MGH In The News - October 2007

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ABC News On Call - web special on breast cancer

October 31, 2007

• Dealing with your appearance - BostonNow
• A winning game plan for life sciences - Boston Globe
• Orthopedics Companies Disclose Consultant Payments - Dow Jones Newswire

October 30, 2007

• Scientists rate Mass. General best place to work - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Specialist referrals for imaging vary with who does the test - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• A Look Back at the Shaken Baby Case - ABC News/Good Morning America
• The Scary Side Of Health Testing - Forbes.com
• The Claim: Cayenne Peppers Can Cure Headaches - New York Times
• Marathon Challenge (choose Chapter 3 link) - PBS NOVA
• The Truth About Deadly 'Superbugs' - LiveScience.com
• Hitting replay button on health care - TriCity Herald (Kennewick, Wash.)

October 29, 2007

• Doctors test hot sauce for pain relief - Associated Press
• A pediatrician's cough conundrum - Boston Globe

October 28, 2007

• New Guidelines Should Improve Ovarian Cancer Detection - US News & World Report
• Drive up, idle, and get a shot - Boston Globe (Globe South edition)
• Caleb's comeback - Cape Cod Times

October 26, 2007

• For Sox fans, field of sleep deprivation - Boston Globe
• Pregnant food pyramid (also choose video link, Laura Riley is an MGH physician) - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7

October 25, 2007

• Fever pitch can set off a Series of health woes - Boston Herald
• Murray proposes cost controls (choose audio link) - WBUR Radio
• Harvard rallies to help family - Boston Globe

October 24, 2007

• Putting their genius to the test - Boston Globe
• Boston group to share genetic data on autism - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• MGH to study fish oil compounds as treatment for depression - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Same difference: Understanding race and intelligence - Belfast Telegraph

October 23, 2007

• Study: Hypnosis works to treat hospitalized smokers - Fox News
• Broccoli may cut skin cancer risk - ABC News
• Treatment brings patients back from brink of death - The Daily Pennsylvanian

October 22, 2007

• Parley enlists participants for HIV education in Africa - Boston Globe
• MIT to study genes' role in mental illness - Boston Globe
• Executives find another way to transcend the daily grind - Globe and Mail (Canada)
• A.J.'s Wish raises awareness of genetic disorder - NECN (click on video link)

October 21, 2007

• Daily battle for beds strands MGH patients - Boston Globe
• Little People - Cape Cod Today
• Building a winner, brick by brick - Boston Globe

October 19, 2007

• Fantastic Voyage: Incredible Human Machine (video link) - NBC Today Show
• We Hear - Boston Herald
• D Squad profile/tissue engineering (video link) - Design Squad/PBS Kids
• Cough & cold meds not for children under 6 - NECN (click on video link)

October 18, 2007

• New Hopes for Treating HIV/AIDS (scroll down to audio link) - Leonard Lopate Show/WNYC Radio
• OK, Steven, say ahhhhhhhhhh (scroll down) - Boston Globe
• Partners: Time to plug in - Modern Health Care
• Preschool program awarded $1.7m - Boston Globe (Globe North edition)
• UMass Medical uses RNAi treatment for Huntington's disease - Worcester Business Journal
• Shore Fellows awarded valuable time - Harvard Gazette

October 17, 2007

• Global Gene Map Clears New Milestone - HealthDay News
• Garlic and blood flow - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• The paradox of parental controls - MSN.com
• Scale of pharma payments to medical schools revealed - New Scientist
• U-M recommends more oversight of medical industry relationships - Detroit Free Press
• Affleck stumps for hospital workers - Boston Globe

October 16, 2007

• "Superbug" Deaths In U.S. May Surpass AIDS - CBS News
• Drug companies' ties to schools common - Associated Press
• Drug industry cash found to flow to med schools - Reuters
• U.S. Medical Schools, Drug Makers Share Strong Ties - HealthDay News
• Medical Schools, Leaders Often Have Industry Ties, Study Finds - Bloomberg News
• Ties between industry and medical schools widespread, survey finds - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Survey Finds Extensive Ties Between Industry and Medical-School Department Chairs - Chronicle of Higher Education (subscriber access only)
• Genetic defect studied in mice and humans - United Press International
• Where doctors can vent their feelings (Tom Lynch is an MGH physician) - Boston Globe
• Affleck, mayor join in union drive - Boston Herald

October 15, 2007

• A Troubled Heart - Hartford Courant
• Doctors May Not Reveal Full Truth Behind Rx Switch - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Picking bones at MGH - Halloween secret spaces/Boston.com

October 14, 2007

• What's chemo, Mommy? - Newsweek.com
  Living in the now (video link)
  A Special Kind of Family Medicine
  
• Food for thought for pregnant women - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Race to benefit cancer victim's 'healing' dream - Lawrence Eagle Tribune
• A doctor's downfall, McLean's fallout - Boston Globe
• Senator Kennedy released from hospital - Boston Globe
• Sen. Kennedy released from Mass General after surgery - Boston Herald
• Kennedy Leaves Hospital After Surgery - Associated Press

October 13, 2007

• Kennedy surgery routine, successful - Boston Globe
• Ted K's surgery scare - Boston Herald
• Kennedy Has Surgery on Artery - New York Times
• Kennedy in Surgery on Blocked Artery - Associated Press

October 12, 2007

• The 'Next Big Things' In Breast Cancer - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• PBS to air documentary on the Mysterious Human Heart - The Heart.org/WebMD
• Working vocabulary: Employers host English classes - Boston Globe

October 11, 2007

• Four Boston doctors named Howard Hughes investigators - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• HHMI Names 15 New Patient-Oriented Researchers - BioIT World
• Study: Kids' health care mostly incorrect - USA Today
• Study: Medical care for children often falls short - Dallas Morning News
• Cutting-Edge Test Could Spare Women From Chemo - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Breast Cancer Diagnosis Impacts Kids, Families - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Sleepless in New York - New York Times
• McLean told to investigate former chief - Boston Globe

October 10, 2007

• Routine health care lags for children: study (James Perrin is an MGH physician) - Reuters
• Fewer Women Getting Breast Cancer Screening - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• More Mammography Centers Closing - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Ex-McLean chief admits sex with patient - Boston Globe
• EE attempts to unify prosthetic design - EE Times
• Council hopefuls weigh urgency of local hospital - Daily News Tribune (Waltham)

October 9, 2007

• Molecule Promising Against Huntington's Disease - HealthDay News
• New hope in search for Huntington's cure - The Guardian (U.K.)
• New Take On Addiction Treatment - WBUR Radio
• Separating the subtleties: Mental illness in primary care - American Medical News
• Heart Health: Panic Attacks Seen as Risk in Postmenopausal Women (Jordan Smoller is an MGH physician) - New York Times

October 8, 2007

• Five Boston researchers named to Institute of Medicine - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Unequal Treatment in Black Women - Healthy Life/ABC News.com
• Mass. health panel set to reverse Romney-backed stem cell rules - Associated Press
• Black Women Fare Worse Than Whites With Breast Cancer (also choose video link) - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Do women need regular bone density exams? - Boston Globe
• Depression linked to neglect of diabetes - Reuters Health
• NIH awards $18M in local genome research funds - Mass HighTech
• Mass. General expands OR-Dashboard system - Healthcare IT News
• Breast-feeding medical student to take licensing test tomorrow - White Coat Notes/Boston.com

October 5, 2007

• New Kidney Disease Can Be Fatal - HealthDay News
• Reading Alzheimer's markers - Los Angeles Times

October 4, 2007

• That lively pepper may help dull the pain - Boston Globe
• MGH team develops new anesthesia - New England Cable News
• Drug derived from chillis is hailed as a breakthrough in pain relief - The Independent (U.K.)
• Scientists discover that chilli could be the 'holy grail' of anaesthetics - The Daily Mail (U.K.)
• IDEAS Boston: Bisola Ojikutu - Brainiac/Boston.com
• Stem cells may enhance capability of heart cells to regenerate - Harvard Gazette
• Stem Cell Summit draws 500 participants - Harvard Gazette

October 3, 2007

• New anesthesia method offers no pain, big gain - Reuters
• Hot Chili Peppers May Relieve Pain - WebMD
• Drug Combo Blocks Pain Without Impairing Movement - HealthDay News
• Chili-Pepper Painkiller May Make Trip to Dentist Less Numbing - Bloomberg News
• Chili anaesthetic turns off pain - Daily Telegraph (U.K.)
• Scientists create targeted pain management - United Press International
• New Anesthetic Avoids Common Side Effects - Chemical and Engineering News
• Spicing up pain relief - Chemistry World
• Lawmaker, Community Set Out To Improve Health Disparities - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Women: Don't Panic, It may Hurt Your Heart! - Ivanhoe Newswire
• Stem cell research summit held in Boston researchers David Scadden is MGH physician- New England Cable News

October 2, 2007

• Panic Attacks May Hike Heart Disease Risk in Women - HealthDay News
• Panic attacks may hike heart attack risk - CTV.com (Canada)

October 1, 2007

• Panic attacks may hike heart attack risk - Associated Press
• Panic attacks, heart attacks linked in study - Reuters
• Panic Attacks May Increase Heart Risk - WebMD
• Antibiotic Shows Promise as Stroke Treatment - HealthDay News
• Let the post-diet era begin - Boston Globe
• Homemade baby food - Wilmington (Del.) News Journal