MGH In The News -September 2006

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September 30, 2006

• Labor support: A trained doula can make childbirth happier - and healthier - The Patriot Ledger

September 29, 2006

• Radiofrequency works for ovarian cancer - United Press International
• The thrill is gone: Orlando's now angriest city - Boston Herald
• Breakthrough for Breathing - Discoveries and Breakthroughs/Inside Science (Ivanhoe News)
• Tripwire Uncovered for "Exhausted" T Cells in HIV Infection - HMS Focus
• HMS Scientist Wins Lasker Award - HMS Focus
• Prostate Cancer Therapy May Raise Diabetes and Heart Risks - HMS Focus
• A Path to Cultural Competence in Medicine and Medical Education - HMS Focus
• Sanders Chair to Support Translational Medicine - HMS Focus
• Deval woos biz leaders - Boston Herald

September 28, 2006

• New Life for Ether Monument (also choose audio link) - WBUR Radio
• Ether Monument undergoes face-lift and a good scrubbing - Boston Globe
• Ether Monument gets a fresh start in the Public Garden - Boston.com
• Space Surgery Report (choose audio link) - The World (Public Radio International)
• The body electric - The State (Columbia, S.C.)

September 27, 2006

• There's a process to reduction - Boston Globe
• Logan's Wi-Fi chokehold - Boston Globe
• Depression, a Widely Misunderstood Ailment (also choose video link) - CBN News
• Good news for Coco (scroll down) - Boston Herald
• Lasker Honors Cell Biologists, Psychiatrist - Journal of the American Medical Association (subscribers only)
• New Tattoo Ink Will Allow Easy Removal - Harvard Crimson

September 26, 2006

• How close are we to a cure for Alzheimer's - Today Show, NBC News
• When play is work - Boston Globe
• Grown-Ups Could be Hurting Their Children's Fun - KSL-TV (Salt Lake City)
• Best Companies for Working Moms Listed - Associated Press

September 25, 2006

• His goal: to unravel the origins of life - Boston Globe
• State would post prices of hospital care - Boston Globe
• Harvard Tattoo Process May Ease a Change of Heart - National Public Radio
• Top Nonprofit Executives See Healthy Pay Raises - Chronicle of Philanthropy
• U.S. Charity Chiefs' Pay Averaged $327,575 in 2005, Study Says - Bloomberg News

September 24, 2006

• Suburban strategies - Boston Globe
• Getting fueled to learn - Palm Beach (Fla.) Sun Sentinal
• Noyes on noise (scroll down) - Boston Globe

September 23, 2006

• Kitty Dukakis: Shock treatment was a miracle - MetroWest Daily News

September 22, 2006

• Kitty Dukakis Promotes Soft Side Of Shock Therapy (also choose video link) - CBS-4 TV
• New Technique Tracks Pancreatic Islet Survival - HealthDay News
• MGH maps new growth: Plan lays out new buildings - Boston Herald
• US calls for making HIV testing routine (Rochelle Walensky is an MGH physician) - Boston Globe

September 21, 2006

• Sherborn Boy Gives Cancer Survivor Fenway Dream - CBS-4 TV
• U.S. Health-Care System Gets a "D" - Business Week Online
• Dealing With a Parent's Serious Illness - Child Magazine
• Woman begins search for new donor - MetroWest Daily News
• Beverly Hospital breaks ground - Danvers Herald
• HMS's Szostak wins prestigious Lasker - Harvard Gazette
• Most at MBB panel believe that the matter with mind is matter - Harvard Gazette

September 20, 2006

• Stem cells show little heart-attack aid - Associated Press

September 19, 2006

• Prostate cancer drug raises heart, diabetes risk - Reuters
• Prostate Cancer Hormone Therapy Raises Risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes - CancerPage.com
• Root children with the self-esteem to flourish - Tucson (Arizona) Citizen
• Cleveland Clinic's Conflicts Trigger Calls for Stricter Rules - Bloomberg News

September 18, 2006

• The Breakfast Hype - Los Angeles Times
• State calls for more cancer facilities - Boston Globe
• Mass. wants more radiation centers - United Press International
• Building an 'A team': How to find, keep top IT talent - Computerworld
• Be wary of stronger bacteria - Lawrence (Mass.) Eagle Tribune

September 17, 2006

• Harvard scientist wins medical award (scroll down) - Boston Globe
• Psychotherapy, gene pioneers honored - Associated Press
• Lasker awards honor DNA, psychological discoveries - Reuters
• The First Lady's Shocking Story - Boston Globe Magazine
• She's boosting her brain - and her body - The Times (London, UK)

September 16, 2006

• Drug can help prevent diabetes, study says - Boston Globe
• Consistent, sustained attack counters acne best - San Antonio Express-News

September 15, 2006

• Docs say hog-wild approach not recommended - Boston Herald
• Collaborative problem solving: New approach to explosive children - Berkshire Eagle
• Richards also pioneer in cancer treatment - Houston Chronicle
• Five Gene Variations Hike Risk of Macular Degeneration - HMS Focus
• Project to Find Autism Gene - HMS Focus
• Honors and Advances - HMS Focus
• In memoriam: Robert McCluskey - HMS Focus

September 14, 2006

• Be Healthy - Bay State Banner
• Menino launches new health publication - Boston Univ. Daily Free Press
• Planners squirm over hospital proposal - Danvers Herald

September 13, 2006

• Program Helps Hospitals Better Treat Stroke Patients (also choose video link) - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Back to the office after retirement (scroll down, choose video link) - New England Cable News
• Kids and Sports - WFXT-TV, Ch. 25
• Emergency care needs repair - Daily News Tribune
• Alzheimer's drug also combats brain injuries - New Scientist.com
• Physician Paul Dudley White Walked The Talk - Investors Business Daily
• Sildenafil in systolic heart failure with secondary pulmonary hypertension - TheHeart.org

September 12, 2006

• Stanford to Ban Drug Makers' Gifts to Doctors, Even Pens - New York Times
• Support for Patients, Just a Mouse Click Away - New York Times

September 11, 2006

• A seeker of anesthesia's secrets - Boston Globe
• 'I Feel Good, I Feel Alive' - Newsweek
• There's now a vaccine against shingles. Should I get it? (Anne Louise Oaklander is an MGH physician) - Boston Globe
• New doctors lack training in use of language interpreters (scroll down, Joel Weissman is an MGH physician) - Boston Globe
• Who you calling fat? Child obesity epidemic well known, but what about those adorable bigger babies? - Lawrence (Mass.) Eagle Tribune
• The forgotten generation: How 9/11 affected U.S. college students - Boston Univ. Daily Free Press

September 8, 2006

• 2 Tufts affiliates plan hospital in the suburbs - Boston Globe
• Put cigarette makers under federal control - Reading (Penn.) Eagle

September 7, 2006

• Research on Cancer Gene Poses a Dilemma - National Public Radio (also choose audio link)
• Gene Called Link Between Life Span and Cancers (David Scadden is an MGH physician-researcher) - New York Times
• Growing boys and girls have beef with feds: Students gnash teeth over small portions - Boston Herald
• A 10-day hike for a friend - Weston Town Crier

September 6, 2006

• FDA approves the first fully implantable artificial heart - Boston Globe
• How the world has changed after 9/11 - New England Cable News
• The Price of Preventing Cancer - ScienceNOW

September 5, 2006

• Doctors often overestimate their expertise - HealthDay News
• Care often lost in translation - United Press International
• Talk this way: Zeitel's laser lets stars sing - MedGadget
• Ortiz eager to return - Boston Globe
• Ramirez, Varitek, Nixon return to Boston lineup; Ortiz sidelined - WHDH.com
• DH takes a patient approach - Boston Herald
  

September 4, 2006

• HIV: Fat in all the wrong places - News 8 (Austin)
• Revisiting the Schiavo case - The Washington Times

September 3, 2006

• Guess Who's Putting You Under - Time
• Study: Older Surgeons Not Always Best - Associated Press

September 1, 2006

• A Smaller NIH Budget Means Fewer Scientists And 'Too-Safe' Studies - Wall Street Journal (subscription only)
• Race Plays Role in Stroke's Aftermath - HealthDay News
• FDA Proposes Skin-Lightening Cream Ban (choose video link) - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• National Kidney Foundation gives local surgeon its highest award - Wellesley Townsman
• Light Shone on Disease-fighting Effect of Omega-3s - HMS Focus
• Molecular Switch Regulates Fat, Cholesterol Metabolism - HMS Focus
• Two at HMS Receive Freedom to Discover Awards - HMS Focus
• New Appointments to Full Professor - HMS Focus
• News Briefs - HMS Focus
• Ortiz has plans for weekend: Lester undergoing tests at Mass. General - Boston Globe
• Lester in Sox' thoughts: Team confirms diagnosis - Boston Herald
• Sad Season for Boston Takes Turn for Worse - New York Times
• Time to look ahead - to '07 - Boston Globe
• Papi eyes return tomorrow: Club more cautious - Boston Herald
• Sox offer no timetable on Ortiz's return - Associated Press