MGH In The News - November 2004

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November 30, 2004

• Unknown SHOULDER: Frozen shoulder is often misdiagnosed - The Patriot Ledger
• Driving desire with hot plants - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• He's back, humor and optimism intact - The Lowell Sun
• Francis 'Hooks' Burr helped shape future of MGH/Harvard - Boston Globe

November 29, 2004

• New Laser Zaps Wrinkles, Age Spots (also choose video link) - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Trying to Avoid 2nd Caesarean, Many Find Choice Isn't Theirs - New York Times

November 28, 2004

• From a pandemic's heart, a 'magnificent' sound - Boston Globe
• With new leader, symphony in good health - Boston Globe

November 27, 2004

• Sinikithemba HIV-Plus Choir's members lift voices and spirits - Boston Herald
• Healthcare as a moral imperative - Boston Globe

November 26, 2004

• The body shop: Omaha doctors behind research - WOWT-TV, Omaha
  The Family Doctors - WOWT-TV, Omaha

November 25, 2004

• Reality bites: So toss the leftovers and hit the treadmill - Boston Herald
• Meagan Chuckran: A 'happy little kid' - Brockton Enterprise
• The voices of hope - Boston Globe

November 24, 2004

• Obesity Raises Risk of Abnormal Heartbeat - HealthDay News
• The Web: Tracking 'virtual tumors' - United Press International

November 23, 2004

• Doctors peer into mental illness - Boston Globe
• Pediatrician writes to calm kids' fears - Boston Globe
• Experts say we're all to blame: Violence in sports called sign of times - Boston Herald
• Local favorite leads global battle - Newton TAB (and other local papers)
• Help solve the AIDS puzzle - Newton TAB (and other local papers)
• Urgent care walk-in clinic opens in north Naples - Naples (Fla.) News-Press

November 21, 2004

• 1970s law gives DAs say in stem cell research - Boston Business Journal
• It is better to give when not being deceived - Boston Globe
• Newport Hospital wins nurse credential - Providence Journal

November 20, 2004

• Study Probes Roots of Human Empathy (audio link) - National Public Radio
• 'Mad' idea was only lifesaver they had - Arizona Daily Star

November 19, 2004

• Brain area found to be smaller in cocaine addicts - Reuters Health
• Study: Brain Structure Different Among Cocaine Users - Join Together Online
• Safety of anticoagulant treatment in elderly investigated - Health and Age.com
• Court issues $20,000 judgment against expert witness - Boston Globe
• Doc fined $88G for deceiving jurors - Boston Herald
• Doctor ordered to pay more than $20,000 for misleading jury - Associated Press
• Prospective WBIX buyer pulls out - Boston Globe

November 18, 2004

• Report lauds community hospitals - Boston Globe
• Not what the doctor ordered: Study: Big hospital's don't give better care - Boston Herald
• Cocaine Addiction Linked to Differences in Brain Structure - Scientific American Online
• Cocaine users' brains 'different' - BBC News
• Brain's Judgment Center Smaller in Coke Addicts - HealthDay News
• Doctor makes call to House of God - Harvard Gazette

November 17, 2004

• Getting physical can sharpen mind, body - Boston Globe
• Elizabeth Edwards talks about her breast cancer diagnosis - MSNBC

November 16, 2004

• Not so fast: Pep pills can be dangerous - Boston Herald
• Reactions: Your Posture, a Telltale Fright Sign - New York Times

November 15, 2004

• New U.S. Trial Starts of Tailored Cancer Treatment - Reuters
• A step closer to understanding - Newsday (N.Y.)
• Near-term infants - U.S. News and World Report

November 14, 2004

• Back in the light - Kansas City Star
• Sobering duty for parents - Boston Globe

November 13, 2004

• Motherhood after 50 not so nifty - Boston Herald
• Sean Keller: Hopeful sign: White blood count rises - The Patriot Ledger
• Salem Hospital gives birth to new maternity ward - Lynn Daily Item

November 12, 2004

• Paxil Appears to Be Effective for OCD in Kids - Reuters Health
• Birth of Motor Neurons Connected to Spinal Cord Induced in Adult Brain (scroll down) - HMS Focus
• A statement in fashions - MetroWest Daily News
• Spreading the warmth: Hat collection at the Fabric Place for cancer patients - Framingham TAB

November 11, 2004

• Avoid High Heels, Avoid Foot Problems - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5

November 10, 2004

• Coffee break for gals: Java may cut diabetes risk - Boston Herald
• Schilling undergoes surgery - MLB.com
• All's well for Schilling after 3-hour surgery - Boston Herald
• Schilling has surgery - Boston Globe

November 9, 2004

• A Diabetes Researcher Forges Her Own Path to a Cure - New York Times
• Schilling set for operation: Expected back in February - Boston Herald
• More flu shots for state, but crunch remains - Boston Globe
• Outing Gout - Washington Post
  
• Most doctors lag in reviewing test results, study says - Boston Globe

November 8, 2004

• Drug Ads - Without Harmful Side Effects - BusinessWeek Online
• Man claims blood clots are famed doctor's fault - Boston Herald
• Hormone therapy guide issued by ACOG task force - American Medical News
  
• Den of Antiquity (scroll down) - Boston Herald

November 7, 2004

• Uninsured caught in costly twist - Boston Globe
• A man's tough choice - Los Angeles Times
• Scientist suggests viral link to autism - Chicago Tribune
  
• Not by protein alone . . . - Boston Herald
• A tangled Web of Internet offerings - Boston Globe

November 5, 2004

• New Test Helps Doctors Battle Flu Cases - WCVB-TV, Channel 5
• Edwards's wife diagnosed with breast cancer - Boston Globe
• Mrs. Edwards cancer shock - Boston Herald
• Invasive Breast Cancer Is Diagnosed in Elizabeth Edwards - New York Times
• Elizabeth Edwards Has Breast Cancer - Washington Post
• Miss Massachusetts leads celebrities on the runway - MetroWest Daily News

November 4, 2004

• Sen. Edwards' wife Elizabeth diagnosed with breast cancer - Associated Press
• $3b Calif. stem-cell plan may hurt Mass. - Boston Globe
• California Bets Big on Stem Cell Research - Scientific American Online
• Survey finds uninsured consumers pay too high a price for prescriptions (scroll down) - Saugus Advertiser
• Healing made easier with help - Malden Observer

November 3, 2004

• Death rate down for early cancer-drug patients - Boston Herald
• Cancer drug experiments are much safer now, study finds - USA Today
• Fewer Toxic Deaths in Cancer Drug Trials - Ivanhoe Newswire
• 'Next year' finally came for Red Sox Nation - Billings (Mont.)Gazette

November 2, 2004

• Study Finds Fewer Cancer Research Deaths - Associated Press
• Early Cancer Drug Trials Less Dangerous Than Before - HealthDay News
• Cancer Treatment Studies Become Safer (choose audio link) - National Public Radio
• Doctors should return test results faster - Boston Globe
• Aging: Is it a power failure? (Gary Ruvkun is an MGH researcher) - Boston Globe
• CT Colonography Likely To Decrease Demand for Traditional Colonoscopy - Reuters Health
• Hospitals Turn To Community Fund-Raisers - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5

November 1, 2004

• From adult stem cells comes debate - Boston Globe
• Boston RNs Take Center Stage in Televison Documentary - Nursing Spectrum
• California's Stem Cell Follies - Forbes.com
• CIMIT wages revolution on pair of medical fronts - Mass. High Tech
• Heart campaign gets Red-hot - Boston Herald
• Mice Brains Can Fix Themselves (Jeffrey Macklis is an MGH researcher) - Wired News