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MGH In The News - January 2004

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January 31, 2004

• Officials report flu outbreak on decline - Boston Globe

January 30, 2004

• Epilepsy Seizures Decrease With New Surgery - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5 (link to earlier story)
  
• CDC fills in MGH on bird flu fears - Boston Herald

January 29, 2004

• Medicare HMO rates to fall - Boston Globe

January 28, 2004

• Bill Belichick, CEO: Coach's ability to see a task and tackle it brilliantly wins management experts' praise - Boston Globe
• Super what? Pats not making much of a dent in academia - Patriot Ledger

January 27, 2004

• What caused woman's kidneys to fail? - Boston Globe
• Making the lineup for the big game - Boston Globe
• Cardiac conundrum - Sarasota (Florida) Herald Tribune/Worcester Telegram & Gazette

January 26, 2004

• Rural Cambodia, Though Far Off the Grid, Is Finding Its Way Online - New York Times
• Jesus and the FDA - Time Magazine
• Baystate to add teen obesity surgery - Springfield Republican
• West End revisited: Major projects change the lay of the land on Cambridge Street - Boston Business Journal

January 25, 2004

• Thornton hits ice with changed look - Boston Herald
• About-face: Thornton remains out of lineup - Boston Globe

January 24, 2004

• U.S. Surgeons Respond to Bam Earthquake - Associated Press

January 23, 2004

• Words Apart - Washington Post
• Brain Imaging Breakthrough for Alzheimer's- Betterhumans.com
• Health Matters: Early flu season has many worried - B.U. Bridge
• Thornton surgery goes well - Boston Globe
• Low-tar cigarettes do not cut lung cancer risk - Women's Cancer Network

January 22, 2004

• Tracking Alzheimer's: New tool would help measure plaque deposits in patients - Newsday
• U.S. obesity costs expanding: Government pays half of $75B tab - Boston Herald
• To hell and back: Pickett, Owens come home - Stowe (Vermont) Reporter
• There's a risk to the beauty of surgery - USA Today
  (Nancy Etcoff is an MGH psychologist)
• Doctor comforts those hurt in quake - Arlington Advocate
• 'Project Smile' delivers hope - Dover-Sherborn Free Press
• Thornton to have surgery - Boston Globe
• Bruins Center Thornton to Have Surgery - Associated Press

January 21, 2004

• The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's - PBS (website for documentary program including MGH researchers)
• Prime Organics teams with MGH for Alzheimer's research - Boston Business Journal

January 20, 2004

• Mass. General resident finds music strikes a healing chord - Boston Globe
• Viruses that kill cancer - Boston Globe
• 'The Forgetting:' PBS documentary portrays Cape family with rare, early form of Alzheimer's - Cape Cod Times
• Doctors without borders - Beacon Hill Times
• Protecting Yourself Against Drug "Cost Shifting" - Intelihealth
• Thornton injures eye in fight with Lindros - Sports Network

January 19, 2004

• Boston sharpens its pitch to compete for area biotech - Boston Business Journal
• Disease has widow struggling with unknown - Waterbury (Ct.) Republican-American

January 18, 2004

• A family closes around one of its own - Providence Journal
• During a pregnant pause, she gambles on relaxation - Boston Globe
• Partners Community HealthCare taps Thomas Lee as its new chief executive - Boston Herald
• Fighting words: See breast cancer as a disability - Chicago Tribune

January 17, 2004

• Wintry blast sparks a day care 911 - Boston Globe
• Pittsburgh Alzheimer's researchers, patients and families are part of new PBS documentary - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Startup uses defense technology for device - Dallas Business Journal
• Scientists are learning how people can unlearn fear - Science News

January 16, 2004

• Harvard Team Aids Quake Victims - Harvard Crimson

January 15, 2004

• Local doctors provide critical care to earthquake victims in Iran - MetroWest Daily News
  
• Physician answers emergency call from Iran - Boston Globe (Globe Northwest)

January 14, 2004

• Pig-to-Human Organ Transplant Trials Recommended in Australia - Cybercast News Service

January 13, 2004

• Surgeon relieves disaster trauma worldwide - Boston Globe
• Dealing With Depression and the Perils of Pregnancy - New York Times
• Surgery on rise for obese teens - Boston Globe
• Fabric Place donates hats - Beacon Hill Times

January 12, 2004

• New marrow brings hope for kidney recipients - Boston Globe
• Mood swings can indicate bipolar child - Cape Cod Times
• More than pals: Value of assistance dogs explained - The Patriot Ledger

January 11, 2004

• I'll give you my heart (but I might need your liver) - Boston Globe
• Just Do It - New York Times
• Wealthiest nonprofits favored by foundations - Boston Globe
• Out Of India - CBS News

January 10, 2004

• Potomac Watch: 40 years ago, government linked smoking to cancer - Scripps Howard News Service

January 9, 2004

• Man celebrates new year with new kidney - Rockingham (N.H.) News
• Low-Tar Tobacco Presents Same Risk - Washington Post
• Reproductive Cells Derived from Embryonic Stem Cells - HMS Focus
• Fans brave cold weather for Patriots playoff - Associated Press

January 8, 2004

• From Bam, Boston Disaster Team Returns - WBUR Radio (choose audio link)
• Hub medics return from Iran mercy mission - Boston Herald
• Emergency medical team returns from earthquake-damaged Iran - Associated Press
• Relief team returns from devastated Iran - The Patriot Ledger
• R.I. fire survivor goes home at last - Boston Globe
• Last Survivor Hospitalized From Rhode Island Fire Goes Home - Associated Press
• Study: Low-Tar Cigarettes Do Not Cut Cancer Risk - Reuters
• Warning over low-tar cigarettes - BBC News
• No benefit from low-tar cigarettes - Financial Times (U.K.)
• Low-tar cigarettes fail to cut cancer risk - Agence France-Presse
• Stuffed animals for state troopers - Dover-Sherborn Press

January 7, 2004

• Mass. crafts SARS plans - Boston Herald
• Massachusetts prepares to treat SARS patients - Associated Press

January 6, 2004

• A visit to Brudnoy - Boston Globe
• In Iran, goodwill salves enmity - Chicago Tribune
• Newton physician helps decorate 'Giving Tree' at MGH - Newton Tab

January 5, 2004

• More families have children with learning disorders - Scripps Howard News Service

January 4, 2004

• 'Offshoring' Trend Casting a Wider Net - LA Times

January 3, 2004

• Mass. doctors in Iran find life amid death at quake site - Boston Globe
• Woman, 97, found alive in Iran quake ruins - CNN
• Sick and the injured file into U.S. field hospital in Iran despite hostile relations - Associated Press

January 2, 2004

• Braintree mom treating quake victims in Iran - Patriot Ledger
• U.S. Aid Raises Hopes of Conciliation With Iran - Newsday

January 1, 2004

• Iran quake rescue efforts end - CNN
• An Odd Sight in Iran as Aid Team Tents Go Up: The U.S. Flag - New York Times