MGH In The News – June 2008

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June 30, 2008

• New Crohn's genetic risk factors ID'd – United Press International
• Montreal Heart Institute and Mount Sinai Hospital researchers contribute to Crohn's disease study – eScience News (Canada)
• Breast cancer researchers look for clues to disease development – White Coat Notes/Boston.com

June 29, 2008

• Organ Donation: An Advancing Science Hindered by Supply Shortages – HealthDay News
• Birthing center celebrates decade of special deliveries – Boston Globe
• Dr. Stephanie Moore: Americans with diabetes – New England Cable News
• Hospital CEO earns $730,000 – Concord (N.H.) Monitor

June 28, 2008

• Starved for adequate care – Los Angeles Times
• Health disparities (program participants include MGH physician Joseph Betancourt) – Tavis Smiley show/Public Radio International
• Not your father's nicknames when teens talk to parents – Boston Globe
• Man at his best through faith and good works – Daily News Tribune (Waltham, Mass.)

June 27, 2008

• Officials warn against an incendiary array offered on Web – Boston Globe
• Startup looks to make doctor visits a click away – Boston Business Journal

June 26, 2008

• Doctors test bypass surgery for diabetics – NBC Nightly News
• Carotid artery screening (also choose video link) – WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• How to Protect Yourself from West Nile Virus – Fox 25 News
• Are Perks Compromising MD Ethics? (also choose video link) – CBS Evening News
• Senate Inquiry on Research Conflicts Shifts to Grantees – Science
• Debate swirls on birth safety – Lewiston (Maine) Sun-Journal
• Senate Approves Expanded Regulations for ATV Use in Massachusetts – Halifax-Plympton Reporter
• Primary flaw in health care system – Berkshire Eagle

June 25, 2008

• Aiming a Blood Pressure Drug at Marfan – Science NOW
• Diabetes soars as Americans become heavier – ABC News
• Rosiglitazone: one year later – Endocrine Today
• Conflict probe turns to Stanford – Newsblog/The Scientist

June 24, 2008

• U.S. sees staggering rise in diabetes – NBC Nightly News
• Our Pen-and-Paper Doctors – New York Times
• The Painful Side Effects of Deploying Electronic Health Records – CIO
• Conflicts Investigation Turns to Stanford – ScienceNOW
• Bionic Hero Saves Stranger's Life With Kidney – WBZ-TV, Ch. 4
• Heart of the matter – Berkshire Eagle

June 23, 2008

• Few doctors have gone digital (scroll down) – White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• The Itch – The New Yorker
• Nursemaid's Elbow: A common injury to babies and young kids – Gather.com
• In his film, he asks the big questions – Boston Globe
• Family Biggest Payoff For Adamonis – Hartford Courant
• Scientists Find New Source Of Heart Stem Cells – AHN News Service

June 22, 2008

• Moore on Your Health: Sudden cardiac death – New England Cable News
• Moore on Your Health: Heart attack prevention – New England Cable News
• War hero with kidney to spare finds donor recipient on Web – Boston Herald
• Environmental Measures Mean Healthy Returns For Hospitals – Environmental Leader
• Health Care in the Berkshires: Where are we? – Berkshire Eagle
• Adamonis' Father Picture of Perseverance – Hartford Courant

June 21, 2008

• State Sen. James Marzilli may use bipolar defense – Boston Herald

June 20, 2008

• 3D sports imaging (also choose video link) – WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• CT Screens for Lung Cancer Not a Cure-All – HealthDay News
• Bone health may suffer in non-menstruating athletes – Reuters Health
• Biomet sees bright future – Ft. Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette
• New Caritas chief puts an end to old practice – Boston Globe

June 19, 2008

• Endoscopic imaging (also choose video link) – WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• Most Doctors Aren’t Using Electronic Health Records – New York Times
• High costs keep doctors from switching to electronic records – USA Today
• Few Doctors Use Electronic Records Because of Costs – Bloomberg News
• CVD Risk Highlighted in HIV-Positive People – MedPage Today
• Heart Risks Emerging in People With HIV – HealthDay News
• Antiarrhythmics vs ablation as first-line for AF – The Heart.org
• Deaths in Vietnam, other wars undercounted – study – Reuters
• 17 student pregnancies put services in spotlight – Boston Globe (Globe North edition)
• Governor dedicates DPH lab in memory of Dr. William A. Hinton – Canton Citizen

June 18, 2008

• U.S. doctors making slow shift to digital records – Reuters
• Few doctors use electronic medical records, survey finds – White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Costs Crimp Adoption of Electronic Health Records – HealthBlog/Wall Street Journal Online
• Doctors Slow to Embrace Electronic Medical Records – HealthDay News
• A Slow Switch to Electronic Health Records – WebMD
• Survey Tracks Slow Pace of EHR Adoption – MedPage Today
• FDA backs wider use of Amgen drug for kids – Reuters
• Energy Crisis – Science News
• OUR OPINION:The color of pride – Patriot Ledger
• Healthcare Costs and Social Security Could Cause Economic Woes – U.S. News Online
• MGH, Northeastern and UMass Medical School get federal grants for nurse training – Boston Business Journal Online
• Local man gives back to Cancer Center –Danvers Herald
• Experts differ on poisoning – Daily News Tribune (Waltham, Mass.)

June 17, 2008

• Music provides healing grace note for hospital patients – USA Today
• Psychiatric Research – New York Times
• U.S. panel backs proposed J&J psoriasis drug – Reuters
• FDA Panel Recommends Approval For J&J Psoriasis Drug – DowJones Newswire
• FactCheck: Obama's Inflated Health "Savings" – KCRG-TV., Ch. 9 (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
• NSMC Cancer Walk this Sunday –Danvers Herald
• Timlin race this weekend – Hopkinton Crier

June 16, 2008

• The Doctor's Own Parkinson's Disease (choose audio link) – OnPoint/WBUR Radio
• Menstruation Cessation in Female Teen Athletes May Be Caused by Hormone – HealthDay News
• Diabetes pills may be enough for many type 2 patients – USA Today
• Unmasking Racism in Nursing – Nurse.com
• Exploring the science of song – Irish Medical Times
• Tanning Myths: What's True, What's Hype? – WebMD
• Harvard Medical School To Reexamine Conflicts of Interest Policy – Harvard Crimson
• Flat Feet: What to do if your new walker's feet turn inward? – Gather.com
• Scientists Search for Medical Secrets in Himalayas – St. Petersburg (Russia) Times
• Herbal medicines have their share of successes – Kennebec Journal

June 15, 2008

• Sen. Kennedy preparing to 'do battle,' son says – Associated Press
• Doc: Russert’s work put him at risk – Boston Herald

June 14, 2008

• The Doctor Factor – Newsweek
• Heart Attack Prevention – CNN

June 13, 2008

• Deadly heart attacks often come without warning – White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• More patients seek experimental stem cell therapy – Boston Globe
• Massachusetts General Hospital steers patients to the right beds with bed management dashboard – Mass HighTech
• More Political Heat on NIH – Science
• Jett Foundation opens center in Boston – Pembroke Mariner
• Group Warns of Looming Thoracic Surgeon Shortage – MedPage Today
• MGH graduate school beats fundraising goal – Boston Business Journal
• The Therapeutic Power of Prayer – Washington Post

June 12, 2008

• Alcoholics Anonymous helpful for teens too: study – Reuters Health
• Hospital projects may need green seal – Boston Globe
• Drugs and disclosure – Boston Globe
• A Child's Death And a Crisis for Faith – Wall Street Journal
• Vernon Cancer Center to provide invaluable services – Weston Town Crier

June 11, 2008

• MGH diabetes class – WHDH–TV, Ch. 7
• Concern Rises Over New Superbug – WCVB-TV, Ch.5
• Metro Imaging marketing stirs debate – St. Louis Post Dispatch
• Translational Research: The full cycle – Nature
• “Revising the Mission of Massachusetts General Hospital” – CommonHealth/WBUR.org
• Do Drug Companies Have Too Much Influence? – WNBC-TV (New York, NY)
• Her healing is contagious: Local survivor chairs Cancer Walk – Marblehead Reporter
• Region anticipates a heat wave goodbye – Boston Globe
• Safety nets stretched thin – Boston Globe

June 10, 2008

• Benefit small from lung cancer screening method – Reuters
• CT lung cancer screening no cure-all for smokers – CancerFacts.com
• Can Radio-Wave Devices Shrink Your Cellulite? – Wall Street Journal
• Swayze Plans to Act Through His Cancer – ABC News
• Wishes, prayers for fighter – Boston Globe
• ‘It’s good to be home, good to be here’ –Boston Herald
• Experts: Experimental meds an option for Kennedy – Associated Press
• Brain tumor team offers message of hope – Miami Herald
• Jellinek: Busy families – Newton Tab
• Hidden Drug Payments at Harvard – New York Times
• 3 psychiatrists accused of missteps face inquiry – Boston Globe
• 3 doctors facing conflict of interest investigation – Associated Press
• Sen. Grassley Issues Report On Conflict-Of-Interest Probe Into Improper Payment Disclosures By Three Harvard Psychiatrists – Medical News Today

June 9, 2008

• New center for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy care opens at Mass. General – Patriot Ledger
• Sweatin’ with the ozone: Heat is on in the Hub – Boston Herald
• Study: Hypoglycemia raises diabetics' heart risk – USA Today
• Heart Failure Patients Unrealistic – Ivanhoe Newswire
• When there is no good choice – MSNBC
• When patients are VIPs – Boston Globe
• Kennedy to be released from NC hospital, son says – Associated Press
• Who moved my stent? – Boston Globe
• Harvard Researchers Fail To Report Drug Payments – Wall Street Journal
• Harvard Psychiatrists Under Fire for Drug-Company Funding – Health Blog/Wall Street Journal Online
• PDAs are helping nurses get back in touch – Fall River Herald News
• Kids, weight, and video games – Gather.com
• Membranes By Design – Chemical and Engineering News
• Translating science to the real world – Providence Business News

June 8, 2008

• Mind Bomb – New York Magazine
• Effects of controversial chemical sensitivity disorder all too real – Boston Herald
• How to cope with cancer – New England Cable News
• Researchers Fail to Reveal Full Drug Pay – New York Times
• Harvard Doctors Failed to Disclose Fees, Senator Says – Bloomberg News
• Breast imaging has long history (scroll down) – Boston Globe
• Against all odds – Boston Globe
• Going places – Boston Globe

June 7, 2008

• Tight Rein on Blood Sugar Has No Heart Benefits – New York Times
• Nurse staffing debate shifts to Senate – New Bedford Standard Times

June 6, 2008

• Local Heart Surgeons Help Patient From Mississippi – WCVB-TV, Ch.5
• Novo Prognosis From Doctors May Lead to Insulin Boom – Bloomberg News
• Boston groups score prostate cancer research funds – White Coat Notes/Boston.
• Prostate Cancer Foundation Announces Grant Winners – Genome Web News
• Shroud of secrecy to be lifted from hospital fees – Boston Business Journal
• With Precautions, Psychiatrists Need Not Shun off-Label Prescribing – Psychiatric News
• The gift of life: Organ recipient from Peabody heads to U.S. Transplant Games – The Salem News
• Professor Appointed Academic And Clinical Dean – HMS Focus
• Education and Medicine Linked in Academy Chair – HMS Focus
• New Dean Named for Research Integrity – HMS Focus
• Controlling HIV Demands Novel Vaccine Approach – HMS Focus
• The Long and Short of Learning – HMS Focus
• Surgery Heads Recognized for Advancement of Women – HMS Focus
• Exceptional Teachers Honored – HMS Focus
• The Spring Bookshelf – HMS Focus

June 5, 2008

• No time to lose – Boston Globe
• Life Before Proteins – Science News
• New Way of Looking at Earth's First Cells – A-Z Nanotechnology
• Bipolar Teens at Greater Risk of Substance Abuse – HealthDay News
• Substance abuse and smoking greatly increased in adolescent bipolar disorder – MedWire News
• MGH Psychiatrist Recognized as NH Nurse Practitioner Advocate – Nashua Telegraph
• Testing the Toxicity of Nanomaterials – Technology Review
• Medicare reimbursement proposed for high-tech checks – Twin Cities Finance and Commerce
• Roy Exum: Teddy Wants To Win – The Chattanoogan
• ASCO: Little Support Seen for CT Lung Cancer Screening – MedPage Today
• First data on aliskiren in diabetic nephropathy – TheHeart.org
• Fierce resolve aids student's swift recovery – Boston Globe (Globe South edition)
• Highlights of the year that was – Harvard Gazette

June 4, 2008

• A 'drug drought' for pregnant women – USA Today
• Alcohol, Drug Counseling Benefits Teens, Too – HealthDay News
• AA, NA help teens fight addiction – United Press International
• Older workers should be prepared when looking for a new job – Gloucester Times
• How Genes Influence Mental Health – PsychCentral.com
• Novel inotropic agent for acute heart failure looks promising in phase 2 evaluation – TheHeart.org

June 3, 2008

• Survey of Medical Schools Is Critical of Perks – New York Times
• Another Step in Fighting Alzheimer’s – Ivanhoe Newswire
• Recovery Organizations Benefit Teens Too – Ivanhoe Newswire
  
  
• Kennedy has 'successful' surgery –Boston Globe
• Rapport with pioneer surgeon leads to the senator's choice – Boston Globe
• Doctor Says Kennedy’s Brain Surgery Is Successful – New York Times
• Kennedy's surgery called 'successful' – Baltimore Sun
  
• Next up for Sen. Kennedy: Chemo, radiation treatments – Associated Press
• Kennedy's Surgery May Give Doctors Option to Try New Medicines – Bloomberg News
• Ted after surgery: ‘I feel like a million bucks’ – Boston Herald
• Duke decision not Hub snub – Boston Herald

June 2, 2008

• New dimension in detection – Boston Globe
• Better genetic tests fine tune cancer treatments – Reuters
• Locker Boxing – WHDH-TV, Ch. 7
• Violent video games: the myths and the facts – Christian Science Monitor
• A strategist aids Kennedy once more – Boston Globe
  
  
• Kennedy to undergo surgery at Duke for brain tumor – Associated Press
• Kennedy Will Undergo Surgery for Brain Tumor Today – Bloomberg News
• Kennedy Chooses Duke Surgeon For Brain Surgery – WBZ-TV, Ch. 4
• Senator Kennedy to have brain surgery this morning – Boston.com
  
• Kennedy Undergoing Surgery for Brain Tumor – ABC News
• Kennedy's Brain Surgeon Leads Duke's `Aggressive' Cancer Center – Bloomberg News
• Kennedy hand-picked a surgeon who takes on tough operations – White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Doctor says Kennedy brain surgery was successful – Associated Press
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• Kennedy's brain tumor surgery deemed a success – Boston.com
• Kennedy brain surgery 'successful' – CNN.com
• Doctors: Kennedy Brain Surgery a Success – National Public Radio

June 1, 2008

• New Hope for a Failed Cancer Drug – BusinessWeek.com
• 65. And still going – Boston Globe
• Lying chips away at character – The Garden Island (Kauai, Hawaii)