MGH In The News - November 2006

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November 30, 2006

• Financial ties found among clinical trials - Los Angeles Times
• Most Cancer Patients Unconcerned About Doctors' Ties to Drug Firms - Washington Post
• Cancer patients unfazed by study ties to drug companies - Baltimore Sun
• A Fitness Mogul, Stricken by Illness, Hunts for Genes (Rudy Tanzi is an MGH researcher) - Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)
• State agrees to design link between Red and Blue lines - Boston Globe
• Gifts of Hope: Keeping the pantry stocked - Sudbury/Weston/Wayland Town Crier

November 29, 2006

• Industry ties common on hospital boards - Associated Press
• Medical reviews often face ethics conflicts - study - Reuters
• Many Study Review Board Docs Have Ties to Drug Industry - HealthDay News
• Study Finds Conflicts of Interest in Medical Research (choose audio link) - National Public Radio
• Study Monitors May Often Have Financial Conflicts - Bloomberg News
• Many Clinical Trial Overseers Have Conflicts of Interest - MedPage Today
• Solving the Mysteries of Anesthesia - Technology Review
• Milk May Be Pleasant Alternative for CT Scans - HealthDay News
• Daughter inspires drive for epilepsy awareness - Marshfield (Mass.) Mariner
• That's 'Dr. Johnny' to you - The Capital (Anapolis, Md.)

November 28, 2006

• Good medicine - Springfield Republican
• Work/Life Balance: What's It Worth? - Computerworld
• In the nick of time: Brother-in-law's retirement provided gift of life - Lawrence Eagle Tribune
  
• Eagle Scout raises $30,000 for hospital - Nashua (N.H.) Telegraph
• Hopes Raised for Heart Treatment - Harvard Crimson

November 27, 2006

• Physical therapy arrives - Boston Globe
• Search continues for effective fetal monitor - USA Today

November 26, 2006

• A Pill to Forget? (Roger Pitman is an MGH psychiatrist) - 60 Minutes, CBS News
• Boston hospitals tally record giving in 2006 - Boston Globe
• Boston hospitals hire employees to raise money; donations rise - Associated Press
• Cancer care site planned by hospital - Boston Globe (Globe West edition)

November 25, 2006

• The Raw Food Movement (choose audio link) - National Public Radio

November 24, 2006

• Sale of Hospital Draws Queries - Martha's Vineyard Gazette

November 23, 2006

• Researchers isolate a master heart cell - Boston Globe
• Study identifies possible master heart stem cell - Reuters
• Cardiac master cells discovered - BBC News
• Proof Is Scant on Psychiatric Drug Mix for Young - New York Times
• Oxygen Monitor Fails to Help Doctors Detect Birth Risks - New York Times
• After two heart transplants and chemotherapy, minister from Quincy remains positive - Patriot Ledger
• Mass. scientist uses funds to research artificial liver - India New England

November 22, 2006

• Heart stem cells discovered by three teams - New Scientist
• Embryonic Stem Cells Yield Full Range of Heart Tissues - HealthDay News
• Stem Cell Discovery (scroll down to video link) - New England Cable News
• Master cell could mend a broken heart - Nature.com
• Regenerative heart therapy may get boost from cardiac stem cells - Agency France-Presse
• Finding a Master Heart Cell - Time.com
• Cell Findings Go to Heart of Heart Development - MedPage Today
• Fetal oxygen monitors offer no benefit - Associated Press
• Measuring fetal oxygen useless during labor - study - Reuters
• Study: Fetal oxygen monitors offer little benefit - Dallas Morning News
• Fetal oxygen monitors no help for newborns: study - Canadian Broadcasting
• Structural variations common in human genome - The Scientist
• New radiation therapy treatment available at Emerson - Concord Journal
• Hospital expansion has neighbors uneasy - Braintree Forum
• A daughter's gift - Wellesley Townsman
• OSU bagging costly project - Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch

November 21, 2006

• Study: Most docs promote community health - United Press International
• Many U.S. Doctors Involved in Public Issues - HealthDay News
• Seen around town (scroll down) - Boston Globe

November 20, 2006

• Boston's meager harvest - Boston Globe
• Better virtual biopsy technology developed - United Press International
• Mosquito-borne fevers follow Americans home - USA Today
• Health: Is Amnio Right for You? - Newsweek
• OSU cancer project apparently in limbo - Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch

• Dangerous remedy - Baltimore Sun
• Don't bark: This will only hurt for a minute - Boston Globe (City Weekly section)
• White ribbon drive to end abuse - Brockton Enterprise
• Partners' approach carries a sting - Boston Globe

November 18, 2006

• Meeting tackles Hispanic health - Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch
• Island hospitals to join Mass General network (scroll down) - Block Island (R.I.) Times

November 17, 2006

• Breast cancer drug - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• Hospital Hosts a Public Forum on Plan to Join Boston Group - Martha's Vineyard Gazette
• Group hopes Gaucher becomes household name - Jewish Journal of Los Angeles
• HST to Offer New Medical Program - The Tech (MIT)

November 16, 2006

• Reversing Anemia Can Threaten Kidney Patients - HealthDay News
• What would an affiliation between MGH and MVH mean to Islanders? - The Martha's Vineyard Times
• Sensitivity to pain explained - Harvard Gazette

November 15, 2006

• Partners vs. Everyone Else - Boston Globe
• Sweet heart - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• Report: Doctors dissatisfied with work conditions (scroll down) - New England Cable News
• Going hungry: Project Bread finds growing problem in area - Worcester Telegram and Gazette
• Device monitors expression - Chemical Biology

November 14, 2006

• Finding Hidden Tumors - Technology Review
• Children's plans to expand - Boston Globe

November 13, 2006

• Scientists study genes, severe injuries - Associated Press
• FDA Warns of 'Abnormal Behavior' With Tamiflu (scroll down) - CBS4-TV
• Grocery Tour: How Healthy Is Healthy Food - Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio
• Is liposuction safe? - Boston Globe
• Public advised to take advantage of flu shot - CNN.com
• Docs test 'suspended animation' as potential battlefield treatment - CNN.com

November 12, 2006

• Hospital doctors shut doors to new patients - Boston Globe
• Few doctors at Boston's teaching hospitals accepting new patients - Associated Press
• Project Bread awards grant - Springfield Republican
• Patrick's talent pool - Boston Globe

November 11, 2006

• We knew it all along (scroll down) - Contra Costa (Calif.) Times

November 10, 2006

• Factor Discovered to Spur Axon Growth In Upper Motor Neurons - HMS Focus
• A place to call home - Wayland (Mass.) Town Crier
• $34M bid will change Wang Center name Citibank takes over stage for late Lowell entrepreneur - Lowell Sun

November 9, 2006

• Growth of spinal nerves is improved - Harvard Gazette
• HMS conference examines research on women's aging - Harvard Gazette
• Origins of Life to theorize about universe (Jack Szostak is an MGH researcher) - Harvard Gazette

November 8, 2006

• Gastric Bypass Surgery Now Used To Help Diabetes - CBS4-TV
• Supreme Court Considers Abortion-Ban Arguments - National Public Radio
• Novelos initiates lung cancer trial - Pharmaceutical Business Review

November 7, 2006

• Harvard Study: Genes Affect HIV's Advance - Harvard Crimson
• Partners buys Dana-Farber unit - MetroWest Daily News
• Law firms push into stem cells - Boston Globe

November 6, 2006

• Heart research shifts to early detection - Boston Globe
• Woman With Cancer Claims Vitamin C Saved Her Life (also choose video link) - CBS4-TV
• Fitting the female form: Do new prosthetic knees for women really make a difference? - Lawrence Eagle Tribune
• Average lifetime cost of HIV tops $600,000 - The Advocate
• 100 years of Alzheimer's and a candle - Eureka (Calif.) Reporter
• Parents need confidence, patience to deal with crying babies - Lawrence Eagle Tribune

November 5, 2006

• Helpful fevers come in from the cold - New Scientist
• Flower Power: Budding Research Shows Bouquets Lift Moods - Hartford Courant
• Treasure hunters find golden oldies at Castle - Boston Herald

November 4, 2006

• Blood drive held for humans and animals - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• Hampton company to produce gel-based bandages - Hampton Roads (Va.) Pilot

November 3, 2006

• John Remensnyder, 75; surgeon, burn specialist treated body and spirit - Boston Globe

November 2, 2006

• 3 families spark search for genes tied to Alzheimer's - Boston Globe
• Powerful Hallucinogenic Drug Legal Across Mass. - CBS4-TV
• Menopause: Interview with Dr. Isaac Schiff - CBS.com
• Study projects lifetime HIV medical cost - United Press International
• Patch new option for treating ADHD - United Press International
• Bare your arm (or paw) at the Human and Hound Blood Drive - Cape Cod Times
• FCC rebukes Logan, says Continental can offer WiFi - Boston Globe
• Hallmark selected to participate in angioplasty trial - Wakefield Observer
• Glimchers are unusual father-daughter duo - Harvard Gazette
• Cervical cancer shots 'should be universal' (scroll down) - Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)

November 1, 2006

• Personal Touch Helps Survivors Quit Smoking - American Cancer Society News Service
• CT scan improves chest-pain triage in emergency room - The Heart.org
• Shocking Research: Electroshock Therapy and Stem Cells (scroll down to podcast link) - Scientific American.com
• Harvard Study Investigates Home Ecology of Flowers - HappyNews.com