MGH In The News - March 2008

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March 31, 2008

• There's virtue in volunteering, he says - Boston Globe
• Pediatricians left guessing at drug doses (Victoria McEvoy is an MGH physician) - Boston Globe
• Relaxation Tops Didactic Lifestyle Advice for Blood Pressure Control - MedPage Today
• Sweetener scrutiny: Are sugar substitutes a helpful tool or an ineffective crutch? - American Medical News
• Bruins players shave their heads for a cause - New England Cable News
• Hair yesterday, gone today (scroll down) - Boston Herald
• Bergeron out for regular season - Associated Press
• Obama's Inner Circle - National Journal

March 30, 2008

• Telemedicine has a global reach - Galveston (Texas) Daily News

March 29, 2008

• Survey ranks care at Mass. hospitals - Boston Globe

March 28, 2008

• Ankle surgery slows Pats' Watson - Boston Herald
• Ex-mayor injured in fall - Boston Herald

March 27, 2008

• Merck, Schering-Plough Appeal to Doctors to Boost Vytorin Sales - Bloomberg News
• Suspended animation: Smelly sleep - The Economist (U.K.)
• Schizophrenia Tied to Multiple Genetic Errors - HealthDay News
• Slight Edge Found for Switching Drug Classes in Second-Line Depression Therapy - MedPage Today
• Can preterm labor be prevented? - Gather.com
• His path to recovery paved with kettlebells - Boston Globe
• Birthday presents get a timeout from parents - Boston Globe
• Loveland residents to run Boston Marathon - Cincinnati.com
• Goslin Goes the Distance (scroll down) - Norwell Mariner
• Finding hope at the finish line - Winchester Star

March 26, 2008

• Study: Excess abdominal fat linked to dementia - New England Cable News
• Popular 'Choking Game' Kills Brockton Teen (choose video link) - WBZ-TV, Ch.4
• Journal to review cancer researchers' funding sources - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Toxic Sewer Gas Induces Suspended Metabolism in Mice - HealthDay News
• Rotten Eggs: Secret Ingredient for Suspended Animation?- LiveScience.com
• Rotten-egg smell induces suspended state - United Press International
• Key to Suspended Animation? Sewer Gas - InventorSpot.com
• Chamber, Ad Club highlight diversity achievements - Business News Update/Boston.com
• Hypertension Part II: Prevention, treatment - Auburn (N.Y.) Citizen

March 25, 2008

• Study: Preemies face risks as they grow up (choose videon link) - CBS Evening News
• Suspended Animation Without the Freezing - Wired.com
• Sewer Gas Puts Heart and Lungs on Hold - MedPage Today
• Music Benefits Brain-injured Patients at Crotched Mountain - New Hampshire Public Radio
• Bruschi lobbies for stroke awareness (podcast link) - WBZ Radio
• Raising a Good Loser - Kidcomplishment.com
• How to choose the best, safest toys - Gather.com
• Are you overweight…or do you have metabolic syndrome? - Gather.com
• Savard, Ference sidelined by injuries - Boston Globe
• Local residents receive Excellence Award (scroll down) - Abington Mariner

March 24, 2008

• Conversion makes all blood type O - Boston Globe
• Gene Variants Predict Heart Attack Risk - Ivanhoe Newswire
• Gift from a stranger: Internet service links kidney donor to grateful patient - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
• Louie's Run 5k to raise funds for Parkinson's research - New Bedford Standard Times

March 23, 2008

• Immigrants make mark in healthcare work force - Boston Globe
• Healthweek: How hospitals ensure drug safety - New England Cable News

March 22, 2008

• Profiles in Retirement - Wall Street Journal
• 'The Ultimate Act Of Kindness' - Hartford Courant

March 21, 2008

• 9 Genes May Sway Cholesterol Levels - Web MD
• Grand Theft Childhood - politicians are wrong about games - Technology blog/The Guardian (U.K.)
• Medical Apologies (podcast link) - Radio Boston/WBUR Radio
• Medical students get the word - Springfield Republican
• Healthy Kids: Pediatrician soldiers on the front lines for military families - Lawrence Eagle-Tribune

March 20, 2008

• Want to look younger? Don't stop at the facial - Boston Globe
• Doctors' 'Treat the Numbers' Approach Challenged - National Public Radio
• Researchers Find Genes Tied to First Heart Attacks, Strokes - Bloomberg News
• Gestational diabetes: What it is, what to do about it - Gather.com
• Partners in Excellence Awards (scroll down) - Scituate Mariner
• Recognizing health care workers (scroll down) - Amesbury News

March 19, 2008

• Gene Variants Can Predict Threat of Heart Disease - HealthDay News
• Genetic panel associated with cholesterol levels and cardiovascular risk - The Heart.org
• LDL/HDL Genetic Score Independent Risk Factor for Incident Heart Disease (also choose video line) - Insider Medicine.com
• Brain Blood Vessels Grow With Their Own Agenda - HealthDay News
• Is High-Tech Cancer Therapy Too Costly? (also choose video line) - CBS Evening News
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• Scientists Set Sights on an Implantable Prosthetic for the Blind - Scientific American
• NIH grants not scarce for 200 researchers, Nature analysis says - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• What's ailing nursing schools - Boston Herald
• Balser organizes anti-casino hearing - Newton Tab
• Fibroid Embolization Remains Option If Ultrasound Fails - MedPage Today
• Percutaneous Vertebroplasty Gets High Grades for Safety and Efficacy - MedPage Today
• Largest Case Series of Vertebroplasty Shows Procedure Reduces Pain With Good Safety Profile - Doctor's Guide
• Embolization for Fibroids Not Top-of-Mind for Gynecologists - MedPage Today
• Keeping Breast Cancer From Coming Back - On Women/US News.com

March 18, 2008

• Genes could be linked to post-traumatic stress disorder (also choose video link) - New England Cable News
• Study: Stress In College Hurts Motivation - WBZ-TV, Ch. 4
• Food: A Lifelong Issue - BostonNOW
• As a scientist I used to think meditation was hokum. Not any more! - The Daily Mail (U.K.)
• Acute GvHD Relieved by Catheter-Delivered Steroids - MedPage Today

March 17, 2008

• MIT builds a better pillbox to prevent drug-resistant TB - Boston Globe
• Work force education is a future investment - Daily News Tribune (Waltham)
• Red Sox infielder partners with Harvard baker - Worcester Business Journal
• Swampscott residents to make statement at Boston Marathon - Swampscott Reporter

March 16, 2008

• Makers of Electronic Cigarette call it a safe, healthy alternative - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7

March 14, 2008

• Diabetes: Of Mice and Men - Lab Notes/Newsweek.com
• MGH starts test of TB vaccine to treat type 1 diabetes - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Human trials to begin on 'diabetes cure' after terminally ill mice are returned to health - The Daily Mail (U.K.)
• Science Rules At This Fair - Hartford Courant
• Salem man's marathon goal: Raise $26,385, in gratitude for son's life - The Salem News

March 13, 2008

• Art and Healing - Focus on the Professions/Boston.com

March 12, 2008

• Little champs bask in Sox glory at Mass General - Boston Herald
• Trophy Prize-winning smile (scroll down to photo) - Boston Metro
• Here she is...to speak at Harvard (scroll down) - Boston Globe
• Healers in harm's way - BostonNOW

March 11, 2008

• Study: Drug Can Curb Breast Cancer Recurrence - NPR (choose audio link)
• Study: More Women Can Cut Cancer Relapse Risk - Washington Post
• Femara cuts cancer recurrence even if started late - Reuters
• Letrozole (Femara) Prevents Late Recurrence of Breast Cancer - MedPage Today
• Alzheimer's risk doubles if both parents have disease - NECN (choose video link)
• Study: 1 in 4 teenagers has an STD - NECN (choose video link)
• CDC study says at least 1 in 4 teen girls has a sexually transmitted disease; HPV most common (choose video link) - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• Weighing in - Boston Globe
• Presbyterian Healthcare Services recognized for addressing disparities - New Mexico Business Weekly

March 10, 2008

• New DNA test can reveal a tumor's ID - Boston Globe
• Fear itself - Boston Globe
• Fight against rejection - Los Angeles Times
  The cost of organ transplant drugs
  
• Cosmetic surgery: make me the way I was - The Times (UK)
• Virtually Created Enzymes - Chemical & Engineering News
• Medical Self-Care - Mother Earth News

March 9, 2008

• It's Not Just a Photography Project. It's His Past - New York Times
• Thoughts Can Heal Your Body - Parade Magazine
• Bitter pill: Prescription discrimination - Boston Herald

March 8, 2008

• Seasickness patches, other drugs in tests for bipolar treatment - Associated Press

March 7, 2008

• A Southern transplant - Boston Globe
• Gene variants probably increase risk for anxiety disorders - Harvard Gazette
• Loveland residents running in Boston Marathon - Community Press (Kentucky)
• Boston doctor spurred by "neuro-phobia" - India New England
• transplant - Boston

March 6, 2008

• NIU, hospital spar over cancer facility (Jay Loeffler is an MGH physician) - Chicago Tribune
• Hospital makes its case for second proton cancer treatment site in county - Chicago Daily Herald
• A Pair of Sixes Beats All - Bruins.NHL.com
• Auction-Rate Securities May Get Help - Wall Street Journal

March 5, 2008

• Stressed-out teens get lessons in relaxing - Boston Globe

March 4, 2008

• Chip Gold, 67; pioneered heart treatments - Boston Globe
• Jellinek: Kids and self esteem - Newton Tab
• Antidepressants: Spot the difference - The Independent (U.K.)
• Tufts Medical changes name, strengthens university ties - Boston Globe
• Gates Foundation Awards $20.5M to Study Genetics of HIV Controllers - Genome Web News
• The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind/Body Medicine moves to Beacon Hill - Beacon Hill Times
• Virus versus Cancer - Canada Free Press
• Newborn in a hurry meets Hub officers - Boston Globe
• Caught! Hub cop to the rescue of delivering mom - Boston Herald
• Officers help woman give birth in car - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7

March 3, 2008

• A history of being innovative and fun - Boston Globe
• When doctors should share personal stories - Boston Globe
• Cancer drug: How good is good enough?- Boston Globe
• Shyness Gene Teased Out- WebMD
• Breast Cancer Drug May Help Bipolar Disorder, Scientists Find- Bloomberg News
• MD to fight stress in Second Life - Boston Globe
• What are the best treatments for male pattern baldness? - Boston Globe
• ADHD Drugs, Substance Abuse Not Linked - WebMD
• ADHD Meds Aren't 'Gateway' Drugs - MedPage Today
• Is Ritalin A Gateway Drug? - Internet Broadcasting Service
• GTx: Androgen therapy drug test positive - Memphis Business Journal
• Drug reduces hot flashes in prostate cancer treatment - CancerFacts.com
• With decision to donate kidney, man gives gift of two lifetimes- Boston Globe

March 1, 2008

• ADHD Drugs Won't Raise Risk of Substance Abuse - HealthDay News