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March 31, 2006

ADHD Patients Susceptible to Stimulant Abuse Identified - MedPage Today

March 30, 2006

Appetite-blunting hormone high in anorexic girls - Reuters Health
Study: Some ADHD patients misuse meds - United Press International
NIH rethinks elective caesarean births - Boston Globe
Survivors know you gotta have friends - Boston Herald
Sex-Ed Class Becomes Latest School Battleground - Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)

March 29, 2006

Care bill may be a hospital bonanza - Boston Globe
Model patients: Realistic mannequins provide life-and-death lessons without the actual life and death - San Diego Union Tribune
Eat like a pig! (without looking like one) - Columbia Missourian

March 28, 2006

Rolfers want to realign your thinking - Delaware News Journal

March 27, 2006

This sounds fishy - pigs with omega-3 - Newark (N.J.) Star Ledger
Scientists create nutritious cloned pigs - United Press International
Cloned Pigs Could Provide Meat That Benefits the Heart - New York Times
Scientists engineer omega-3 pigs - Sydney (Australia) Herald Sun
The Fat From These Pigs May End Up Helping Your Heart - Los Angeles Times
MU produces heart-healthy pigs - Columbia (Mo.) Daily Journal
Transgenic Pigs May Bring Home Heart-Healthy Bacon - MedPage Today
Scientists bioengineer pig to be rich in omega-3 - CTV News (Canada)

March 26, 2006

US scientists make pigs with heart-healthy fats - Reuters
Making Bacon That's Healthier for You - National Public Radio
Pursuing Healthier Bacon Through Biotech - Associated Press
Doc nose a thing or two about allergies - Boston Herald
A hair-pulling disorder: New findings get to root of Tourette's-like malady - Boston Herald
Diet for a fast-food world - Boston Globe
Birth, Controlled - New York Times Magazine

March 25, 2006

Giving the gift of life: Kidney transplant for Krystine Orr is expected Tuesday - MetroWest Daily News

March 24, 2006

A Controversial Therapy for Diabetes Is Verified - New York Times
Moving a Diabetes Cure from Mice to People - Talk of the Nation/Science Friday (National Public Radio)
Mouse study advances transplant-free approach to Type 1 diabetes - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Researcher 'Elated' Over Failed Diabetes Studies - MedPage Today
New Cure for Diabetes - Ivanhoe Newswire
Spleen Cells Fail to Treat Diabetes - WebMD
Your data for sale? - Boston Globe
Hospitals expect hardball push to unionize - Boston Globe
X Inactivation Seen As Contact Sport - HMS Focus

March 23, 2006

Scientists Hold Out Hope for Diabetes Cure - HealthDay News
Change in Antidepressants May Beat Depression - HealthDay News
Making a PACT for families in time of need - Brookline TAB
Delayed-release Ritalin has less potential for abuse - Reuters Health
Exercise cuts risk of sudden cardiac death - Harvard Gazette
Three hurt in 4-car crash - MetroWest Daily News

March 22, 2006

Hospitals appealing to nurses: Pay, perks draw new grads - Boston Herald
ADHD drug warnings could cause undue worry: doctors - Reuters

March 21, 2006

Testing for cancer: Co. markets colon-screen home kit - Boston Herald
A Guy's Guide to Skin Care - WebMD

March 20, 2006

Research suggest virus could be making people fat - CBS-4 TV
Sale of doctor database is put on hold by state - Boston Globe
Learning the patient's view: Harvard alters doctors' training - Boston Globe
Kids and sports - "Whose Game Is It Anyway?" (scroll down) - New England Cable News

March 19, 2006

Kinder, gentler shoulder surgery booming - Boston Herald
Insensitive Remarks (scroll down) - New York Times

March 18, 2006

Bad drug trial results called acceptable risk - Boston Herald

March 17, 2006

The day they get their orders - New York Times

March 16, 2006

Medical Care Lacking but Equal - Washington Post
Saved by 'sand' poured into the wounds - New Scientist
Doctor to run key Merck research area - Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger

March 15, 2006

Docs suggest patients go in with realistic expectations - Boston Herald
Bizarre events linked to sleeping pills in U.S. - Reuters

March 14, 2006

Giving life despite limits - Boston Globe
Screening athletes for heart problems tricky - Detroit News

March 13, 2006

Slowing down brain is still fraught with risk - Washington Post
Health executives emerge as state's new power players - Boston Globe
A daughter 'Gone': Book, Lifetime movie recount mom's fight to save teen - Boston Herald

March 12, 2006

Babies, 'burbs, bottom line: Children's sees healthy growth - Boston Herald
Taking medicine to the street - Boston Globe

March 10, 2006

Healthcare Borrows from Industry (choose audio link) - WBUR Radio
Bluto does good - Boston Globe
Body-part scandal hits Bay State: 3 Mass. hospitals used questionable tissue - Boston Herald
Once-a-Day Concerta: Less Abuse Risk? - WebMD
Nanocourses Probing Fast-paced Fields - HMS Focus
Conference focuses on disaster response - East Valley Tribune (Arizona)

March 9, 2006

Leaders seek to boost biotech sector - Boston Globe
Witness to Disaster - Health Affairs
Beverly Hospital seeks legislative support - Danvers Herald

March 8, 2006

Harvard hospitals to acknowledge errors (scroll down) - Boston Globe
Epinephrine Underused in Emergency Anaphylaxis Treatment - Medscape
Lipids Like Sugar - SmartMoney.com

March 7, 2006

Tests lead to early Alzheimer's diagnosis (also choose video link) - NBC Nightly News
Gender gap - Medical Post (Canada)

March 6, 2006

Psychiatry: Beyond guesswork - Boston Globe
Spotting Heart Disease Early - BusinessWeek
Treating Migraines Without Painkillers - ABC News.com
Global stopgap for US nurse deficit - Christian Science Monitor
James Levine, Injured, Quits Tour With Boston Symphony - New York Times

March 3, 2006

MGH seeks bigger slice of brisk fertility market - Boston Globe
Amgen near accord with hospital over drug royalty - Boston Globe
Heart, Heal Thyself? - BusinessWeek
Forums to promote AIDS awarness in black community - Providence Journal

March 2, 2006

Adults Not Likely to Abuse ADHD Drugs, Study Suggests - HealthDay News
Whites more likely than blacks to die soon after spouse's death - Harvard Gazette
Watching Cancer Cells Die - Technology Review
An inspiring gala - Wayland (Mass.) Town Crier
Harvard Joins Native American Health Project - Harvard Crimson

March 1, 2006

Rakan's War (choose audio link) - Here & Now, WBUR Radio
In dispute, cultures meet - Boston Globe
Brain chip research aims for future movement - CNN.com
Biologists' secrecy said to stall science (scroll down) - Nature Medicine
March is Social Work Month - Rutland (Vermont) Herald

Rakan's War - Boston Globe series