MGH In The News - March 2004

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March 31, 2004

• Childhood Vaccines Not Tied to Type 1 Diabetes - HealthDay News
• Child Vaccinations Do Not Cause Diabetes - Reuters
• Diabetes, Vaccinations Not Linked - Associated Press
• No Childhood Vaccination-Diabetes Link - WebMD
• Kerry's doctor says surgery was free of complications - Associated Press
• Kerry Undergoes Successful Surgery on Shoulder - Reuters
• Kerry resting after shoulder surgery - CNN
• Kerry's Doctor Says Surgery Free Of Complications (choose video link)- WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• Kerry's Doctor Says Surgery Free Of Complications (choose video link)- WBZ-TV, Ch. 4
• Kerry to undergo outpatient shoulder surgery - Associated Press
• Kerry Undergoes Surgery on Shoulder Tear - Reuters
• Shares of Hair-Removal Firm Cutera Edge Up After IPO - Dow Jones Newswire
• Cutera receives cool reception on market - Associated Press

March 30, 2004

• Tragic fate met on a mountain - Boston Globe
• Survivor of mountain ordeal remembers wife - Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader
• Widower may not escape N.H. rescue bill - Boston Herald
• Hikers pursued summit despite storm - Lawrence Eagle Tribune
• On eve of shoulder surgery, senator is deemed fit specimen - Boston Globe
• Sen. Kerry bracing for shoulder surgery - Boston Herald
• Surgery Expected To Curb Kerry's Activities Briefly - Washington Post
• Kerry, Shoulder Aside, Reports 'Excellent Health' - New York Times
• Shaky problem for Democrat Kerry - BBC News

March 29, 2004

• A Fit Kerry Dogged by Medical Questions - Washington Post
• Candidate Kerry Faces Hand-Shaking Restrictions - Reuters
• Hiker says wrong turn in poor weather cost wife her life - Associated Press
• Hiker: Wrong Turn Cost Wife Her Life (choose video link) - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Early Signs (scroll down) - US News and World Report

March 28, 2004

• Kerry to have minor surgery on shoulder - Associated Press
• Democrat Kerry to Have Minor Shoulder Surgery - Reuters
• Surgery set on shoulder - Boston Globe
• Slings of another kind for Kerry - Boston Herald
• Science on verge of new 'Creation' - Chicago Tribune
• Seacoast made: Chilling options - Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald
• Smile, you're on security camera - Boston Globe

March 26, 2004

• Chemist appointed top administrator for Scripps Florida - Palm Beach (Florida) Post

March 25, 2004

• Health plans set care surcharges - Boston Globe
• Talking back: A resilient David Brudnoy, after yet another near-death battle, returns to the radio - Boston Globe
• Suspect shot by police is charged - Boston Globe
• Woman beats MGH attempt to pull plug on her mother - Boston Herald
• Examining cell death, researchers explode belief about life - Harvard Gazette

March 24, 2004

• Judge rules Mass. General can't end life support for Gehrig's disease patient - Boston Globe
• Woman Kept Alive, Despite Life Support Controversy - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• The Terrible Teens - San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News
• Alcohol Behind Many ER Visits - HealthDay News

March 23, 2004

• More Clues to Autism's Origin - HealthDay News
• Boston Scientific's new drug-coated stents take market by storm - The Patriot Ledger

March 22, 2004

• FDA Warns Of Link Between Antidepressants, Suicide - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Prescription warning - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• Women and Colon Cancer Screenings - Health News Digest

March 21, 2004

• FDA Probes Downsides of Antidepressants - Los Angeles Times
• Guide offers concrete comfort for those confused by cancer - Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer
• What Went Wrong? The son of a prominent Boston doctor, David Arndt was on his way to becoming a leading surgeon in his own right when a bizarre blunder interrupted his climb - Boston Globe Magazine
• Many seek edge in job market by updating looks - Boston Globe (BostonWorks)
• Making Rounds (second item in news roundup) - Boston Globe
• Where did jobs go? Look in Bangalore - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• To write or not to write - Newsday

March 19, 2004

• The grandmother hypothesis - Boston Globe
• Study shows female mice produce new eggs - Harvard Crimson
• Ovaries exhibit ongoing power to produce eggs - HMS Focus
• Angiogenesis Inhibitors Revived, Revealed in Progress Against Cancer - HMS Focus
• Jain Elected to National Academy of Engineering (scroll down for additional items about MGH physicians Jay Loeffler, Gus Vlahakes) - HMS Focus
• Pill to calm traumatic memories - Harvard Gazette
• Postponing the Inevitable: Scientists Want to Delay the Onset of Huntington's Disease - Genome News Network

March 17, 2004

• When exactly does life begin? - The Hindu (India)
• Scientists Find New Clue about Acupuncture - Voice of America

March 16, 2004

• New evidence about eggs - Boston Globe
• Study will focus on childhood diabetes - Boston Globe
• Statin nation - Boston Globe
• Nutrition: Dairy diet found good for gout - New York Times
• Study: Dairy foods good gout treatment - United Press International

March 15, 2004

• A new attack on complex diseases - Boston Globe
• Researcher getting closer to a cure for diabetes - Medical News Today (UK)
• Study to pinpoint ways to treat diabetes in kids - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Of Mice and Menopause - Time Magazine
• Of Mice And Eggs - Newsweek
• Fertility: Hatching New Eggs (scroll down) - US News and World Report
• Be a sport: Middlesex DA's film teaches parents, coach how to behave - Boston Herald
• Women with HIV have reduced bone density, may benefit from regular checks - AIDS Map
• Advice for gout: more dairy, less meat and seafood - Los Angeles Times
• Alcohol in the ER - Ivanhoe Newswire

March 14, 2004

• A job fair created to put Latino workers in 1 room - Boston Globe
• Gout risk tied to eating red meat, fish - Pak Tribune (Pakistan)

March 12, 2004

• Supplement sales banned - Boston Globe
• Gout patient (scroll down) - The Times (London)

March 11, 2004

• Ovaries replenish eggs, study suggests - Boston Globe
• Of mice and women: Scientists make fertility breakthrough - Boston Herald
• Study of Mice Reproduction Discovers Egg Regeneration - New York Times
• Study Casts Doubt on Limits to Fertility - Washington Post
• Ova Discovery Is One for the Biology Texts - Los Angeles Times
• Egg research lays big surprise - USA Today
• Study: Ovaries May Replenish Eggs (choose audio link) - National Public Radio
• Scientists find a way to beat the menopause - The Telegraph (U.K.)
• Fertility study of mice and women - The Times (London)
• Female fertility extension hope - BBC News
• Baby hope for women after early menopause - The Evening Standard (U.K.)
• Cell find may put off baby deadline - The Age (Australia)
• Mouse Study Upends Bedrock Tenet of Reproductive Biology - Scientific American.com
• Invalid Comparisons - Boston Globe

March 10, 2004

• Study suggests ovaries can be recharged - Associated Press
• Women May Not Have Fixed Number of Eggs - HealthDay
• Mouse Study Offers New Hope on Female Infertility - Reuters
• Scientists Find Indications That Ovaries May Be Replenished - New York Times (website)
• Fertile Females: Once Thought Impossible, Study Shows Adult Mice May Generate New Eggs - ABCNews.com
• Female mice produce additional eggs, researchers find - Newsday
• Female mice produce egg cells as adults - Scripps-Howard News Service
• Ovaries may lay new eggs - Nature.com
• Adult Mammals May Produce Eggs After All - ScienceNow
• Dogma on mammals' eggs scrambled - New Scientist
• Women May Replenish Eggs - Wired News
• Women Not Born With Lifetime Supply of Eggs? - WebMD
• Female Mice Produce Eggs throughout Their Lives - Genome News Network
• Gout Risk Tied to Eating Red Meat, Fish - HealthDay News
• Red meat ups gout risk, dairy lowers it - Reuters Health
• Milk Good for Gout, Study Says - Reuters
• Diets rich in seafood, meat can cause gout: study - Toronto Globe and Mail
• Low-Protein Diet Limits Risk of Gout - Associated Press
• How Diet Affects Gout - WebMD
• Long-lasting Blood Vessels Built - Better Humans.com

March 9, 2004

• Up in the Air on Hormones: Women Under 50 - New York Times
• What are gallbladder polyps? - Boston Globe
• Alcohol-related emergencies higher than previously thought - Health and Age.com

March 8, 2004

• Online rankings rankle hospitals - Boston Globe
• Online hospital access has critics - Associated Press
• More Alcohol Problems Than Thought, U.S. Study Finds - Reuters

March 7, 2004

• In ADHD debate, no right answer - Boston Globe

March 4, 2004

• Smoking Can Trigger Lupus - HealthDay News

March 3, 2004

• Estrogen Study on Menopausal Women Is Stopped - Washington Post
• Searching for alternatives - Boston Globe
• Docs say pump-up pills perilous to teens - Boston Herald
• Acupuncture's secret: Blood flow to brain - USA Today (Bruce Rosen is an MGH physician and researcher)
• Clue to how ancient pain-reliever works - United Press International

March 2, 2004

• A new way to rank hospital quality - Boston Globe (MGH mention in sidebar to main story)
• Valet parking up for hospital board approval - Odessa (Texas) American