MGH In The News - November 2005

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November 30, 2005

• Abortion Pill Deaths Probed - HealthDay News
• Viewers Test Ways To Quit Smoking - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Health Insurers Show Employees Graphic Surgery Videos - Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)

November 29, 2005

• C-sections: Why are so many South Florida babies born this way - Miami Herald
• Stent vs. Scalpel - New York Times
• Weight loss surgery: Medicare may end coverage for elderly - The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.)

November 28, 2005

• His research takes aim at deafness - Boston Globe
• With oil prices so high, how low can I safely set my home thermostat? - Boston Globe
• Obese Buttocks Leave Drug Therapy Behind - HealthDay News
• New technology could lessen breast biopsy - United Press International
• Investigational Technology Sharpens Accuracy of Digital Mammography - MedPage Today

November 27, 2005

• Crossing the T - Boston Globe
• Hub health-care costs $oar: Patients advised: Shop for best price - Boston Herald
• New parents: Boston delivers - Boston Herald

November 26, 2005

• The tragedy of Penikese Island - Boston Globe

November 25, 2005

• A cure for growing pains - Boston Globe

November 23, 2005

• Hospitals set to make patient survey results public - Boston Globe
• Mutant Mouse Gene Quells Fear - Harvard Crimson

November 22, 2005

• Doctors: Heating Costs May Increase Carbon Monoxide Cases - ABCNews.com
• Effects: When Mindful Awareness Goes to Your Head - New York Times
• Francona has surgery (scroll down) - Boston Globe

November 21, 2005

• The power of Om - Boston Globe
• Building up the brain - Los Angeles Times
• Harvard hopes database will speed cancer cures - Boston Globe
• Health costs rising faster than average - Boston Globe
• Tufts-NEMC sees turnaround via neurosurgery, other specialties - Boston Business Journal
• Is it normal for adults to occasionally wet the bed? - Boston Globe
• State set to endorse 3 railway projects - Boston Globe
• Revised transit projects to be announced by EPA officials - Associated Press
• Her goal: Unlock the secrets of habits - Boston Globe

November 20, 2005

• A blessing and a curse - Lawrence (Mass.) Eagle-Tribune
• A detour for permit parking idea - Boston Globe
• Giving Twice - Boston Globe

November 19, 2005

• Life After Near-Death: A Normalcy in Football - New York Times
• Gender testing raises ethical questions - Religion News Service

November 18, 2005

• New test can detect heart failure earlier - United Press International

November 17, 2005

• New Breast Cancer Test Soon Available (choose video link) - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Protein Test Gauges Heart Failure Risk - HealthDay News
• Blood Test Diagnoses Acute Heart Failure and Predicts Mortality Risk - MedPage Today
• Hospital groups to sue for subway link - Boston Globe

November 16, 2005

• Study Identifies New Neurons (scroll down) - HealthDay News
• Viewers Try Methods To Quit Smoking - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Couple Overcome By Carbon Monoxide Rescued (choose video link) - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Couple Survives Carbon Monoxide Scare In Waltham (choose video link) - CBS-4 TV
• Study: Meditation may boost brain activity - CNN
• Bruschi inspiring on, off field with stroke of courage - USA Today Sports Weekly
• Braves' Moore out of the mix - Boston Globe
• Doctor of Champions Tells Trade Tales - Harvard Crimson

November 15, 2005

• Cold feet - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• Meditation May Physically Alter Brain - WebMD
• Meditating May Keep Brain Sharp - Hartford (Conn.) Courant
• Meditation builds up the brain - New Scientist

November 14, 2005

• Will his map lead to medical treasure? - Boston Globe
• Chronicles in Autism - A boy recovers: Can children be cured? - San Francisco Chronicle
• Focusing on meditation - Newsday
• Say 'om': Meditation may aid in brain function - USA Today
• Life is good for father who gave daughter his kidney - MetroWest Daily News

November 13, 2005

• Dalai Lama Gives Talk On Science - Washington Post
• Meditation Linked to Structural Changes in Brain (scroll down) - HealthDay News
• Before the jailhouse rocks with activity, a farewell tour - Boston Globe

November 11, 2005

• Chrysler vows funds for Iacocca foundation - Associated Press
• Meditation linked to brain changes - United Press International
• Meditation Can Increase the Brain's Grey Matter - Daily News Central
• The Links Between the Dalai Lama and Neuroscience - National Public Radio
• Genetic Road Map Drawn for Tracing Route To Common Diseases - HMS Focus
• Buckyballs Become Weapon Against Infection - HMS Focus

November 10, 2005

• Study touts early Down syndrome tests - Boston Globe
• Do you know what your kids are watching? TV sex scenes on the rise - Boston Herald
• Parents get look at teens' brains - Boston Globe
• Mass General, Danvers branch? - Danvers (Mass.) Herald

November 9, 2005

• Fertility after prostate 'seed' therapy possible - Reuters Health
• First Trimester Test for Down Syndrome is Most Accurate - ABC News.com
• Mersana Therapeutics takes on $21M financing - Mass High Tech

November 8, 2005

• Hampton University will build proton therapy cancer center - Associated Press
• Patriots Linebacker's Stroke of Good Fortune - Med Page Today

November 7, 2005

• Doctors urge weight loss before pregnancy - Newsday (New York)
• Program Uses Diet, Exercise To Curb Childhood Obesity - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Shake-up envisioned in health insurance - Boston Globe
• Rx for the OR: Mass. physicians tap experience and tech leaders to bring better medical solutions to market - Mass High Tech
• Mersana lands $21M in VC - Boston Business Journal
• Francona will have knee replaced (the MGH surgeon's name is Dennis Burke) - Boston Globe

November 6, 2005

• Regional hospitals vie to be big-league players - Boston Globe
• Younger set flocks to appraise-worthy gala - Boston Herald

November 5, 2005

• A true braveheart: Granddad celebrates transplant - 20 years later - Boston Herald
• Disclosure of medical mistakes is sought - Boston Globe
• Saving lives in the sky: For the rich and the poor, MedFlight crews are
  often their last hope - The Patriot Ledger

November 4, 2005

• Hospital Celebrates Surgical Milestone (also choose video link) - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• In the hot seat - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• New Combo Treatment for Ovarian Cancer - Ivanhoe Newschannel
• Withdrawn drug may help in Crohn's disease - Reuters

November 3, 2005

• Improve Your Odds of Kicking the Smoking Habit - ABC News
• Keif halik? (How are you?) - Boston Globe (Globe North edition)
• Face food issues before it's too late - Boston Globe
• HapMap reveals roots of common diseases - Harvard Gazette
• Live donor steps up for Damigella - MetroWest Daily News

November 2, 2005

• Drug Shows Some Effectiveness for Crohn's - Associated Press

November 1, 2005

• Local Doctors Say Bush Flu Plan May Not Be Enough - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• CEOs like universal health insurance - Boston Globe
• UMass Memorial Medical Center reopens cardiac surgery program - Associated Press
• Salem siblings battle double dose of blood cancer - Boston Herald