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MGH In The News - September 2003

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September 30, 2003

• Partners Healthcare, HP to collaborate - Boston Herald
• HP, Partners health plan would focus on genetics (scroll down) - Boston Globe

September 29, 2003

• Racers raise $63,000 for ovarian cancer education - New Bedford Standard-Times

September 28, 2003

• Gender Games: Women athletes are challenging stereotypes - Boston Globe
• Mortal differences divide hospital and patient's family - Boston Globe
• Doctors and patient's family go to court over life support - Associated Press
• Medical workers learn the language of business - Boston Globe
• Sneezing season: Relief at the ready for fall allergy sufferers - Boston Herald
• Got growth hormone? Dairies play on fear in marketing milk without the additive - Boston Globe
• Learning to be BRAVE: Anxieties are often a part of growing up - Providence (R.I.) Journal
• Egyptian mummy gets new lease on life - Springfield (Mass.) Republican

September 26, 2003

• Urge To Pull Out Hair Leaves Woman Bald - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Culprit Protein May Point Way to Treatment For Pancreatic Cancer - HMS Focus
• Senate approves $160m for Mass. firms (scroll down) - Boston Globe
• Hospitals swim in the red - Milford (Mass.) Daily News

September 25, 2003

• Smoking remains prevalent among college students - Badger Herald (Madison, Wisc.)
• Fire survivor gives thanks to caretakers - Providence Journal

September 24, 2003

• Brudnoy battles rare cancer - Boston Globe
• Big battle ahead: Brudnoy fights rare cancer - Boston Herald
• Aggressive disease has mostly grim prognosis - Boston Herald
• David Brudnoy begins cancer treatment - MetroWest Daily News
• Radio talk show host diagnosed with rare skin cancer - Associated Press
• Colvin confident of return next year - Boston Globe
• Patriots' Colvin Should Return in 2004 - Associated Press
• After Menopause, Panic Attacks Seem to Ease With Age - HealthDay News
• Panic Attacks in Postmenopausal Women - Ivanhoe Newswire
• Longer commute for treatment linked with better cancer survival - Health and Age.com
• Sen. Travaglini takes a hospital tour - Tewksbury Advocate

September 23, 2003

• A better way to remove varicose veins - WBZ-TV, Ch. 4
• Improving safety of toughest transplant - Boston Globe
• Keeping patients connected - Boston Globe
• Crisis at Children's echoes through profession - Boston Globe
• Scientists identify gene tied to stroke - Boston Herald
• Scientists Find Gene That Can Cause Stroke - Newsday
• Test May Give Early Alzheimer's Detection - Associated Press
• Tests may offer hope for Alzheimer's early detection - Boston Herald
• Alzheimer's abnormal brain proteins glow - Nature
• Panic Attacks Common Among Older Women - Reuters Health
• Drug Ads Do More Good Than Harm, FDA Told - Washington Post
• The DES Legacy - Washington Post
• Doctors struggle to convey risks of diabetes - Wall St. Journal (reprinted in St. Paul, Minn.,Pioneer Press)
• Grant promotes Russian-U.S. health-related research - IDG News Service (CIMIT was founded and is led by MGH physicians)

September 22, 2003

• Scientists Discover First Gene Tied to Stroke Risk - New York Times
• Gene associated with increased stroke risk identified - Associated Press
• Stroke Linked to Gene - United Press International
• HealthBeat Wrap: Tai Chi, Menopause And Panic Attacks - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• MGH Awarded First Magnet in Massachusetts - Nursing Spectrum (New England edition)

September 21, 2003

• Bone Drugs Less Helpful Together, 2 Studies Indicate - Los Angeles Times
• Osteo Drugs Work Better Separately - HealthDay News

September 20, 2003

• New technique eases hip replacement ordeal - Boston Globe
• Ovarian Cancer 5K set for Sunday - Fall River (Mass.) Herald-News
• Lemkin walk for cancer is Sunday - Lowell (Mass.) Sun
• Hardware: Hewlett In Joint Research Venture - New York Times

September 19, 2003

• Doctors were unsure of roles as boy died at Children's - Boston Globe
• Heeding the signs: Group raises awareness about ovarian cancer - New Bedford Standard-Times

September 18, 2003

• State plans to reallocate its payments for free care - Boston Globe
• Career Guide: MGH forum examines health care disparities - Bay State Banner
• UAB plans exclusive clinic access, for a price - Birmingham (Ala.) News

September 17, 2003

• Specialized cancer care worth traveling for - Reuters Health
• Thornton back, with just his smile infectious - Boston Globe
• OCEAN 5k runners will help fight cancer - New Bedford (Mass.) Standard-Times
• Anticoagulants help patients with abnormal heart rhythm and stroke - Health and Age.com

September 16, 2003

• Driven to Beat Cancer - HealthDay News
• When a Doctor Stumbles on a Family Secret - New York Times
  (Dr. Francis Delmonico is MGH transplant surgeon)

September 15, 2003

• Beating Back Pain - ABC News.com
• Church Raising Money For Janesville Toddler With Brain Tumor - WISC-TV, Ch. 3 (Madison, Wisc.)

September 14, 2003

• Patients need to weigh options - Boston Herald
• Wild flower 'may treat cancer' - BBC News

September 13, 2003

• Town supports boy facing transplant - Daily Hampshire Gazette

September 12, 2003

• He already won her heart, so a kidney was no big deal - Boston Herald
• New Twist Reported in Blocking Plaque-forming Proteins - HMS Focus
• CAS prof peers into the brain's visual cortex - Boston University Bridge

September 10, 2003

• Inadequate anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation patients raises stroke severity - Reuters Health
• Blood-Thinning Therapy Cuts Stroke Risk - HealthDay News

September 9, 2003

• 'Permanent cosmetics' may pose health risks - Boston Globe
• Third trimester and ready for your close-up - Boston Globe

September 8, 2003

• Victims' groups want Mass. General shrink records made public - Boston Herald

September 7, 2003

• Hospitals scramble to meet demand for private rooms - Boston Globe
• Lawyers, church to press ahead - Boston Globe
• Teleradiologists from India on US hospitals' radar - India Times

September 6, 2003

• Priests, docs under DA probe - Boston Herald
• Yawkey Trust acknowledges conflict - Boston Globe

September 4, 2003

• Asthma rates high, its cause unknown - Somerville Journal
• 9 initiative petitions step closer toward appearing on ballot - Boston.com

September 3, 2003

• Hospitals lobby to block suit - Boston Globe
• Accelerators and Dinosaurs - Physics Today

September 2, 2003

• Pancreatitis Risk Seen in Schizophrenia Drugs - New York Times
• Operation on skull helps stroke victim to recover - New Orleans Times-Picayune
• Cash balance held in limbo: Ruling clouds future of retirement plan - Boston Globe
• Leading-Edge Health-Care Provider Deploys Web Services - Internet Week