MGH In The News - February 2006

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Rakan's War - Boston Globe series

• Part 1: Rakan's war
  photo gallery: Rakan comes to Boston
  
• Part 2: As healing begins, a painful decision
  photo gallery: A long rehab begins
• Part 3: Restless patient, agonizing choice
  photo gallery: Should Rakan stay in America?
• Part 4: At homecoming, a gift elicits wonder
  photo gallery: Rakan's homecoming

February 28, 2006

• Hidden In The Heart - Hartford (Conn.) Courant

February 27, 2006

• Red Light Brain Scans (choose audio link) - WBUR Radio

February 26, 2006

• Hopes fade on reforms in healthcare - Boston Globe
• Food allergies are rarer than you think - The News Journal (Delaware)

February 25, 2006

• Parkinson's profile suggested: hard workers, straight arrows - Boston Globe
• Medics from Boston lend a hand to New Orleans in return of Mardi Gras - Boston Globe
• The Calcium Conundrum - U.S. News and World Report

February 24, 2006

• Virus found in prostate cancer patients - Associated Press
• The Prion Protein Has a Good Side? You Bet Jeffrey Macklis is an MGH researcher - Science
• Haber Named to Schwartz Professorship in Oncology - HMS Focus
• Molecular Weapon Hits Critical Target In Gastric Tumors - HMS Focus
  
• Bristol-Myers Discovery Grants Honor Two Faculty Members - HMS Focus
• Red Sox notebook: Wallace could be out longterm - MetroWest Daily News

February 23, 2006

• Stem cells for heart disease? First things first - The Scientist
• Drug May Help Curb Breast Cancer - WebMD
• Schools warn of 'choking' - Belmont (Mass.) Citizen Herald
• $3.5 million aid helps UR in disorder study - Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat and Chronicle
• Sharing common bonds - MetroWest Daily News
• Medicine for the People - BusinessWeek

February 22, 2006

• Pataki Operation Is Said to Reflect an Unusual Complication - New York Times
• Mirror therapy may aid body image problems - Reuters Health
• Ped Med: The female factor in ADHD - United Press International
• Medical imaging pictures you healthy - Muskogee (Okla.) Phoenix
• Planetary Protection Study Group Mulls Life On Venus - Space.com

February 21, 2006

• New Procedure Calms Erratic Heartbeat (also choose video link) - ABC News/Good Morning America
• Hospitals blitz airwaves with ad campaigns - Boston Globe
• Heart Risks With Stimulant Use? Maybe. Worry? For Some. - New York Times
• The Dilemma of Depression for Mothers-to-Be - New York Times
• Smile nice for hospital video ban - Toledo (Ohio) Blade

February 20, 2006

• After genocide, a ray of hope - Boston Globe
• What happens after a miscarriage? How long do the effects last? - Boston Globe
• Raising kids' esteem - The Arizona Republic
• Taming post-traumatic stress - Cincinnati Enquirer
• Prozac and the unborn baby - The Times ( London, U.K.)

• A Lifesaving Stroke Drug That Few People Get - HealthDay News
• There's still no magic pill for weight loss - Boston Globe
• State makes push for death rate data - Boston Globe
• Bleeding During Pregnancy Sex: Should You Worry? - American Baby
• A different drummer - Boston Globe
• To speed up Scripps, deliver on promises - Palm Beach (Fla.) Post
• Jackpot fuels Powerball fever - Boston Herald

February 18, 2006

• Harvard unveils plans for complex - Boston Globe

February 17, 2006

• Stroke Guidelines Help Improve Care - HealthDay News
• Olympic Short Track Speedskaters Examined by Ultraportable Ultrasounds - MedGadget.com

February 16, 2006

• Seniors with ailing spouse are seen at higher risk - Boston Globe
• Plans for Endicott Street medical center proceeding - Danvers Herald
• Big Study Finds No Clear Benefit of Calcium Pills - New York Times
• Calcium, Vitamin D fail to halt fractures in older women - Bloomberg News
• Calcium, Vitamin D: Help Women's Hips? - WebMD
• Evidence of nerve damage in reflex sympathetic dystrophy - About.com

February 15, 2006

• Study Shows Limited Benefits From Calcium - Associated Press
• Vitamin D benefits limited against fractures: study - Reuters
• Calcium, Vitamin D Won't Protect Older Women From Fracture - HealthDay News
• Keep eating right, nutritionists say - Boston Globe
• Mission Possible: Finding a cure for Lolly - Seminole (Fla.) Beacon
• Cutera's Laser Woes - The Motley Fool

February 14, 2006

• Maybe You're Not What You Eat - New York Times
• Estrogen Doesn't Raise Heart Risk for Women in Their 50s, Study Finds - Washington Post
• Simple Blood Test Predicts Death Risk - Ivanhoe Newswire
• Natriuretic Peptide Is Strong Predictor of Mortality - MedPage Today
• Bacteria share fluoroquinolone defence (scroll down) - The Medical Post
  

February 13, 2006

• Blood Test Predicts Death Risk In Patients With Shortness of Breath - HealthDay News
• The enduring cost of war - Boston Globe
• Fixing Your Brain - US News & World Report
• Hospitals: No Candid Camera - Newsweek
• Is Hormone Therapy Helpful After All? - Web MD
• Eating at hospitals may be bad for your health - Boston Globe

February 11, 2006

• Overweight women risk problem pregancies - HealthDay News
• Nanoparticles detect cell suicide plans - Chemistry World (U.K.)

February 10, 2006

• Digital divide widens in medicine - Boston Globe
• Study: Circuit in brain key to social withdrawal - Dallas Morning News

February 9, 2006

• C-sections on the rise - Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald
• Aging at Home: For a Lucky Few, a Wish Come True - New York Times
• Fitting In: Mass General’s Yawkey Center makes the most of a limited site - Health Facilities Management
  Charles Street jail sees new life as part of Yawkey Center project
  
• Study: Antidepressants pose risks for newborns - San Diego Union Tribune
• Confusing Times for Depressed Pregnant Women-and Their Doctors - American Council on Science and Health
• Anti-depressants hit a third of newborns - Australian Associated Press
• Good doctor indeed for friend in need: Donates a kidney - Boston Herald
• Keep an edge on wide-cuts - Boston Globe
• Wallace sidelined with hip infection - Boston Globe

February 8, 2006

• Mass. a leader in human-animal hybrids - Lowell Sun
• The FDA and ADD (choose audio link) Joseph Biederman is an MGH physician - Marketplace/National Public Radio
• N. Shore hospital system takes issue - Boston Globe
• Events since the 2003 blaze at The Station nightclub - Associated Press

February 7, 2006

• New clues to timing cancer treatment - Wall Street Journal
• Ambulance diverted each minute - Boston Herald
• A wealth of goodness - Boston Globe
• Depression in Pregnancy Poses Treatment Challenge - New York Times
• Study: hospitals serve too much fat in cafeterias - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Want fatty fries? Go to a hospital - Philadelphia Inquirer

February 6, 2006

• Doctors note several cases of rare disease (scroll down to video link) - New England Cable News
• Cooking up trouble (choose video link) - WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• Civil War records show mental, health trauma of battle - Scripps-Howard News Service
• Civil War vets' unhealthy fate resonates: study - Reuters
• Study: Combat Trauma Seen in Civil War - Associated Press
• Civil War Vets Suffered Long After Battles Ended - HealthDay News
• Helping MDs survive billing cycle - Boston Globe
• Slipping Back Into Depression - U.S. News and World Report
• HealthWrap: Newborns face SSRI withdrawal - United Press International
• Moms' antidepressants hit third of newborns: study - Reuters
• Antidepressants in Pregnancy Linked to Newborn Hangover - MedPage Today
• Five-star treatment - Sarasota (Florida) Herald Tribune
• Single hospital rooms rekindle debate - Business First of Buffalo (N.Y.)

February 5, 2006

• And for Perfect Attendance, Johnny Gets... a Car - New York Times
• Boston's got heart for 'Go Red' awareness - Boston Herald
• A chance to survive: Krystine Orr to get kidney from husband's political foe - MetroWest Daily News
• Local officials angered over plan to drop T link - Boston Globe

February 3, 2006

• Secrecy Becoming Common in Scientific Research - HealthDay News
• Brain trust: New firm bets on neurological expertise - Boston Business Journal
• Pill could make painful memories a thing of past - The Guardian (U.K.)
• Some NSAIDS Safe in Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's - Sometimes - MedPage Today

February 2, 2006

• Costs for uninsured workers up - Boston Globe
• Workers in top companies rely on tax-funded health care - Associated Press
  
• Don't renege on transit promises - - Boston Globe
• The Generosity Of Strangers - Lakeland (Fla.) Ledger
• Way is clear for medical facility - Danvers Herald
  Outsiders weigh in on Town Meeting articles
  Town Meeting quotes of note
• Professor shines light on shadowy condition - Harvard Gazette
  
• Gift from Jordans advances FAS, health research - Harvard Gazette
• Meditation found to increase brain size - Harvard Gazette
• The first word on nouns and verbs - Harvard Gazette

February 1, 2006

• Partners HealthCare gets OK to convert Danvers factory - Lynn Daily Item
• State posts data on doctors - Boston Globe
  "Busiest Surgeons" sidebar includes MGH physicians Dennis Burke, Francis McGovern, Richard Cambria, and Douglas Mathisen
  
• For pregnant women, happy means healthy - Newsday (New York)
• Pregnancy 'no depression guard' - BBC News
• Depression May Relapse During Pregnancy - Ivanhoe Newswire