MGH In The News - July 2005

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July 31, 2005

• The Bionic Man - Boston Globe Magazine
• Chat rooms' beacon of hope: Mental health sites show users they're not alone - Milwaukee Journal Sentinal

July 30, 2005

• Waiting for Another L.B.J. - New York Times
• Kids who kill - Miami Herald

July 29, 2005

• Bone marrow could hold key to turning back clock on fertility - The Times (London, UK)
• Controversial Study Finds an Unexpected Source of Oocytes - Science
• Visit to top US hospital gives island students a career boost - Royal Gazette (Bermuda)

July 28, 2005

• Scientists Claim to Find Cells That Restore Egg Production - Washington Post
• Finding could mean extended fertility - Boston Globe
• Study Links Stem Cells in Marrow to Fertility - New York Times
• New eggs from marrow? - Dallas Morning News
• Harvard, MGH researchers track egg cell production to marrow - Harvard Gazette
• Bone marrow proves source of egg cells, too - Reuters
• Stem Cells Restore Egg Production in Mouse Ovaries - HealthDay News
• New oocytes from bone marrow? - The Scientist
• Cells found for restoring ovaries - United Press International
• Hyperactivity drug hardly affects kids' growth (the MGH physician who led this study is named Thomas Spencer) - Reuters Health
• Boston takes aim at racial disparities in healthcare - Christian Science Monitor
• Edwin Wyman: MGH surgeon answered global housecalls - Boston Globe
• Walk of Hope scheduled - Wakefield Observer
• Golf tourney honors late San-Tron owner - Ipswich Chronicle

July 27, 2005

• New Eggs From Bone Marrow? - ScienceNOW
• A vote for Longwood: Beth Israel lease in tower bolsters area's status as major research center - Boston Globe
• Mammography saves lives - Boston Herald

July 26, 2005

• MGH seeks to bridge healthcare's racial gap - Boston Globe
• Center targets racial gap in health care - Boston Herald
• Closing the Health Care Gap (choose audio link) - WBUR Radio
• Backpacks and books - MetroWest Daily News

July 25, 2005

• New Weapon In Breast Cancer Fight? (choose video link) - CBS News
• A prayer for health - Boston Globe
• Teens enjoy witty campaign for mystery product - Boston Herald
• Preparation is key in heat and humidity - The Patriot Ledger
• Molecular Imaging - Chemical and Engineering News

July 24, 2005

• Hospitals study when to apologize to patients - Boston Globe
• Hospitals weigh policy for docs to disclose mistakes, apologize - Associated Press
• Hospitals returning to 'once a C-section, always one' rule - Tacoma (Wash.) News Tribune
• People with epilepsy showcase 'Expressions of Courage' - Northwest Indiana Times
• Around town (scroll down) - Boston Globe

July 22, 2005

• Bush gives props to Mass. General tsunami crew - Boston Herald
• Weymouth nurse is thanked at White House - The Patriot Ledger
• Nurses pitch in for tsunami relief effort - Brockton Enterprise

July 21, 2005

• Healthy career move for students - The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)
• The heat is on - Pining for winter in summer swelter - The Patriot Ledger
• Boston-area hospitals get mixed grade - Boston Globe
• Boston-area hospitals rank first in two categories - Associated Press
• Thick-Skinned' People Have Thick Brains - Discovery News
• Annual Walk of Hope to benefit ALS - The Winchester Star
• Humphrey celebrates Partners Health Care service (scroll down) - Medfield Press
• Bruschi's sudden impact - Boston Herald
  
  

July 20, 2005

• Mayor Opens Cooling Centers To Beat Heat - WCVB-TV Ch. 5
• Parents march to raise autism awareness - NBC Nightly News
• Iacocca shooting from the hip - CNN Money
  

July 19, 2005

• Iacocca, Away From the Grind, Still Has a Lot to Say - New York Times
  

July 18, 2005

• Harvard beats out Harvard (scroll down) - Boston Globe
  

July 17, 2005

• Personalized medicine: A new approach to staying well - Boston Globe

July 15, 2005

• Romney begs to differ with Santorum remark - Boston Globe

July 14, 2005

• Local ERs taxed by influx of patients - Brockton Enterprise
• Around town (scroll down) - Boston Globe

July 13, 2005

• Sox ace Schilling, CVS to present $2M check to MGH unit - Boston Business Journal
• Hospital Uses RFID for Surgical Patients - RFID Journal

July 12, 2005

• Brain Region May Govern Resilience to Trauma - HealthDay News
• Thicker Brain, Less Fear? - Web MD
• Your Child's Health: How to talk to your kids - MetroWest Daily News

July 11, 2005

• From guns to guts, new treatments are literally in the spotlight - Boston Globe
• Digital Images Unleashed - Information Week

July 8, 2005

• Hopkins tops U.S. News & World Report top hospitals list again - Associated Press
• Best Hospitals 2005 - US News and World Report
• Stent technique may harm blood vessels - Bloomberg News
• Waiting for a Savior: Randolph man, 21, needs a kidney transplant, his third - The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.)
• Timlin ALS fund-raiser nets $70,000 - Hopkinton Crier
• Foulke scopes out a recovery - Boston Herald
• Database May Help Diagnose Illnesses - Harvard Crimson
  

July 7, 2005

• Report Cites Reaction to New Anti-Epilepsy Drug (scroll down) - HealthDay News
• When bigger isn't better: Community hospitals offering specialty care to compete with Boston - Boston Globe (Globe North)
• Case bets on business to heal health care system - USA Today
• Andropause - Advance for Nurses
• An organ transplant: the gift of life - Weymouth News
• A hunt for health - Ipswich Chronicle
• State says technology making it easier to link citizens with services - Burlington Union
• Knee surgery to sideline Foulke - Boston Herald

July 6, 2005

• Doctors and drug companies - Boston Globe
• Strep Throat Neurological Disorders (Iain Fraser is an MGH physician)- WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• Video Robots Redefine 'TV Doctor' (Joseph Kvedar is an MGH physician) - Washington Post
• Homegrown Doctor Becomes Harvard Medical Professor - Dong-A (South Korea)
• Tracking Drug Safety From the Ground Up - Drug Discovery & Development
• Small-Animal Models Advance In Vivo ADME-Tox - Drug Discovery & Development

July 5, 2005

• An experimental "farm" takes shape - Boston Globe

July 4, 2005

• Keeping our lead in life science - Boston Globe
• Repeat visitors crowd ERs - Boston Globe
• Biopure, Navy seek blood-substitute study - Boston Globe
• KIDNEY TRANSPLANT - Tap on his shoulder: Organ donor recalls good deeds done for his family - The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.)

July 3, 2005

• Harvard project to scan millions of medical files - Boston Globe
• Reporting on domestic violence - Inland Valley (Calif.) Daily Bulletin
• Ankle may end year for Mantei - Boston Herald

July 2, 2005

• A scourge we can beat - Boston Herald
• Health officials are on the alert for signs of nasty strain of bacteria - The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.)

July 1, 2005

• Enjoy the holiday safely - MetroWest Daily News