MGH In The News - September 2005

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September 30, 2005

• Medical News: Music, Doctors' Health And Diagnosing Alzheimer's - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Help for Low Libidos - Newsweek

September 29, 2005

• Mass. General explores new frontier with medical pub - Boston Herald
• Turning science into medicine (David Shaywitz is an MGH physician) - Boston Globe
• Study: Antibodies May Block Fetus Viruses - Associated Press
• The Debate Over Race and Disease (choose audio link, David Altshuler and Alexandra Shields are both MGH faculty members) - WBUR Radio
• Stem Cell Institute gets inaugural NIH five-year grant - Harvard Gazette
• Should We Be Hooked On Fish? - Canada Free Press
  
• Jim Briggs fought to the end - Ipswich Chronicle
• Firefighters donate to MDA - Chelmsford Independent

September 28, 2005

• In China, health care is scalpers, lines, debt - Chicago Tribune
• Insect Sting Allergies Undertreated, Study Finds - HealthDay News
• Fostering Patient-Provider Relationships (choose audio link) - WBUR Radio
• Family History Common in Women With Breast or Ovarian Carcinoma - Reuters Health
• Biologist Ron Evans seeks answers to some of life's biggest - and smallest - mysteries - San Diego Union Tribune

September 27, 2005

• Weight Loss Might Precede Alzheimer's - Associated Press
• Test Predicts Response to Cancer Drugs - Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)
• Genzyme test identifies patients for lung-cancer therapies - Boston Business Journal
• Genzyme Test to Bolster Lung Cancer Treatments - Bloomberg Business News
• Local nurse helps bring aid and 'Comfort' to hurricane victims - Fitchburg (Mass.) Sentinal and Enterprise
• Lowell builder keeps $10M vow - Lowell Sun
• Around town (scroll down) - Boston Globe
• Questionnaire Helps Docs Identify Inherited Breast Cancer Risk - Ivanhoe Newschannel

September 26, 2005

• Questionnaire Helps Determine Breast Cancer Risk - HealthDay News
• A short stop in ER visits - Boston Globe
• When the Red Sox are hot, ERs cool down - Associated Press
• Having a ball (scroll down) - Boston Globe
• MacArthur grant honors can-do doctor - Boston Globe
• Best Treatments: Managing Heart Failure - Newsweek
• Drug Treatments: Making the Right Choice- Newsweek
• Staying Safe: How to Quit Smoking - Newsweek
• Determining a Better ADHD Drug Proves Elusive - ABCNews.com
• Fellowships allow MGH nurses to provide humanitarian assistance to Sudanese refugees - Advance for Nurses

September 25, 2005

• Hub fund-raisers hit the books, play ball - Boston Herald

September 24, 2005

• Nature's foundations may be shaken by baby for 'sterile' cancer survivor - The Times (U.K)

September 23, 2005

• 'Trick or treat, trick or treat, give me something good for me' - Parents and Kids
• CIO Conversation: Mary Finlay - SearchCIO.com

September 22, 2005

• Dot Doctor Does More Good - Dorchester Reporter

September 21, 2005

• 'Xeno' takes a memorable trip to the cutting edge of transplants - Boston Globe
• Award awaits recuperating Mailer - Boston Globe

September 20, 2005

• Hormones Weather 'the Change' - Washington Post
• Meeting Women's Desire for Desire - Washington Post
• Wise To Keep Wisdom Teeth? (choose video link) - WCVB-TV, Ch 5
• Study: Surgery Not A Cure-All - Harvard Crimson

September 19, 2005

• Some doctors warn of hype in hip surgery ads - Boston Globe
• Hospital absorbed mayor's room fees - Boston Globe
• Obesity Increases Risk of Miscarriage - Associated Press
• Breakfast breakthrough: Whole-grain cereals provide morning boost and help girls stay slim - Boston Herald
• Blocking and tackling some life sciences matchups - Mass High Tech
• Tough break: Finger injury real pain for Youkilis - Boston Herald

September 18, 2005

• Flat-fee medical clinics come to rural America - Associated Press

September 17, 2005

• Hospitals cutting nurses' long shifts - Boston Globe
• Going to the Hospital? Don't Forget to Pack a Nurse - New York Times
• Round-Trip Journeys to the Afterworld - Der Speigel (Germany)
• Conference offers new details on Castleman's Disease - The New Mexican

September 16, 2005

• Sweet Victory: Bridging the Health Gap - The Nation
• Cohasset couple assists in hurricane Katrina relief - Cohasset Mariner

September 15, 2005

• If she talks about suicide, consider her age - Boston Globe
• Floating hope - Cape Cod Times
• Walk of Hope - Boston Globe (Globe North)

September 14, 2005

• High-Dose Radiation Cuts Risk of Prostate Cancer Recurrence - HealthDay News
• Prostate Cancer Radiation: Is High Dose Better? - WebMD
• Radiation Therapy Reduces Prostate Cancer Recurrence - Ivanhoe Newswire
• Radiation Boost Cuts Prostate Cancer Failures by Half - MedPage Today
• Rejuvenated thymus boosts immunity - Medical Post Online
• Damon shoulders the load: Sox get good news on injury - Boston Herald

September 13, 2005

• Risks seen in breast cancer surgery - Boston Globe
• Surgeon to help Katrina victims - MetroWest Daily News
• Photographer gets face to face with Boston - Boston Globe

September 11, 2005

• It's still the place they would rather call home - Boston Globe
• Move Over, Doc, the Guests Can't See the Baby - New York Times

September 8, 2005

• Lynnefield nurse heading South to help care for Katrina victims - The Daily Item
• Corvettes Featured at Walk of Hope - Wakefield Observer
• North Shore Medical losses deepen in 1st three quarters - Boston Globe

September 7, 2005

• Many U.S. doctors ill-trained on cultural gaps - Reuters
• Docs: Cultural divide hampers care - Newsday
• Study: Docs not ready for cross-cultures - United Press International
• New Doctors Face Cultural Care Issues - Web MD
• Cultural Barriers Evident Between Patients and Doctors - Ivanhoe Newswire
• Results of Breast Cancer Study Confirm Benefit - Ivanhoe Newswire
• Employers looking to cure absences - Boston Herald

September 6, 2005

• Femara beneficial after tamoxifen in breast cancer - Reuters Health
• Local Medical Professionals to Help Katrina Victims - WCVB Channel 5
• Improving the Virtual Colonoscopy - Wall Street Journal (subscribers only)
• Molecular Medicine - Forbes
• Doctor projects beams of hope - CNN
• Biomed Rounds: Prominent scientist sees promise in cancer care - Mass High Tech
• See How They Grow - Parents.com
  

September 5, 2005

• Interpreters needed even after doctors study languages - Boston Globe

September 4, 2005

• Local teams heading for Gulf Coast - Boston Globe
• Bay State medical help on its way to Gulf Coast - Boston Herald
• Cancer drug Iressa to be withdrawn - The News Journal (Wilmington, Del.)

September 2, 2005

• Bruschi plans to play next year - Boston Globe
• Bruschi: 'I'm definitely playing next year' - Associated Press
• Big Pharma Rallies in Wake of Katrina - Investor's Business Daily
• Bone Marrow Transplantation Restores Oogenesis in Mice - HMS Focus
• Grant Supports Development of Nanotech Therapies - (scroll down) HMS Focus
• U.S. News Honors Harvard Hospitals - (scroll down) HMS Focus

September 1, 2005

• Bay State Doctors Reach Out To Katrina Victims - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5