MGH In The News - July 2007

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July 31, 2007

• Epilepsy and the Chief Justice - HealthBlog/Wall Street Journal Online
• Bone Density A Problem For Teenager Girls - (also choose "related" video link on right) - WBZ-TV, Ch. 4
• Robin Roberts cancer - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7 (Kevin Hughes is an MGH physician)
• Possible Link Between Autism and Pesticides - WCAV- TV (Charlotteville, Va.) (segment originally broadcast on CNN)
• Bipolar Disorder: A Mistaken Diagnosis - Psychology Today Online

July 30, 2007

• Help wanted in healthcare - Boston Globe
• Village of the black teeth - Boston Globe
• Not quite temporary: New tattoo ink eases removal - Scripps Howard News Service

July 29, 2007

• Brigham doctors will do rare face transplants - Boston Globe
• The doctor speaks: There is always hope - Boston Globe (City Weekly section)
• After beating illness, she's back in the race - Boston Globe

July 28, 2007

• Triathlon made her a survivor - Boston Herald

July 27, 2007

• Hospitals create fund to boost inventions - Boston Globe
• Weis won't appeal jury's verdict - Boston Globe

July 26, 2007

• Doctors Talk About R.I. Cat Which Senses When Nursing Home Patients are Near Death (choose first of small 'screens' on right) - WBZ-TV, Ch. 4
• Your Child's Nutrition: The Power of Parents - WebMD
• Chad's Legacy: Scituate boy's short life and the battle over his treatment recalled - The Patriot Ledge
• Infectious disease digital library planned - United Press International
• Danvers co. brain scanner heading to NFL - Boston Herald
• State should mandate school breakfasts - Kennebec Journal (Maine)
• Family of child with cancer returns favors - Adirondack Daily Express (N.Y.)

July 25, 2007

• Jurors reject malpractice claim by football coach - Boston Globe
• Game over in Weis trial - Boston Herald
• More evidence for aspirin/bowel cancer prevention link - Cancer Research UK

July 24, 2007

• Jury finds against Notre Dame coach in malpractice lawsuit - Associated Press
• First hip replacement uses novel material - United Press International
• NSAIDs may reduce colorectal cancer risk - United Press International
• Simple test to monitor immune status of HIV patients - SciDev.Net (U.K.)

July 23, 2007

• Heart attack victim a cool customer - Boston Herald

July 22, 2007

• MRI on Ortiz's shoulder reveals no damage - Boston Globe
• Notes: Ortiz MRI shows no damage - MLB.com

July 21, 2007

• Race in Medical Care: Skin Color Matters with Patient Care - ABC News/Good Morning America
• Generosity brings Jamaican boy to Mass. for heart surgery - MetroWest Daily News
• Mass. schools linked to lender in probe - Boston Globe
• Place of Their Own - Brockton Enterprise

July 20, 2007

• Tests of ER trainees find signs of race bias in care - Boston Globe
• Racial Bias in Emergency Rooms - WBUR Radio
• Force-Feeding at Guantanamo - Associated Press
• A Better Brain Scanner - Technology Review
• Doctor: Weis went against my medical advice - Boston Herald
• Coach, doctors clash over surgery - Associated Press
• Personality is in their blood - Boston Herald
• Local family returns from eye-opening trip to Cambodia - Andover Townsman

July 19, 2007

• Climate Change May Sprout More Hardy, Potent Poison Ivy - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
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• Franklin doctors to join Partners - Boston Globe
• Hospitalized smokers may accept help to quit - Reuters
• Weis tells jurors he relied on family, Brady - Boston Globe
• Weis: Brady helped me 'fight back' - Boston Herald

July 18, 2007

• Hospital interventions help smokers to quit - United Press International
• Hospital visits help smokers kick the habit - Toronto Globe and Mail
• Cutting The Cords (scroll down) - Hartford Courant
• NEJM: Leaving against medical advice - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Charlie Weis expected to take stand - New England Cable News
• Weis Testifies In Medical Malpractice Case - Associated Press

July 17, 2007

• Analysis: Does CT raise cancer risk? - United Press International
• A Cheaper Way to Monitor HIV - Technology Review
• Transplant patient faces another test - Boston Globe
• Weis's second medical malpractice lawsuit opens - Associated Press
• Separated at girth? Lensman fumbles story - Boston Herald
• Patch sparks growth of new heart cells: study - CBC (Canada) News
• Bloc party - Boston Globe

July 16, 2007

• Study: Older diabetes drugs safe to use - Associated Press
• For Type 2 Diabetes, Older Drugs Seem Tried and True - MedPage Today
• Health Watch: Music holds sway over body, mind - Craig (Col.) Daily Press
• Michael Johnson now a teacher, motivator (Richard Ginsburg is an MGH psychologist) - Boston Herald

July 15, 2007

• The Pregnancy Taboo - Boston Globe Magazine
• Getting the patient's perspective - Boston Globe
• Leap of love: TV, films reflect age difference no barrier to romance (Eugene Beresin is an MGH physician) - Boston Herald
• Hospital reaches pact with nurses (scroll down) - Boston Globe (Globe North edition)
• Medical malpractice trial involving Charlie Weis to begin again - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7

July 14, 2007

• FDA halts testing of Idenix drug for hepatitis - Boston Globe

July 13, 2007

• Best Hospitals 2007 - US News and World Report
  MGH specialty rankings
• MGH, Brigham make honor roll - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• The Unmedicated Mind (David Mischoulon is an MGH physician) - Wall Street Journal (subscriber access only)
• On the blogs: Levy ponders surgeons' report card Catch-22 - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Blocker of Longevity-associated Protein Cuts Down Parkinson's in Animal Model - HMS Focus
• Screen Lands Drug to Boost Blood Stem Cells - HMS Focus
• Mentors Honored with Annual Awards - HMS Focus
• Second Academy Chair Honors Education - HMS Focus
  

July 12, 2007

• Diabetes Drug Side Effect Reports Triple - Associated Press
• Gene Mutations Don't Increase Death Rates for Breast Cancer - Ivanhoe Newswire
• With healthier bottom line, Hallmark expands reach - Boston Globe (Globe North edition)

July 11, 2007

• It's official: Flier is new Harvard medical dean - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Mass. Eye and Ear, Mass. General win court ruling - Boston Globe
• QLT may need eye drops - Toronto Globe and Mail
• Surgeon rankings have unintended consequences, doctors say - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Growing Up Sick (scroll down) - HealthTalk
• Hospitals see empowerment and flexibility as central to nurse retention strategies - HMI (Harvard Medical International) World

July 10, 2007

• Violent video games appeal to girls and boys alike - Indianapolis Star
• Retrial in Weis malpractice lawsuit - Associated Press
• Man can't get benefits for his female partner - Massachusetts Lawyer's Weekly

July 9, 2007

• Nurse midlife - Boston Globe
• Labor of love: Dad tries 'Belly' on for size - Boston Herald
• Smokers Have Less Risk of Getting Parkinson's Disease (Michael Schwarzschild is an MGH physician) - Bloomberg News
• Autism researcher honored (scroll down) - Daily News Tribune (Waltham, Mass.)

July 8, 2007

• Right to fresh air sought for patients - Boston Globe
• How medical helicopters help save lives - MetroWest Daily News

July 7, 2007

• Healthy advice: Outreach workers making sure people know of new law - Boston Globe

July 6, 2007

• Supercomputer predicts HIV's stealthy moves - New Scientist.com

July 5, 2007

• One-Fifth of Hospitals Give Bad Emergency Advice on Stroke - HealthDay News
• With rise in autism, programs strained - Boston Globe
• Increase in autism cases in Bay State - New England Cable News
• Moral Hazard - Hazard for Whom? - CommonHealth/WBUR.org
• Rugged heritage - Boston Globe
• Diabetes research seeks ally - Palm Beach (Fla.) Post

July 4, 2007

• Study links computer denial to Columbine - Denver Post

July 3, 2007

• Video Games Cut Into Teens' Reading, Studying - HealthDay News
• Video games - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• New survey shows that kids like games rated M for mature - ArsTechnica.com
• Teens using M-rated games to vent anger - ElectricNews.net (Ireland)
• Kids Prefer Violent Games - SPOnG.com (U.K.)
• A Little Dark Chocolate Is Good for the Heart, Scientists Say - Bloomberg News
• Mom on a mission: Son's disease drives Pembroke woman - Boston Herald

July 2, 2007

• Trauma care - Boston Globe
• Aveo's cancer drug research rests on finding the right mouse - Boston Globe
• Real-life Pre-Cana courses are no laughing matter - Boston Herald
• Hospitals flummoxed by patients too big for MRI machines - San Francisco Chronicle

July 1, 2007

• A woman's best friend, and lifesaver - Boston Globe