PTH
injections can prevent medically induced osteoporosis A new MGH study shows that long-term treatment with
parathyroid hormone (PTH) can safely prevent the development of osteoporosis in women
taking medications that induce artificial menopause.
Grant
awarded to study cervical cancer risk The Gillette Centers for Women's Cancers recently
awarded a grant to a group of researchers for a study that examines both the basic biology
of cervical cancer and the lives and health of women at risk for the disease.
Wage and
salary program announced The MGH this week announced a fiscal year 1999 wage and
salary program that includes a performance-based wage and salary increase.
Bulfinch
Society Lecture Series More than 125 hospital donors turned out to hear
W. Scott McDougal, MD, chief of MGH Urology, and Michael J. Barry, MD, chief of the
General Medicine Unit, speak on "Prostate Diseases – Advances in
Patient Care and Research" Sept. 9.
MGH and McLean
named Tufts providers The MGH and McLean Hospital have been selected as a
combined designated facility for mental health and substance abuse treatment under the
Tufts HMO and Tufts Total Health Plans.
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