MGH In The News - October 2005

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October 31, 2005

• Shrinking the war on cancer - Boston Globe
• If exercise generates free radicals and free radicals are bad, why is exercise good? - Boston Globe
• Many seek advantage in plan for healthcare - Boston Globe
• Where power flows like nail polish - Boston Globe
• Low reimbursements leave NSMC bleeding red - Boston Business Journal
• Brain structure link to anxiety - BBC News

October 28, 2005

• Scariest Part of Halloween: Corn Syrup - Boston Herald
• Pacing the Halloween sugar rush - CBS Marketwatch
• Barrier Found To Nerve Regeneration - HMS Focus
• Signaling Mechanisms Detailed for Cell's Primary Cilia - HMS Focus
• Nanotechnology Platform Partnership Established at MGH - HMS Focus
• Families for better legislation - Daily News Tribune (Waltham, Mass.)

October 27, 2005

• New Study: Mammograms Do Save Lives (also choose video link) - CBS4-TV
• Boston doctors talk about volunteer experience (scroll down to video link) - New England Cable News
• Lawmakers target shaken baby syndrome - Boston Globe
• Mom Of Shaken Baby To Testify On Beacon Hill - Associated Press
• Geneticists map what makes us different - Boston Globe
• Genetic Catalog May Aid Search for Roots of Disease - New York Times
• HapMap: First look at 'order in variety' of human genome - Harvard Gazette
• Scientists ready to 'map' gene variations, diseases - USA Today
• Scientists reveal genetic map that will unlock the secrets of human diversity - The Independent (U.K.)
• Disease Hunters Get a New Genetic Map - Los Angeles Times
• New map of DNA variations should hasten discovery of disease-related genes - Canadian Press

October 26, 2005

• New DNA Map Will Help Find Bad Genes - Associated Press
• Haplotype Map of Human Genome Set to Improve Knowledge of Disease Etiology - Reuters Health
• HapMap Could Yield Genetic Clues to Many Diseases - HealthDay News
• Crowded ERs affect older adults most - ABC News
• Fighting for one of their own - Portsmouth (N.H.)Herald

Critical care: The Making of an ICU nurse - Boston Globe

• A crash course in saving lives - text-only link
• As a patient's needs multiply, the lessons become intense - text only
• Trauma case puts her capacity for clear-headedness to the test - text only
• Time comes to perform on her own - text only
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• Reader response
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October 24, 2005

• State website on hospital quality stirs up discontent - Boston Globe
• Pinpointing pain - Los Angeles Times
• In Bay State, trying to do more trials with patients can be a test of patience - Boston Globe
• Yawkey Foundation spreads proceeds from sale - Boston Globe
• Team players - Boston Globe

October 23, 2005

• M.D. Anderson private venture raises questions - Houston Chronicle
• How charitable are Boston's prominent professional athletes? - Boston Globe
  

October 21, 2005

• Some doctors see long-term clot risk in stent patients - Wall St. Journal
• Community hospitals struggling, study finds - Boston Globe

October 20, 2005

• Safety net sought at AHS - Andover Townsman
• Bringing care and 'Comfort' - Needham Times
• Lending a helping hand: Doctor offers relief to hurricane survivors - MetroWest Daily News

October 19, 2005

• New Device May Help Women's Sick Hearts (choose video link) - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Device makers fight reuse of surgical tools - Boston Globe
• Tomorrow's operating room to harness Net, RFID - CNET News
• Menopause In Women - The Bahamas Journal

October 18, 2005

• Ready Bruschi: Linebacker will practice with Patriots tomorrow - Boston Globe
• Bruschi at low risk, doctors say - Boston Globe
• Ready, willing and able: Bruschi makes return official - Boston Herald
• Bruschi Has No Doubts He'll Return This Season - New York Times
• Bruschi to return to practice - Associated Press
• Anesthesia Awareness (video link) - Paula Zahn Now, CNN
• Northeastern, MIT, MGH awarded cancer grants - Mass High Tech

October 17, 2005

• What causes dark circles under the eyes? - Boston Globe
• Stretch of the imagination: Work some excitement into exercise with fusion classes - Boston Herald
• The Hub's reputation leaders - Boston Business Journal
• Patriots: Bruschi has medical clearance to practice - Boston Globe
• Bruschi gains clearance: Has OK from docs, lawyers - Boston Herald

October 16, 2005

• Patriots doctors clear Bruschi's return - Associated Press
• Fair Aims - Boston Globe

October 15, 2005

• Bruschi will try to return - Boston Globe
• Baystate awarded nursing's top honor - Springfield (Mass.) Republican
• Kennedy: Cancer a son's issue - Providence Journal
• Rep. Kennedy gets 'personal' on cancer - Associated Press

October 14, 2005

• Genetic gamble - Baltimore Sun
• Brain Injury Reversed in Animal Model of AIDS - HMS Focus
• HST Celebrates 35-year Milestone - HMS Focus
• Genome Screen in Worm Sheds Light on Molting - HMS Focus
• Alpert Symposium Recounts Taxol Story - HMS Focus
• Associate Dean for Clinical Programs Named at HMS - HMS Focus
• Cancer Nanotechnology Gains Center of Excellence - HMS Focus
• Center for Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases Created at MGH - HMS Focus

October 13, 2005

• Local Woman Documents Spread of Avian Flu - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Employers Begin to Provide Assistance For Parents of Children With Disabilities - Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)
• On the ground in Baton Rouge - Harvard Gazette
• International fellows find safe haven at Harvard - Harvard Gazette
• Chronicling Sachs' Organs - Harvard Crimson

October 12, 2005

• A Hard Choice for Heart Patients - Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)

October 10, 2005

• Heart Beat: Health groups clash on value of a new diagnosis - Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)
• More patients could benefit from drug, study finds - Boston Globe
• Stroke Drug may be More Necessary Than Thought - Ivanhoe Newschannel
• 'Near-term' unease grows - USA Today
• MIT-Harvard cancer center wins funding - Mass High Tech
• Location tracking -- for people, products, places -- is fast coming into its own - Boston Globe
• Rehab movement - Bizwomen/Boston Business Journal
• Art therapy: Women organize show and auction to benefit Mass. General's depression research - MetroWest Daily News

October 9, 2005

• Local study testing drug to prevent breast cancer - Boston Globe
• Discussing death with a child - Boston Globe

October 7, 2005

• More Stroke Patients Might Benefit From TPA - Reuters Health
• Key drug needed for mild strokes - Scripps Howard News
• Many 'Minor' Strokes Can Be Serious or Even Fatal - MedPage Today

October 6, 2005

• Study Suggests More May Benefit From Clot-Busting Drug - HealthDay News
• Depression Screening Day Focuses On Hurricane Effects - WCVB, TV-Ch. 5
• Nurse takes care where it's needed most - MetroWest Daily News
• Humanitarian Journey - The Jewish Week (New York)
• BoSox Closer Foulke Undergoes Knee Surgery - Associated Press
• Landscapes of the mind: Art show to benefit depression research - Brookline Tab
• Hospital expects to break even in '05 - Boston Globe
• Immigrants fuel housing boom - Boston Globe

October 5, 2005

• Asking more of health workers - Boston Globe
• Grant To Finance Stem Cell Research -Harvard Crimson
• Teen Turns Cancer Into Teaching Tool - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5

October 4, 2005

• Ovarian Cancer Treatment Trials (choose video link) - WBZ-TV, Ch. 4
• Pregnancy Warning Added to Paxil Label - National Public Radio
• Tracking the Flu (choose audio link) - WBUR Radio

October 3, 2005

• A baby-step closer to freezing eggs - Boston Globe
• A brother's survey touches a nerve in abortion fight -Wall Street Journal
• ADHD Drug Safe After Two Years: Study (scroll down) - HealthDay News
• New long-term ADHD treatment found - United Press International
• Report Identifies Failures of U.S. Health-Care System - HealthDay News
• IT part of plan to improve care, hospital leaders say - Healthcare IT News
• Experts Discuss Katrina - Harvard Crimson

October 2, 2005

• Newfields resident back from South also helped in the tsunami recovery - Portsmouth, (N.H.) Herald