MGH In The News – July 2008

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July 17, 2008

• Doctors and Patients Worry About E-Health for Different Reasons - CIO Australia
• Hospital healthy, but challenges loom - Martha’s Vineyard Times

July 16, 2008

• MGH and Emerson team up on clinic - Boston Globe
• Congress Easily Overrides Medicare Veto - Washington Post
• Local woman working to help find cure for cancer (scroll down) – Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald

July 15, 2008

• Shands ranks highest among Florida hospitals - Gainesville Sun
• Johnny 'The Walker' Wowk reaches milestone: 15,000 miles - The Salem News

July 14, 2008

• Identical care isn't best for all patients - Boston Globe
• Are all knee implants the same? - Boston Globe
• Patients tell a different story - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Not all patient adverse events recorded by hospitals - Reuters Health
• Patient Reports May Lead to Fewer Adverse Events - Immediate Care Business
• Mozart in the O.R. - New Hampshire Public Radio
• Blood-Study Author Didn't Disclose Conflicts - Wall Street Journal
• Modeling Behavior for your Baby - Gather.com
• The 5-Minute Vacation - Men's Health

July 13, 2008

• Dr. Charles J. McCabe, inspired generations of medical students - Boston Globe
• Controversy over kids and statins - New England Cable News

July 12, 2008

• Doctors warn of spike in skin cancer among women - New England Cable News
• P4P didn't deliver better care, study shows - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Improper rewards of research - Boston Globe
• Psychiatric Group Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Industry Ties - New York Times
• Are Our Leading Pediatricians Drug Industry Shills? - San Francisco Chronicle

July 11, 2008

• America’s Best Hospitals - U.S. News & World Report
  Best Hospitals Honor Roll
  MGH Rankings
  
• Partners near top in US News rankings - Boston Globe
• Hopkins again ranked top U.S. hospital - Baltimore Sun
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center makes hospital honor role - The Tennessean
• Block the sun's harmful rays the right way - New England Cable News
• Autism Genes Tied to Glitches in Early Learning - HMS Focus
• Ted Kennedy casts his vote - Boston Herald
• End of Days: A Guest Post - New York Times Online

July 10, 2008

• Belize Infant Energetic After Surgery (also choose video link) - WCVB-TV, Channel 5
• Cancer-Specific Products: An Unnecessary Balm? - New York Times
• New Clues to Autism's Cause - Time Magazine
• 'Hooray' for Newton-Wellesley Hospital - Wicked Local Sherborn
  

July 9, 2008

• Physician, Google thyself - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Web Searching for Information About Physicians - The Journal of the American Medical Association
• Measure curtails hospital expansion - Boston Globe
• New regs to limit Boston teaching hospital expansion approved - Boston Business Journal
• Surgery sidelines Levine - Boston Globe
• Survery Finds Significant Levels of Dating Violence in Tweens - Kansas City infoZine
• "Plug and Play" Hospitals - MIT Technology Review
• Zapping Individual Cancer Cells - MIT Technology Review
• Is Gardasil Safe for Women? - New England Cable News
• DHCC aims to raise nursing standards - ArabianBusiness.com
  
  

July 8, 2008

• A Flower With Power to Soothe Skin? - Wall Street Journal
• Jellinek: How to deal with economic stress on your family - Newton TAB
• Business Briefs - Eagle Tribune (scroll down to MGH Cancer Center item)
  

July 7, 2008

• Uncommonly Big Hearts May Not Harm Athletes - New York Times
• BBC calls Mass. healthcare initiative "brave" - White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• SPEAK OUT: Massachusetts is on course to lead way in life sciences - The Patriot Ledger
• First Detailed Map of the Human Cortex - MIT Technology Review
• Genetic haul lifts hopes on Crohn's - Boston Globe
• Sen. Kennedy's wife says he's fighting fatigue but doing well with cancer treatments - Associated Press
• Edward Kennedy's wife says the senator is handling the cancer treatment well - The Canadian Press
• How EGFR promotes skin cancer - Ecancer News
• Tool To Monitor Lung Cancer - OneIndia
• CTC Chip brings new hope for Cancer Patients - eYugoslavia.com
  

July 6, 2008

• Letting ill children float their worries away - Boston Globe

July 4, 2008

• Mom, ex racked up DSS complaints - Boston Herald
• Mother accused in cancer case defends role - Boston Globe
  

July 3, 2008

• Test can find tiny tumor level in blood – Boston Globe
• New test could track tumors in 'real time' – USA Today
• Our view: Law no substitute for caring parent – The Salem News
• Grandad says mom wouldn’t hurt son – Boston Herald
• Cabin Fervor: New building is home to Hale Reservation autism camp – Daily News Transcript

July 2, 2008

• Doctors extract cancer cells from blood sample – Reuters
• Circulating Tumor Cells Reveal Insights Into Lung Cancers – HealthDay News
• Teaspoon of Blood May Show Cancer Severity, Harvard Test Shows – Bloomberg News
• Blood Test May Replace Surgical Biopsies – WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• New Device Provides Real-Time Assessment of Lung Cancer Status – Reuters Health
• Trapped Circulating Tumor Cells Track NSCLC Treatment – Med Page Today
• Personal DNA Testing (video link under "watch the segment') – NOVA/Science Now
• 'Brain breathalysers' may scan astronauts for stress – New Scientist
• Meditation, Yoga Might Switch Off Stress Genes – HealthDay News
• Say Om: Doctors Find Meditation Affects Your Body – ABC News.com
• Train Your Mind, Change Your DNA – LabNotes/Newsweek.com
• Mind over genes – White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Yoga And Meditation Change Gene Response To Stress – Medical News Today
• Med Center 23 Looks At Stress Control And Green Tea – KVEO-TV (Texas)
• Divorced parents battling, a child fights for his life – Boston Globe
• Mom Witholds Chemo for Autistic Son – ABC News.com
• Sister defends mother facing allegations of child neglect – WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• HER-2 Improves Survival in Patients with Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis – Reuters Health
• Project aims to change US healthcare – BBC News
• Harvard Proves Gaming's Best Friend With Casino-Funded Research – Bloomberg News

July 1, 2008

• A Quandary on Blood Drops in the Brain – New York Times
• Catheterization after heart attack helps women too – Reuters
• Artery-clearing surgery good for men, not all women – Bloomberg News
• New Docs on the Block – Newsweek Online
• DA: Mom kept cancer medication from 8-year-old son – The Salem News
• Psychosurgery – Old and New – Psychiatric Times
• Tim Russert: A Tale of Two Hearts – Gather.com
• Colleen Kigin of Swampscott honored by American Physical Therapy Association – Swampscott Reporter