MGH In The News - January 2006

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January 31, 2006

• Study: Pregnancy May Not Help Depression - Associated Press
• Pregnancy and Major Depression a Dangerous Mix - HealthDay News
• Study Sheds New Light On Pregnancy, Anti-Depressant Use (also choose video link) - WCVB-TV, ch. 5
• Risk of Depression Relapse High During Pregnancy - National Public Radio
• Pregnant women should keep antidepressants: study - Reuters
• Women with depression risk relapse while pregnant - Reuters Health
• Pregnancy can trigger depression relapse - United Press International
• Depression May Return During Pregnancy - WebMD
• Pregnancy May Not Protect Against Depression, Study Finds - ABC News.com
• Study: Pregnancy Joy Doesn't Protect Against Depression - Internet Broadcast System
• A trip from Iraq aboard a flying ICU - Boston Globe
• Rethinking Hormones, Again - New York Times
• Is This Life? - The Scientist
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• Med Center OK'd for Endicott St. (choose among listed links) - The Salem News
• Culture's influence on identity - San Antonio (Texas) Express News

January 30, 2006

• Staffing debate answered on Web - Boston Herald

January 29, 2006

• A second skin - Los Angeles Times
• Neighbors balk at health center - Boston Globe

January 28, 2006

• U.S. Regulators Approve Insulin in Inhaled Form - New York Times
• Drug Maker's Efforts to Compete in Lucrative Insulin Market Are Under Scrutiny - New York Times
• Partners HealthCare posts 39% increase in profit - Boston Globe
• Ozarks on alert against dangerous staph strain - Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader

January 27, 2006

• Advances move stem cells closer to clinic - United Press International
• Partners pressures hospital group - Boston Globe
• Mass. General, Brigham mull offer for Fla. facility - Boston Globe
• Top Boston research hospitals ponder Jupiter facility - Palm Beach (Fla.) Post
• Partners reports boost in revenue, net operating income - Boston Business Journal
• Mass. hospitals continue hiring at a healthy clip - Boston Business Journal
• SJC diagnosis - Gay doc's firing not discrimination - Boston Herald

January 26, 2006

• Doctors Urge Ending Use of Heart Surgery Drug - New York Times
• Study Finds Risk to Kidneys In Drug That Limits Bleeding - Washington Post
• Heart surgery drug poses risks - HealthDay News
• Bayer's Trasylol may cause kidney failure - United Press International
• Bayer Declines After Bypass Drug May Boost Heart Risk - Bloomberg News
• Drill gives region leg up on pandemic - Portland (Maine) Press Herald
• Letter: Proposed care center a positive for Danvers - Danvers Herald

January 25, 2006

• New curbs urged on doctor perks - Boston Globe
• Distance Sought Between Doctors and Drug Industry - Washington Post
• Scientists study scientific secrecy - United Press International
• Debating drug company gifts (transcript and video link) - The NewsHour
• Here's the bottom line on newest diet drug - Boston Herald
• WGME anchor suffers stroke - Portland (Maine) Press Herald
• Statins: Do They Lower Risk of Infections? - ABCNews.com
• Finishing the Big Dig - Boston Globe

January 24, 2006

• Guidant woes mounting: More device recalls - Boston Herald
• A closer look: DSS analysis of abuse (choose video link) - New England Cable News
• Aspirin may not Increase Risk of Hemorrhagic Strokes - Ivanhoe Newschannel
• Aspirin 'safe after brain bleeds' - BBC News
• Aspirin Use May Be Safe for Some After Intracerebral Hemorrhage - Reuters Health
• Study: Aspirin Doesn't Cause Recurring Brain Hemorrhages - Internet Broadcasting Systems
• Avicena says HD-02 shows promise - United Press International
• UMass Memorial trauma designation (scroll down) - Worcester Telegram

January 23, 2006

• The Teen Coffee-Drinking Trend - CBS4-TV
• Aspirin Therapy Safe for Some Brain Hemorrhage Survivors - HealthDay News
• Aspirin does not raise risk of second stroke - study - Reuters
• Some stroke victims may safely use aspirin therapy - Scripps Howard News Service
• Aspirin After Cerebral Hemorrhage May Be Okay - Sometimes - MedPage Today
• The true cost of healthcare in Massachusetts - Boston Globe

January 22, 2006

• Just what the patient ordered - Boston Globe
• When assessing a specialist, busier is often better - Boston Globe
• Attacks on homeless: baffling - Miami Herald
• Runners help mentally ill kids - New Bedford Standard Times

January 20, 2006

• In Switch, Scientists Share Data to Develop Useful Drug Therapies - Wall Street Journal
• Smooth operators: MGH appeal nets $50M - Boston Herald
• Multiple diagnoses - Springfield (Mass.) Republican

January 19, 2006

• Face Transplant Recipient's Habit Could Jeopardize Recovery - MedPage Today
• Highway access, aging boomers fuel hospital boom (choose link from list) - Salem News
• Second ambulatory center sets sights on Danvers - Danvers Herald
• Wood raises money for psych patients - Cambridge Chronicle
• Prayers for lung transplant answered - Marblehead Reporter

January 18, 2006

• $108m medical center would offer outpatient care - Boston Globe (Globe North edition)
• Surgeons may put patients in suspended animation - The Scotsman
• Doctors claim suspended animation success - Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald

January 17, 2006

• Does Aspirin Benefit Men and Women Differently? - ABCNews.com
• As in Sharon's Case, Handling of Stroke Has Many Variables - New York Times
• NSMC opens ambulatory care center in Danvers - Lynn Daily Item
• Neighbors decry 'behemoth' med center (choose link from list) - Salem News
• Raise a Healthy Eater - Parents.com

January 16, 2006

• Gene Increases Diabetes Risk, Scientists Find - New York Times
• 3 hospitals embark on angel funds - Boston Business Journal
• $50M electronic medical records pilot set to start - Boston Business Journal
• Mainers pay honor to Martin Luther King Jr. - Associated Press
• Dr. Edward Webster, 83, expert in radiology at MGH - Boston Globe

January 15, 2006

• Prescription for addiction: OxyContin boom - Boston Herald
• Bradford Cannon, 98, Surgeon Who Improved Burn Treatment, Dies - New York Times

January 14, 2006

• Scientists Work on 'Trauma Pill' - Associated Press
• Woman seeks kidney for second transplant: Framingham resident has hopes for live donor - MetroWest Daily News
• Israeli News Media Debate Treatment Sharon Received - New York Times

January 13, 2006

• Molecule dictates how stem cells travel - United Press International
• ADHD drug may help hyperactive teens - Reuters Health
• Technique Demonstrates Whole-body Fluorescent Scanning - HMS Focus
• Birth of Change in Medicare Benefits: The Story of tPA - HMS Focus

January 12, 2006

• Deadliness of Bird Flu Appears to Vary - ABC News.com
• Bruins alumni vs. Marblehead Youth Hockey coaches - Marblehead Reporter
• Jordan reaches goal - Old Colony Memorial

January 11, 2006

• State malpractice grade bodes ill: D- may speed doc shortage - Boston Herald
• Israel May Relax Stand on Palestinian Voting in Jerusalem; Sharon Improves - New York Times

January 10, 2006

• Private rooms priority at MGH - Boston Globe
• Screening for prostate cancer doesn't increase survival, study finds - Chicago Tribune
• Prostate Test: No Survival Benefit? - WebMD
• Think twice about prostate test - US News & World Report
• Prostate Cancer Screening Doesn't Reduce Mortality, Study Says - Bloomberg News
• Prostate cancer screening called into doubt - Dehavilland News (U.K.)
• Cell phones don't disrupt ICU ventilators - United Press International

January 9, 2006

• Some comfort for the grieving: There's no wrong way to do it - Boston Globe
• PBS' 'Cain' raises issues about boys' socialization - Boston Herald
• Doctors Plan to Lift the Coma, Then Test Sharon's Abilities - New York Times
• Medically induced coma helps brains recover - Associated Press
• The Best of the Best - Medical Imaging
• Mary's Miracle: 'You wouldn't know anything was ever wrong with her' - The Patriot Ledger

January 8, 2006

• From a cause, a cure - Boston Globe
• Their loss, their gain: Bay State dieters share success stories - Boston Herald
• There's a way to stop smoking - Chicago Tribune
• 'Watch out!' - and the stones rained down - Boston Globe
• Rock Slide Ends U.S. Hike Up Kilimanjaro - Associated Press
• NH Man Survives Fatal Avalanche On Mt. Kilimanjaro (choose video link) - CBS- 4 TV
• Health: Asians Get Depressed, Too - Sampan

January 7, 2006

• Hospital plans more upgrades, expansion - Boston Herald
• 3rd Brain Operation for Sharon - New York Times
• Finding meditation, losing stress - Newsday
• Teen hormone transplant aid hope - BBC News

January 6, 2006

• Chronic pain frustrates patients, doctors (launch video link) - NBC Nightly News
• Concern seen on recovery, survival - Boston Globe
• Even Average Joes And Joannes Can Be Comfy In Their Own Skin - Investors Business Daily

January 5, 2006

• Improving health 'no sweat,' says doctor (choose among video links) - New England Cable News

January 4, 2006

• Tracking family history helps in treating breast cancer - Newton Tab

January 3, 2006

• What is pain? New research shows brain plays key role (launch video link) - NBC Nightly News
• Tumor Trauma: Unusual genetic disorder strikes children - The Patriot Ledger

January 2, 2006

• Second-place finisher: Scituate mom in race to deliver - Boston Herald
• The year in innovation - Boston Business Journal
• Sides chosen in Logan WiFi battle - Boston Globe

January 1, 2006

• Living large in the new year - Boston Herald
• State may see rising health insurance costs - Fitchburg Sentinal and Enterprise