MGH In The News - June 2006

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June 30, 2006

• Two Technologies Together Spot Clogged Vessels - HealthDay News
• A Safer Way to Detect Heart Disease - Technology Review
• What's Wrong With Money in Science? - Washington Post

June 29, 2006

• Fat Pill - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7

June 28, 2006

• Lonely Americans (choose audio link) - On Point, WBUR Radio

June 27, 2006

• Testosterone Offers Women Benefits, Risks - HealthDay News
• Are you marathon material? - MSNBC
• Detecting Coronary Artery Disease - Ivanhoe Newschannel
• Scientists Say Anger Disorder 'Much More Common' Than Believed - Voice of America

June 26, 2006

• Coffee Found to Reduce Risk of Diabetes - ABC World News Tonight
• Nicotine fight aims at brain receptors - Boston Globe
• Nicotine vaccine under development - United Press International
• Practice patients - Boston Globe

June 25, 2006

• In the middle: Patients - Boston Globe
• Doc has hot tips for the summer - Boston Herald
• Their DVD calms families shaken by Alzheimer's - Boston Globe

June 24, 2006

• Imaging technology is changing diagnosis and treatment of disease - The Virginian-Pilot (Hampton Roads, Va.)
• "It's all about choices" - Bangor (Me.) Daily News
• Timlin and friends to return for charity race - MetroWest Daily News

June 23, 2006

• Man whose penile implant malfunctioned wins $400,000 in lawsuit - Associated Press
• Stowerses up investment in Mass. institute - Kansas City Business Journal
• Speakers Chart Directions in Stem Cell Research - HMS Focus

June 22, 2006

• A Drug Awaits a Nod From the D.E.A. - New York Times
• Exercise boosts health of HIV-infected women - Harvard Gazette
• Ped Med: The anti-depressant dilemma - United Press International
• Using M.B.A. Drive to Speed an ALS Cure - Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)
• Swampscott man grateful for work funded by Cancer Walk - Swampscott (Mass.) Reporter
• Gateses become advocates - Danvers Herald

June 21, 2006

• Vertex verges on big time - Boston Globe
• US hospitals sued in class action over nurse pay - Reuters

June 20, 2006

• Older Women Not Getting Needed Mammograms - HealthDay News
• Screening: Older Women May Be Skipping Mammograms - New York Times
• Most Older Women Don't Get Mammograms - WebMD
• Minorities get fewer mammograms - United Press International
• Biz gets bird flu briefing - Boston Herald
• Specialization for young athletes can have not-so-special effect - Providence Journal
• DNA or RNA? Versatile Player Takes a Leading Role in Molecular Research (Gary Ruvkun is an MGH researcher, correction at end of story) - New York Times

June 19, 2006

• Oxford woman raising awareness of disorder - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
• Sidewalks Are for Walking - New York Times
• Low-level laser light treatment may help people quit smoking - Daily News Transcript
• Siteman plans new $20 million facility - St. Louis Business Journal

June 18, 2006

• Daughter gives dad gift of life for Father's Day (also choose video link) - WBZ-TV, Ch.4
• For some, breathing is never easy - Boston Globe (City Weekly edition)
• Cancer treatment options to expand - Boston Globe (Globe North edition)
• Gene 'predicts' Parkinson's onset - BBC News
• Sponsors needed for Timlin road race (scroll down) - Boston Globe
• Donation from Ravens' Cass gives an old friend gift of life - Baltimore Sun

June 17, 2006

• Gift of life unexpected 'miracle' - Boston Herald/MetroWest Daily News

June 16, 2006

• Kidney Cancer Patient Praises New Procedure (also choose video link) - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Neighborhood news (scroll down) - Boston Globe

June 15, 2006

• Theory that fertility can be regained is dealt blow - Boston Globe
• No mature eggs from bone marrow - The Scientist.com
• Changes may have saved thousands, Harvard doctor says - Boston Globe
• The Julie Fund at MGH announces First Annual 5K Walk to support women with cancer and their families - Wellesley Townsman

June 14, 2006

• Amateur marathon runners risk heart trouble - Reuters Health
• Study Shows Impact of Parkinson's Gene - HealthDay News
• Heterozygous Parkinson Disease Gene Mutations Increase Risk of PD - Reuters Health

June 12, 2006

• Health: 'Off-Label' Antipsychotics - for Kids - Newsweek
• Ailing cop grateful for BPD's care - Boston Herald
• Construction projects brewing in life sciences sector - Boston Business Journal
• Nurses demand a voice in health IT planning - Government Health IT
• Kidney transplant patient battling odds for new donor - Danbury (Conn.) News-Times

June 11, 2006

• Web site would let consumers compare costs of operations - Associated Press

June 9, 2006

• New Experimental Treatment for Breast Cancer (also choose video link, scroll down) - WBZ-TV, Channel 4
• New Imaging Techniques Find Hidden Scars in Brain - Technology Review
• Articles from graduation issue of HMS Focus
  Health Care Reform Grows from Grass Roots
  We're Not in Tutorial Anymore
  Immune Regulator Tied to Bone Building
  Connecting with Patients over the Long Term
  Protocol Identifies Victims of Domestic Violence
  The 2006 HMS Mentoring Awards
  The Spring Bookshelf - You & Your Baby: Pregnancy
  

June 8, 2006

• State plan may curb hospital choice - Boston Globe
• Heavy rain coats soggy Bay State - Boston Herald
• Chief's resignation stuns McLean staff - Boston Globe
• Harvard stem cell researchers granted approval - Harvard Gazette
• Hospital, Cataldo Ambulance form new plan for cardiac patients - Somerville Journal
• Tobey, fertility clinic pair up - New Bedford Standard Times
• Bound for Boston - Nature

June 7, 2006

• Harvard launches effort to clone human stem cells - Boston Globe
• Plan to build children's DNA database raises concerns - Wall Street Journal
• Amgen, hospital settle dispute - Providence Journal

June 6, 2006

• Amgen to pay Mass. General $186m - Boston Globe
• Amgen and Massachusetts General Hospital settle royalty payment - Associated Press
• How-to Book of the Week: Whose Game Is It, Anyway? - Newsday
• Vaccine May Nix Nicotine - Harvard Crimson

June 5, 2006

• Survival strategy: Some with HIV go years without symptoms; the question is why? - Boston Globe
• Keeping score isn't goal - or is it? - Boston Globe
• Meditation In Schools? - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Let's face it, looks count - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

June 4, 2006

• Mom's kidney that gave son 36 years now failing - Boston Herald
• They say, take this or that, but whatever, take the talc - Boston Globe
• Novartis looks to growth - Boston Globe

June 3, 2006

• Doctors, addicts to rally for better access to treatment drug - Boston Globe
• Aftershocks raise anxiety in Indonesia (choose video link, Sue Treadwell is an MGH physician) - NBC Nightly News
• Local hospitals go high-tech - The Patriot Ledger

June 2, 2006

• Rare Condition Often Misdiagnosed - WCVB-TV, Channel 5
• Smoking shot - WHDH-TV, Channel 7
• Hospital group gears up donor-dollar competition - Boston Business Journal
• Advocates fight for transplant rules, registry - CNN

June 1, 2006

• Stoic Indonesians carry on in quake aftermath - MSNBC
• Army to send N.E. medical workers to Iraq - Boston Globe
• Ellen Zane ensures legacy at Tufts-New England Medical Center - Boston Herald
• Run/Walk for Cancer steps off June 11 - Concord Journal