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MGH In The News - November 2003

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November 30, 2003

• Popularity of Obesity Surgery Growing - Associated Press
• Known around the world: Private records may be at risk - Boston Herald
• Operation Bizarre - Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram

November 28, 2003

• Work force initiative doles out $5M in grants - Boston Business Journal

November 26, 2003

• Study: Nitric Oxide Helps Some Preemies - Associated Press
• Little-Known Procedure Cures Some Types Of Epilepsy - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Chiropractic Technique May Pose Stroke Risk - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Brigham struggles to lure a star surgeon - Boston Globe
• Physician, Teach Thyself - Chronicle of Higher Education

November 25, 2003

• 'Underutilized' Drug Proves Key To Victim's Survival - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Candela laser OK'd for acne - Boston Globe
• Cancer patients to receive Thanksgiving dinner - Beacon Hill Times
• Care plan a must to quit smoking - Medical Post Online
• Regional radiation need not be routine in breast cancer - Medical Post Online

November 24, 2003

• A drug that works - for some:
  Researchers try to solve mystery of lung cancer medicine - Boston Globe
• Waking Up During Surgery (also choose video link) - CBS Evening News
• Study shows many in Lynn go hungry - Lynn (Mass.) Daily Item

November 23, 2003

• Hospitals find new medication controls - Boston Globe
• Stroke guidelines touted as lifesavers - Toledo (Ohio) Blade
• Holiday Hat Drive kicks off (scroll down) - MetroWest Daily News

November 22, 2003

• FDA approves third drug to treat impotence - Boston Globe

November 21, 2003

• Diabetes News (choose audio link "listen to this program . . . diabetes") - Talk of the Nation/Science Friday (National Public Radio)
• Finneran scheduled for hip-replacement surgery - Boston Herald
• House speaker to undergo hip-replacement surgery in two weeks - Associated Press
• Teaching Hospital Physicians Report Trouble Obtaining Specialty Services for the Uninsured (scroll down) - HMS Focus
• Why Buying Cheap Drugs In Canada Won't Last - Intelihealth

November 20, 2003

• R.I. physician recalls trial by fire - Boston Globe
• Foundations solid despite decline - Boston Herald

November 19, 2003

• Doctors Show Solidarity & Protest Abuse of Medicine - Israel National News

November 18, 2003

• Study: Large Breast Tumors On Rise (also choose video link) - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Can a series of exercises really treat and cure Attention Defecit Hyperactivity Disorder? - WLVI-TV, Ch 56
• Cardiac arrest deadlier at night - Boston Globe
• Putting pain in its place - Boston Globe
  
• Plenty of pills and potential for abuse - USA Today
• Islets May Lead to Diabetes Cure - Ivanhoe Newswire
  
• Cellular Help For Diabetics (scroll down) - Hartford Courant

November 17, 2003

• Large Breast Cancer Tumors Rise in '90s - Associated Press
• Lyme Disease Is A Ticking Epidemic - San Francisco Chronicle
  
• History's collaborators - Boston Globe
• Biomed Rounds: Medicine and innovation come together in CIMIT - Mass. High Tech

November 16, 2003

• Who's Reading Your X-Ray? - New York Times

November 15, 2003

• 8 Ways to Ease Your Move - American Baby
• Block buster: Boston Scientific has high hopes for improved coronary stent - Quincy (Mass.) Patriot-Ledger
• Diabetes is potentially 'reversible' - Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald
• AG investigates medical examiners office - Associated Press

November 14, 2003

• Rude Awakening - WDHD-TV, Ch. 7
• Juvenile diabetes cured in lab mice - Boston Globe
  
• For research, Iacocca provided the foundation - Boston Globe
• Researches Find Diabetes Cure (scroll down) - Here & Now (WBUR Radio)
• Breakthrough sparks diabetes hope - BBC News
• New hope for those in need of injections for diabetes - The Guardian (U.K.)
• End in Sight for Insulin-Dependent Diabetes - The Scotsman (U.K)
• Hope of cure for diabetes after success of mice trials - The Independent (U.K.)
• Breakthrough could lead to diabetes cure - ITV (U.K)
• Hope for diabetics - The Age (Australia)
• Justice for all - Allston-Brighton (Mass.) Tab

November 13, 2003

• Donor Spleen Cells Save Diabetic Mice - Reuters
  
• Researchers Cure Diabetes in Mice - HealthDay
• Diabetes Discovery - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• Gene needed for puberty discovered - Harvard Gazette
• Shy brains - ScienCentral News

November 11, 2003

• Scientists Look Ahead - New York Times
• How Did Life Begin? - New York Times
• Surgeons to test public opinion on complete facial transplants - The Independent (U.K.)

November 10, 2003

• Rethinking Bipolar Kids' Treatment - CBS News
  Janet Wozniak, MD, is an MGH psychiatrist. To view program, choose video link above photo. After introduction, select "Kids with Bipolar Disorder"from menu on right.
• Bypassing Cravings for Fatty Foods - Physician's Weekly

November 9, 2003

• Not All Heart Patients Get Standard Care - Associated Press
• After 10 years, $200m effort on dying reaches its own end - Boston Globe

November 8, 2003

• Pats shake up roster: Patten on IR - Boston Herald
• Knee surgery puts Patten's season on ice - Boston Globe

November 7, 2003

• With each deadline, HIPAA gets more labor-intensive - Boston Business Journal
• Protein Pegged to Onset of Puberty - HMS Focus
• BioSecurity 2003 Sounds Alarm on Continuing Threats - HMS Focus
• HMS, Blue Cross Lead Health Care Cost-effectiveness Project - HMS Focus (scroll down for news of other honors or appointments for MGH faculty)
• Patten has knee surgery - Boston Herald
• Very Fine Furnishings - New Bedford (Mass.) Standard Times

November 6, 2003

• Tufts-Partners deal takes new tack - Boston Herald
• A role for clay in formation of the first cells - Harvard Gazette
• Support system: Mother's ALS diagnosis challenges family - Wauwatosa (Wisc.) News Times

November 5, 2003

• Partners hospitals, Tufts agree to new 4-year contract - Boston Globe

November 4, 2003

• Mass. doctors open specialty hospitals - Boston Globe

November 3, 2003

• Building Blood: Companies face high hurdles in the quest for a safe substitute - Boston Globe
• High-tech workers say visa program is taking away jobs - Boston Globe
• Researchers tracing the first sparks of life - San Francisco Chronicle

November 2, 2003

• EPA lauds commuter-friendly Mass. biz - Boston Herald

November 1, 2003

• CVS grant funds MGH hunt for ALS cure - Boston Herald
• Stent advisory sparks patient fears - Boston Globe
• EPA cites businesses that boost commuting alternatives for workers - New Haven (Ct.) Register