MGH In The News - September 2007

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September 30, 2007

• What Killed Rebecca Riley? - CBS News/60 Minutes
• The gift of life: Impulse to help gives a stranger chance to live - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
• Charity remains unbroken - Boston Globe
• Cancer scares grow as screening rises - Boston Globe
• Hospital rivals compete in Danvers - Boston Globe

September 28, 2007

• Lower Your Cholesterol - Ivanhoe Newswire
• Study: Genes may factor in suicidal thoughts in patients taking drug - Dallas Morning News
• Emotional response: Journal readers write about dealing with a patient's death - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Short White Coat: Learning my 'doctoring style' - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Skin changes an ominous sign in dialysis patients - Reuters Health
• Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis Predicts Early Mortality in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis - MedScape News

September 27, 2007

• Ovarian Cancer: Early diagnosis poses challenges (also choose audio link) - National Public Radio
• Pfizer Sees AIDS Drug as Remedy for Arthritis - Bloomberg News
• Breast Cancer Study: A drink a day increases breast cancer risk (choose video link) - WBZ-TV, Ch. 4
• New law benefits health centers - Boston Globe
• Journal asks: After a patient dies, how do doctors deal with their emotions? - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Ruling gives breast-feeding student extra break in exam - Boston Globe
• Court: New Mom Must Get Extra Test Time - Associated Press
• In Reversal, Student Is Given Extra Exam Time to Pump Breast Milk - New York Times
• Drug makers, FDA partner on drug safety - Associated Press
• Strange brew: A tribute to Boston's offbeat side - Boston Globe Calendar

September 26, 2007

• Mass. General scores on two workplace lists - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Bionic benefits - Boston Herald
• Medical bionics - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• Therapy to slow down liver damage - BBC News
• New hope in liver failure treatment - The Press Association (U.K.)
• Stem cell therapy 'could cut liver transplants' - Daily Telegraph (U.K.)
• Injecting insulin a fearful point for some - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Using Spam Blockers To Target HIV, Too - BusinessWeek
• A bitter pill for slimmers? - The Guardian (U.K.)
• Hospital marks construction start at new outpatient center - The Salem News
• MGH breaks ground in Danvers - Danvers Herald

September 25, 2007

• Hooked in the shadow of casinos - Boston Globe
• Racial Gap Continues As Cancer Deaths Decline - WBZ-TV, Ch. 4
• Mass. Legislature fails to keep abreast - Boston Herald
• Psychiatrist treated veterans using Homer - Boston Globe
• Mass. companies named as "Mom-friendly" - Boston Business Journal (website)
• Attention: You With the Graying Temples - Conde Nast Portfolio
• Beverly Hospital at Danvers to open mid November - Danvers Herald
• AG Mednet partners with MGH - Daily Business Update/Boston.com

September 24, 2007

• How one man conquered chronic pain - Cable News Network
• Body bugs - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• Of genes and motherhood - Boston Globe
• DNA unraveled (David Altshuler is an MGH researcher) - Boston Globe
• Imam Talal Eid - The World is his Mosque - The Patriot Ledger

September 23, 2007

• By losing, they gain - Boston Globe
• Where to go for therapy - Boston Globe

September 22, 2007

• Insurers' hospital payments soon online - Boston Globe
• Redstone honored for hospital gift (scroll down) - Boston Globe
• Beverly Hospital ready to begin anew in Danvers - The Salem News

September 21, 2007

• Palliative Care - WBZ-TV, Ch. 4
• F.D.A. Weighs Flexibility in Trials of Heart Treatment - New York Times
• Friends of Mel foundation recalls charity bracelets - Boston Globe Online
• Lead Contamination Forces Bracelet Recall - Associated Press
• Appeals judge will hear nursing med student's plea for more break time - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Another sale try fails for Caritas - Boston Globe
• Melrose-Wakefield to close rehab unit - Melrose Free Press

September 20, 2007

• BioEngine: One Step Closer to Artificial Liver Device - Xconomy/Kendall Square
• Judge: No extra break for lactating exam taker - Boston Globe
• New Mom Denied Extra Time During Test - Associated Press
• Jamaican boy leaves Westwood with healthy heart - Westwood (Mass.) Press

September 19, 2007

• What Causes Autism? - Greater Boston/WGBH-TV, Ch. 2 (James Gusella is an MGH researcher)
• NIH invests in science's future at Harvard - Harvard Gazette
• 16 area scientists awarded NIH grants for innovative study - Boston Globe
• 5 Mass. hospitals get top honors from Leapfrog Group - White Coat Notes/Boston.com

September 18, 2007

• Boston dominates NIH grants to innovators - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Tattoo removal with laser technology - New England Cable News
• As healthcare costs rise, some point fingers - Boston Globe
• Breastfeeding medical student gets day in court - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Lifelong illness doesn't beat woman - Arizona Republic
• EASD: Average Blood Glucose Reflects Real Life Glycemia - MedPage Today
• 'Batman' deemed a medical miracle - Exeter (N.H.) News-Letter

September 17, 2007

• Many Mass. hospitals will pay for errors - Boston Globe
• Health reform failure - Boston Globe
• Study: Knee Arthritis May Be First Sign of Lung Cancer in Smokers - Fox News
• Dazed Posada answers the bell - Boston Globe

September 16, 2007

• Hospitals spar over cancer facilities - Boston Globe
• Better late than never - Boston Globe
• Serenity now: Innovative program gives moms, newborns precious quiet time - Boston Herald
• Food Additives and Kids - New York Times
• 3 companies offer programs that focus on health, wholeness of employees - Arizona Republic

September 15, 2007

• SEIU Takes aim at Hub hospitals - Boston Herald

September 14, 2007

• Case highlights rise in drug abuse by Rx - Boston Globe

September 13, 2007

• Novel Cooling Therapy May Have Aided Injured Football Player - HealthDay News
• Potential Diabetes Cure: Updates from Dr. Faustman's Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital - USA Daily.com
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• Health coverage rates will rise again - Boston Globe
• Funding plan stirs hospital trauma - Boston Globe
• Blood drive fiasco leads to claims of firing, 'scapegoating' - Newburyport Daily News

September 12, 2007

• Tamoxifen Helps Treat Bipolar Disorder - HealthDay News
• New research helps 1-year-old fight heart disease - New England Cable News
• Pig piling on: Experts slam critics 'harsh' reaction to Britney's weight - Boston Herald
• Nursing mom sues for extra exam time - Associated Press
• Lower Cholesterol - Scripps News Service
• Partners doctors group names chief medical officer - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Even Subclinical Depression Seems Linked to Poorer Diabetes Self-Care - Medscape

September 11, 2007

• Cancer Docs Debate Gene Test Ad Campaign - ABC News
• Hypothermia Used to Preserve Patient's Mobility - WBZ-TV, Channel 4
• Stoughton toddler has successful open heart surgery - The Patriot Ledger
• New T station dresses up MGH area - Boston Globe
• Integrating healthcare ethics into everyday practice - OnCall Magazine/Boston.com
• OCEAN walk raises funds for ovarian cancer awareness - New Bedford Standard-Times

September 10, 2007

• Burden of proof - Boston Globe
• Nursing Mother Goes to Court for Exam Time - New York Times
• West Coast med device firm brings HQ here - Boston Business Journal (subscriber access only)
• Artisan's craft: Startup looks to license second drug - Boston Business Journal (subscriber access only)

September 7, 2007

• Child's Flu Shot Helps Whole Family - HealthDay News
• Flu Vaccines Cut Kids' Doctor Visits - WebMD

September 6, 2007

• Arthritis & cancer - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• Some Food Additives Raise Hyperactivity, Study Finds - New York Times
• NIH funds local teams for daring research - Boston Globe
• From helpless to heartening - Boston Globe
• Heart of the Matter - Stoughton (Mass.) Journal

September 5, 2007

• Experts Say Cellulite Creams Not Worth the Money - WBZ-TV, Ch. 4
• Mistress Carey's Military Page - WAAF Radio (audio link to interview with MGH physician Cameron Wright)

September 4, 2007

• The Science of Gambling Addiction - WBUR Radio
• Hotel aims to captivate - Boston Globe
• Hot-Flash Pill Is Worth a Try, But Does It Really Work? - Wall Street Journal (subscriber access only)
  

September 3, 2007

• Companies try to retain older workers - Los Angeles Times
• Scientists Test New Bipolar Remedies - Associated Press
• Bipolar Diagnosis in Kids Jumps 40-Fold in 10 Years - Bloomberg
• What is 'green light' laser therapy to treat an enlarged prostate? - Boston Globe
• Spine Tuning - Boston Globe
• Honoring their fallen - Boston Globe

September 2 , 2007

• It's True: A nicer office can boost morale - Arizona Republic
• Burned Nigerian girl keeps faith in miracles - Boston Globe