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MGH In The News - July 2002

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July 31, 2002

• Male hormone gel may pose risks - NBC Nightly News/MSNBC
• Early Onset Alzheimer's - ABCNews.Com
• Positive or negative? Investors hope FDA filing will pull cover off shrouded data on Hemopure - Boston Globe

July 30, 2002

• Local centers give voice to silenced vocal cords - Boston Globe
• Paying Attention to Adult ADHD - Washington Post

July 29, 2002

• Spare ribs? Pigs, other animals may provide organs for human transplant - Los Angeles Daily News
• Huntington's Study Looks Promising- Associated Press
• Cause worth its wait: Harley riders clog parts of highways in charity event - Boston Globe

July 28, 2002

• Doctors Working To Clear the Fog Of Hormone Study - Washington Post

July 26, 2002

• Clowning Around Just What Doctor Ordered: Hospital Clowns Offer Best Medicine - WCVB TV, Ch 5

July 25, 2002

• Study Tests Possible Natural Antidepressant - WCVB TV, Ch 5
• MDs to pay $1.5m in overbilling: Penalty included in Medicaid case - Boston Globe
• Anesthesiologists settle billing case - Boston Herald

July 24, 2002

• DOE $$ go to microbe studies - Boston Herald
• Doctor Uses Video in Knee Operation - Associated Press
• Viacell to expand use of pancreatic stem cell research in treating diabetes- Boston Globe
• MGH doctors agree to reimburse state Medicaid for over-billing - Associated Press
• Know your estrogen choices: Array of drugs complicates HRT decisions- Chicago Tribune/NY Times News Service
• Menstruation Time of Increased Heart Attack Risk - Reuters
• Cancer victim awaits final journey home - Albany Times-Union
• Cancer: Proton treatment has high cure rate - Florida Times-Union

July 22, 2002

• Medical Dispatch: Hormones for Men - The New Yorker
• ViaCell to use stem cell technology to develop diabetes treatment - Boston Business Journal

July 21, 2002

• Men, pecans, lizards are a lot alike - Miami Herald/sydication

July 19, 2002

• MGH likely to name Slavin president: Trustees' decision expected today- Boston Globe
• Mass. General appoints president - Boston Business Journal (website)
• MGH doctors use video link to lead South Pole surgery - Boston Herald
• Antarctic surgery via satellite - Baltimore Sun

July 18, 2002

• Telemedicine Links South Pole Patient, Boston Doctor - WCVB TV, Ch 5
• Cold Science: 'Telemedicine' operation performed at South Pole - USA Today
• South Pole surgery link-up - BBC News
• Telesurgery Treats Knee at South Pole - United Press International
• New state law bolsters demand for interpreters at hospitals - Boston Globe (Globe North)
• Bladder Cancer Options - HealthScout News
• Gene pattern reveals disease risk - Harvard Gazette

July 17, 2002

• West End braces for a makeover
  Plan is most ambitious since urban renewal of 1950s - Boston Globe
• Diabetes transplants move closer - BBC News
• Hormone-Treated Stem Cells Could Help Diabetics - Reuters Health

July 16, 2002

• New heart guidelines target the young - Boston Globe
• Improved Drug Regimens Help Patients Take Their Medicine - New York Times
• Range of Alternatives to Hormones Confuse Women - Reuters

July 15, 2002

• Olympic Swimmer Back In Race Thanks To New Surgery,
  Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery - WCVB TV, Ch. 5
• Program Tracks Stroke Victim Treatment - Associated Press
• The Truth About Hormones - Time Magazine

July 14, 2002

• Community effort yields lung donors - Boston Globe (Globe North)

July 12, 2002

• State seeks psychiatric drug cuts - Boston Globe
• Hospital Competence: Which Ones Rank Best - CBSNews.Com
• MGH, Children's Named Best Hospitals - WCVB TV, Ch. 5
• Ranking America's Hospitals - Web MD
• Medical Dean Announces Two New Endowed Chairs - HMS Focus

July 11, 2002

• Pressure Points - Saturday Evening Post

July 10, 2002

• Drug policy chief looks to the root of addiction - Boston Globe
• Experts say short-term estrogen still valuable treatment for many with menopause symptoms - Associated Press
• Superinfection despite strong immune response to existing virus - AIDSmap.com
• A fertile environment: Newton-Wellesley Hospital's program celebrates 100th pregnancy - MetroWest Daily News

July 9, 2002

• Due to risks, hormone trial halted - MSNBC/NBC Nightly News
• Cancer may not require bladder removal - CancerFacts.com
• New spine center offers a cure for pains in the neck - Newton Tab

July 8, 2002

• A Good Age: Dad's decision: He never looked back - Patriot Ledger
• Graduating with honor - local student struggles against illness, isolation to earn her high school diploma - Gloucester Daily Times

July 7, 2002

• After 9/11, a steep drop in foreign patients - Boston Globe
• Boston hospitals see drop in foreign patients - Associated Press
• Hospitals confront new guidelines on resident hours - Associated Press
• A bicycle ride filled with hope and memories - Boston Globe (NorthWest Weekly)
• Academia in Italy rues an exodus - Boston Globe

July 3, 2002

• Checkpoints, no-fly zone for Fourth concert - Boston Globe
• Heat Wave Dangers - ABCNews.Com

July 1, 2002

• More and more, computers handle meds: Local hospitals are part of trend- Boston Herald