MGH In The News - January 2005

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January 31, 2005

• The life sciences building boom - Boston Globe
• Women need to better care for their breasts - Chicago Sun Times
• The Body Shops - IEEE Spectrum

January 30, 2005

• Investing in stroke care - Boston Globe
• Food and mood: eating well helps ease depression - Fredericksburg (Md.) Free Lance-Star

January 28, 2005

• FDA's decision on morning-after pill is delayed - Baltimore Sun

January 27, 2005

• MGH team heads west on a mission of Mercy - Boston Herald
• Local physician to serve with Naval Mercy ship in tsunami relief effort - Winchester (Mass.) Star
• Indian Hospitals Lure Foreigners With $6,700 Heart Surgery - Bloomberg Business News
• Some fear collapse may have released asbestos - The Patriot Ledger
• Joe-Max hangs up boots - Fox Sports

January 26, 2005

• MGH Team Headed To S.E. Asia - Associated Press
• Team from MGH to aid tsunami victims (scroll down) - Boston Globe

January 25, 2005

• Patient's tenacity honored - Boston Globe
• Patient Care vs. Corporate Connections - New York Times
• Little Benefit From Whole-Body CT Scans (Scott Gazelle is an MGH physician) - HealthDay News
• HealthBeat Wrap: Weight And Kidney Stones, CT Scans, GIK Treatment - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5

January 24, 2005

• Another Stem-Cell Setback - BusinessWeek Online
• Leptin for Infertility - Ivanhoe Broadcast News
• A giant passes - Boston Globe
• Biotech Company ViaCell Debuts on Nasdaq - Associated Press
• Nanobiotech: Notable Progress in a Still Nascent Field - Bio-IT World
• An organ of consequence (scroll down) - Toronto Star

January 21, 2005

• Calling in a top gun - Boston Globe
• Healing naturally (scroll down) - Parents and Kids
• Spleen Stem Cells Appear Potent - Betterhumans.com

January 20, 2005

• Hospital designation plan optimizes stroke treatment - Boston Herald
• Stroke Certification System For Hospitals Updated (also choose video link) - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• MetroWest Medical, Newton-Wellesley named primary stroke centers - MetroWest Daily News
• Spleen Surprise Source of Stem Cell - HealthDay News
• Cancer-blaster shoots for Valley - The Morning Call (Allentown, Penn.)

January 19, 2005

• Massachusetts Stem Cell Research (choose audio link) - WBUR Radio
• Beware of frostbite dangers - Boston Herald
• Scientists Peer Into Circuitry of Live Animal Brain - Reuters
• Road Map to a Digital System of Health Records - New York Times
• Old jail ready to be reborn as hotel - Boston Globe

January 18, 2005

• How we choose: A new branch of brain science tries to understand human decision-making (Hans Breiter is an MGH researcher) - Boston Globe

January 15, 2005

• Doing good deeds can improve health, make you happier, scientists suggest - Toronto Globe and Mail
• Sunscreen in a pill? - Health and Age.com

January 14, 2005

• The Doctor Can't Help Himself - New York Magazine
• Gene Study Offers Hope for the Deaf -National Public Radio
• Scientists find gene that prevents regrowth of hearing cells - CBC News (Canada)
• Gene that may no longer turn a deaf ear to old age - The Times (U.K.)
• Protein Switch Could Treat Deafness - BetterHumans.com
• Johnson & Johnson withdraws faulty stents - Bloomberg Business News
• Genetic Battleground Marked Between HIV and Host - HMS Focus
• Brain Region Senses Setbacks, Redirects Action - HMS Focus
• Anti-angiogenesis Drug Improves Response to Radiation Therapy - HMS Focus

January 13, 2005

• Researchers link gene to common form of deafness - Associated Press
• Researchers Root Out Hearing Loss Gene in Mice - HealthDay News
• New Lead on Hearing Loss - WebMD
• Intestinal Immune Cell Network Discovered - HealthDay News
• Sleepy doctors pose a hazard on road - Boston Globe
• Americans urged to exercise hour daily, alter diet (Carlos Camargo is an MGH physician) - Boston Globe
• Take 2 soy and call me in the morning - Boston Herald
• The Doctor Is Out (and So Are the Patients) - New York Times
• Statins: A risk to your baby? - USA Today
• Which Pill for the Drug Industry? - Business Week
• More ammo for Huntington's disease arsenal - Chemical and Engineering News

January 12, 2005

• N.E. pushes to find takers for flu shots - Boston Globe
• Brudnoy Fund nets $25,000 - Newton Tab and other local papers
• Kraft Junk Food Crackdown -WHDH-TV, Ch. 7

January 10, 2005

• Sun protection in a pill seen possible - Reuters
• Study Could Help Doctors Diagnose Dementia (scroll down to video link) - New England Cable News

January 7, 2005

• Tsunami medical care resembles U.S. Civil War era - ABC News.com
• A common antibiotic could help ALS victims - Baltimore Sun
• No Pain, Some Gain - Business Week
• Magnetic Nanoparticles Used to Track Cancer - Small Times
• Popular radio host bequeaths money for AIDS research - New York Blade

January 6, 2005

• Flu Season Update - CBS-4, TV
• Heavy Metal? Exploring the Aluminum/Alzheimer’s Link (Ashley Bush is an MGH researcher) - E/Magazine
• Senator leaves hospital bed to take oath of office - Boston Globe
• MMA cruise will raise money for brain tumor care center - Upper Cape Codder

January 5, 2005

• Med area gets $216M plan: Intell wins contract for Brigham - Boston Herald
• Drugs Linked to Diabetes Risk in Schizophrenics - Ivanhoe Newschannel
• Infinity will unveil research deal with Novartis - Boston Globe

January 4, 2005

• MGH docs link diabetes to anti-psychotic meds - Boston Herald
• Study points to higher risk of insulin resistance in Zyprexa - Bloomberg Business News
• Novartis, Lilly Schizophrenia Drugs May Pose Diabetes Risk - Dow Jones Newswire
• Contractor Suing Pats' Offensive Chief Over House Deal - Associated Press

January 3, 2005

• Artificial Hip a Story of Setbacks, Triumph - HealthDay News
• Despite recent setbacks, many people willing to join clinical trials - Boston Herald
• Drug makers adding X-rays, MRIs to arsenal - Boston Globe
• Hospital ponders cutting out junk food - Boston Herald (Associated Press)

January 2, 2005

• Anti-flab fads shrinking in '05 - Boston Herald

January 1, 2005

• Final testament to a man's generosity - Boston Herald