedPage Today
• Honey cough - WHDH-TV, Channel 7
• Cures for an Ailing System: Wire American Medicine - (scroll down) - Newsweek
• Twelve Ways To Improve Your Life Satisfaction - Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia, Penn.)

December 3, 2007

• Half of U.S. doctors mum about incompetence: survey - Reuters
• Docs Don't Always Turn in Bad Colleagues - Associated Press
• Optical device helps test cancer therapies - United Press International
• Doc critical of genetic testing without counseling - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Andrews sings some praises - Boston Globe
• Notables - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Building Better Bridges Over the Valley of Death - An Optimist's View - Xconomy Kendall Square

December 2, 2007

• A living history: 40 years of heart transplants - Providence Journal
• Transforming tales - Boston Globe
• The Sleep-Industrial Complex - New York Times Magazine

December 1, 2007

• Mortimer Buckley, MGH cardiac surgery chief - Boston Globe
• MGH Voice Center honors Julie Andrews - Boston Globe
• Consumer genetic tests poorly regulated - United Press International