MGH In The News - July 2006

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July 31, 2006

• FDA to Reconsider Sale of Plan B - HealthDay News
• Summer Sizzler On Way - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Cancer patient credits experiments for survival - The Olympian (Olympia, Wash.)

July 30, 2006

• Big Dig state of mind - Boston Globe
• Hopedale Strongman headed to China - MetroWest Daily News

July 29, 2006

• Kids in a money machine - Boston Globe
• Aphasia (choose "listen now" link) - The Infinite Mind (National Public Radio)
• This really is the limit - The Times (London, U.K.)
• 2 Hub cancer centers tackle racial inequities - Boston Globe

July 28, 2006

• Potential Drug Target Found to Treat Huntington's Disease - HealthDay News
• Officials: Ambulances still should head to Hub - Boston Herald

July 27, 2006

• New Transplant Method Can Boost Kidney Acceptance (also choose 'Transplant Miracles' video link) - ABC World News
• 'Thread Lift' a Low-Risk Alternative to Face Lift - HealthDay News
• Science and shams - Boston Globe
• Fallon receives 2006 Young Alumni Medal - Winchester (Mass.) Star
• Award winner (scroll down) - Hingham (Mass.) Journal
• Dr. Mootha wins award - Cambridge Chronicle
• Microsoft to Offer Software for Health Care Industry - New York Times
• X-rays: New reason for a diet - MetroWest Daily News

July 26, 2006

• 'Telehealth' systems slowly gaining - Boston Globe
• Those Who Attend Most Get Most Help From AA - United Press International
• Obese patients get poor X-ray results - United Press International
• Americans 'too fat for x-rays - BBC News

July 25, 2006

• Study: Obesity Hampers Diagnostic Tests (also choose video link) - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• More Americans too fat for X-rays, scans - Reuters
• Patient Obesity Is Obscuring Medical Scans - HealthDay News
• Too Obese for a Good X-Ray? - WebMD
• Obesity Obstacle to Medical Diagnoses - Ivanhoe Newswire
• Obesity stymies testing - Washington Times
• Fat clouds X-rays, study finds - Vancouver Sun
• Review Sees No Advantage in 12-Step Programs (John Kelly is an MGH psychologist) - New York Times
• Study says alcohol addiction responds to the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step program- Health and Age.com
• Scientists Say They've Found a Code Beyond Genetics in DNA - New York Times
• Local spot for stem cells - Kansas City (Mo.) Star

July 24, 2006

• Amazon mystery: A medicine man understood the secrets of this plant long before we did - Boston Globe
• Cell Out - Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)
• No Double Standard at JAMA - Washington Post
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July 23, 2006

• Clinton says Bush years 'hard on science' - Associated Press
• Scientists Identify Ovarian Stem Cells That May Cause Cancer (scroll down) - HealthDay News
• Timlins will be honored for generosity - Boston Globe

July 21, 2006

• Experts say bad blood draws can lead to painful nerve damage - San Antonio (Texas) Express
• Hospitals Share Strategies for Preventing Errors - ABCNews.Com
• Helping a traumatized nation heal- Westborough (Mass.) News
• Gates Foundation Doubles Support for AIDS Vaccine Research- Science Magazine (subscriber access)
• A Diabetic Battle of the Bulge - Science NOW

July 20, 2006

• Scientists fear US research will fall behind - Financial Times
• Gene Increases Type 2 Diabetes Risk- Ivanhoe Newschannel
• Lifestyle Can Fend off Type 2 Diabetes Genetic Risk- MedPage Today
• Scientists identify 'diabetic gene'- Baltimore Examiner
• Gender gap narrows in medical journals- The Scientist
• Thomas Deutsch, 74; physicist pioneered uses for lasers - Boston Globe
• Transplanting a new life- Tewksbury Advocate
• Karen Holland serves with Project HOPE- Swampscott Reporter

July 19, 2006

• Gene Variant Ups Type 2 Diabetes Risk - HealthDay News
• Type 2 Diabetes Gene Ups Risk by 80%- WebMD
• Gene Variant "Powerful Predictor" of Type 2 Diabetes in Susceptible Adults- Reuters Health
• Gender Gap in Scientific Research Shows Up in Print - HealthDay News
• Women Lag Men as Medical-Research Authors After Years of Gains- Bloomberg News
• Boston commuters find the drive not as bad as could be- Associated Press
• Put transit on agenda - Boston Globe
• Businesses unfazed by delays- Boston Globe
• Mind-moving science on the verge of reality- Australian Broadcasting Corporation

July 18, 2006

• Jews, Muslims work to keep local dialogue going - Boston Globe
• Allan L. Friedlich, at 89; MGH cardiologist set a standard- Boston Globe

July 17, 2006

• He's at the forefront of a new science - Boston Globe
• Heat Hazards- WHDH-TV, Channel 7
• Preemie Births Mysteriously On The Rise - ABC News
• Brain to Computer to Action- Washington Post

July 16, 2006

• Former official criticizes offender registry - Boston Globe
• Can bans protect kids from attack?- Boston Globe
• M.D. Anderson opens new proton therapy center - Associated Press

July 14, 2006

• Brain breakthrough - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• Stuck Pig - Wired Magazine
• Specialist from US to track families in breast cancer study- The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)
• Palomar Medical files suit against Israeli company (scroll down) - Boston Globe
• University Hospital wins award for stroke care - Business First of Louisville
• Molecular Action of Popular Antianxiety Drugs Probed - HMS Focus
• HMS, MGH Celebrate the Scully Chair in Pathology - HMS Focus
• Harvard Hospitals Place High on U.S. News List - HMS Focus

July 13, 2006

• Researchers offer hope to paralyzed - Providence Journal
• Paralyzed Man Uses Thoughts to Move a Cursor - New York Times
• Harnessing Thought to Help the Injured - Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)
• Thoughts turn to motion for patients with implant - Boston Globe
• Quadriplegic's mind able to control matter - San Francisco Chronicle
• Implant lets disabled man use his brain to do tasks - San Jose Mercury News
• Quadriplegic moves objects with thoughts - Toronto Star
• The man who can open his e-mails by power of thought - The Times (U.K.)
• 'Bionic man' can control robotic arm with his mind - The Daily Mail (U.K.)
• Brain implant offers hope to paralysed - The Guardian (U.K)
• Tiny Chip Converts Paraplegic's Thought into Action- Scientific American Online
• Brain Chips Give Paralyzed Patients New Powers- Technology Review

July 12, 2006

• Paralyzed man moves computer cursor through thought - Reuters
• Brain-Computer Link Aids Paralyzed Patient - HealthDay News
• Brown University doctors hope brain implant will cure paralysis - Associated Press
• Device Could Restore Paralyzed Patients' 'Mobility' - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Paralyzed Patients Use Minds To Control Movement - CBS-4 News
• Brain sensor allows mind-control - BBC News
• Movements controlled by thoughts alone, neuroscientists show - Canadian Broadcasting
• Sox Team Up With Hospitals For Blood Drive - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Journal tightens rules for authors - Chicago Tribune
• JAMA to Toughen Rules On Author Disclosure - Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)
• JAMA tightens rules affecting its authors - United Press International
• Medical Journal Says It Was Again Misled - Associated Press
• Biopure Moves to Sell Blood Substitute in Europe- Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)

July 11, 2006

• Stem cells help ovarian tumors persist - Reuters
• Leading Medical Journal Tightens Conflict-of-Interest Rules - HealthDay News
• Financial Ties to Industry Cloud Major Depression Study - Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)
• Bias issue dogs psych-drug study - United Press International
• FDA to Weigh Test Of Blood Substitute Out of Public View - Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)
• Health Journal: Why more smokers don't use quitting aids - Wall Street Journal
• Natural Beauty - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
  
• At Last, Attention Shifts to Girls - Washington Post
• Nicotine vaccine offers hope for smokers - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

July 9, 2006

• Grace Under Fire - U.S. News and World Report
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• Every little bit helps in lieu of city taxes - Springfield Republican
  
• Sciences merge at Loma Linda center - The Press Enterprise (Riverside, Calif.)
• City gives $100k for violence prevention - Boston Globe

July 7, 2006

• Best Hospitals 2006 - U.S. News and World Report
  MGH specialty rankings
• MGH, Brigham & Women's earn top hospital honors - Boston Business Journal
• Johns Hopkins Again Wins Top U.S. News Hospital Honor - Bloomberg News
• Johns Hopkins Named Best Hospital for 16th Year (scroll down) - HealthDay News
  
• American ERs unprepared for emergency care needs - Bay State Banner

July 6, 2006

• HIV-Positive Group May Hold the Key to Defeating AIDS - Los Angeles Times
• Childbirth Costs at Boston Hospitals (choose audio link) - WBUR Radio
• New drug could help you kick the habit for good - NBC Newschannel (segment also appeared on Today Show)
• Orthopaedic surgery complications in obese - United Press International
• FDA to Weigh Using Fake Blood in Trauma Trial - Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)
• Healthcare czar faces his big test - Boston Globe

July 5, 2006

• More Hospitals Allowing Family Members in ER (also choose video link)- WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Drug abuse a concern in women with eating disorders - Reuters
• Researchers try to formulate the perfect penalty shot- Christian Science Monitor
• South Shore Insider: Nursing a shortage by attracting others - The Patriot Ledger
• Hospital names physicians' chief - Boston Globe
• Music strikes a healing note - Newton Tab

July 4, 2006

• Letting it all hang out - Los Angeles Times
• Heart surgery data may go public - Boston Globe
• Scientists Testing Vaccines to Help Smokers Quit - New York Times
• Safe sleep for infants - Lawrence Eagle Tribune

July 3, 2006

• How fish oil may have saved babies' lives - Boston Globe
• Noisy minority clamors for nurse staffing bill - Boston Herald
• Third antidepressant seldom effective: study - Reuters

July 2, 2006

• Robert T. McCluskey; doctor specialized in kidney ailments - Boston Globe
• Nashua family hopes benefit show will ease burden of fighting cancer - Nashua (N.H.) Telegraph
• Under webcam's watchful eye - Boston Globe

July 1, 2006

• Study: 3rd depression drug rarely helps - Associated Press
• Adding 3rd Drug Rarely Helps Ease Serious Depression (scroll down) - HealthDay News
• UMass Memorial cardiac program is on its own again - Worcester Telegram and Gazette