MGH In The News - March 2005

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March 31, 2005

• Saved by the tsunami - Boston Globe
• New feeding tube doesn't stop pope - USA Today
• Researchers test breast cancer drug - Associated Press
• Drug to be tested for breast-cancer prevention - Toronto Globe and Mail
• Another tragic case casts Schiavo's in new light - USA Today
  At times, doctors know best
• Spotlight shines on obscure science - Boston Globe
• Aspirin Found to Beat Warfarin for One Kind of Stroke - Los Angeles Times
• Aspirin Beats Coumadin for Brain Blockage - WebMD
• Mazareas's battle with ALS paints a profile in courage - Boston Globe (Globe North edition)
• Patriots' Bruschi recovering from stroke - Associated Press

March 30, 2005

• Aspirin Safer Than Warfarin at Preventing Stroke - Reuters
• Aspirin as Good as Warfarin for Some Stroke Prevention - HealthDay News
• Top five communities with nonprofit employees - Newton Tab

March 29, 2005

• New imaging method finds most dangerous plaque in arteries (image link) - Boston Globe
• Finding Your Child the Right Therapist - Washington Post
• How long do the fatigue and 'brain fog' last after surgery with general anesthesia? - Boston Globe
• Mind mystery: Alzheimer's disease appears to have multiple causes - Boston Globe
• Music stirred her damaged brain - Boston Globe
• Bread and Shelter, Yes. Psychiatrists, No. (Richard Mollica is an MGH physician) - New York Times

March 27, 2005

• Islands in the mainstream: Clinic helps to connect autistic children with the world around them - Boston Globe
• Even as Doctors Say Enough, Families Fight to Prolong Life - New York Times
• Stethoscope's practicality grows fainter - Chicago Sun-Times
• In the fight against domestic violence, they took a stand - Boston Globe
• Sonograms "R" Us - Time Magazine
• Study Raises Questions About Hospital Ads - Associated Press

March 26, 2005

• State panel to hold forum in Lynn about OxyContin abuse - Boston Globe

March 25, 2005

• The transplant gap - Baltimore Sun
• Specialization Seen in Chromatin Remodelers (scroll down) - HMS Focus
• Consortium Formed for RNA Interference (scroll down) - HMS Focus
• Gillette, P&G to invest $200 million in S. Boston; stadium will keep name - Providence Business News

March 24, 2005

• Partners chief issues call to cover uninsured - Boston Globe
• HRT Can Cloud Breast Cancer Screens - HealthDay News
• Vitamin D Can Help Most Dialysis Patients - HealthDay News
• Vitamin D saving kidney patients - Newark Star Ledger

March 23, 2005

• Bruschi may sit out '05 season - Boston Globe
• Bruschi hires Blank as agent - Boston Herald
• Report: Pats' Bruschi may sit out season - Associated Press
• Daughter explains agreement to end care - Boston Globe
• Rep. Khan pushes for insurance to cover eating disorders - Newton TAB

March 22, 2005

• Acupuncture has won medical acceptance - Boston Globe
• Lawyer changes mind over life support - Boston Globe
• Politics at its worst - The Patriot Ledger
• Harvard Pushes For Therapeutic Cloning (scroll down) - New England Cable News
  David Scadden is director of the MGH Center for Regenerative Medicine and Technology

March 21, 2005

• Anti-Seizure Drug Valproate Linked to Birth Defects - Daily News Central
• Seizure Drug May Be Harmful During Pregnancy - Reuters Health
• Cancer pioneers push ahead - Boston Business Journal
• NSMC plans $50M outpatient facility - Boston Business Journal (website only)

March 19, 2005

• The cost of thriving - Boston Globe

March 18, 2005

• Gene mutation allows aspirin's anti-polyp effect - Reuters Health
• Medical Abnormalities Common in Anorexia Patients (Karen K. Miller is an MGH physician) - Reuters Health
• Patriots' Bruschi Expected to Have Heart Surgery - Reuters
• Hole may be clue with Bruschi - Boston Globe
• Med students finally meet their match - Boston Herald
• Cycle Changes Predict Transition to Menopause - WebMD

March 17, 2005

• Stem-cell debate gets serious as legislation picks up steam - Boston Herald
• Aspirin Benefits for Some (scroll down) - National Public Radio
  

March 16, 2005

• Bruschi may be in hospital - Boston Herald
• Reports: Patriots' Bruschi back in hospital - USA Today
• Report cites Bruschi's heart - Boston Globe
• Brigham to adopt barcodes to cut errors - Boston Globe
• Broad Institute leads push for tools to speed gene therapies - Boston Globe
• Mandatory error reporting survey slammed - United Press International
• After-hours fracture surgery leads to complications - Maclean's Magazine
  
  

March 15, 2005

• The ticket to cheaper healthcare - Boston Globe
• Stem-cell plan links biotechs - Boston Globe
• Hospital Leaders Leery of Error Reporting - Associated Press
• Many Hospital Execs Oppose Mandatory Error Reporting - HealthDay News
• Firewalking can be empowering but is rarely life changing - Associated Press
• Youth Weight May Lead to Obesity - Harvard Crimson

March 13, 2005

• Their brother's keepers - Boston Globe
• Employers examine the toll family tensions can take on caregivers of the elderly - Boston Globe
• Race against time (video link) - 60 Minutes Australia

March 12, 2005

• MGH, kin agree to end woman's life support - Boston Herald
• Hospital, family agree to withdraw life support - Boston Globe
• New rules: real change or just public relations? - Akron Beacon Journal
• A prescription for conflict? - Akron Beacon Journal
  

March 11, 2005

• Hospital, family spar over end-of-life care - Boston Globe
• MGH Returns To Battle Over Woman's Life Support - Associated Press
• Elizabeth Edwards recovering from successful breast surgery - Associated Press
• CDC-Harvard Partnership Against HIV Dampens Disease in Vietnam - HMS Focus
• Hot Spots for Genetic Recombination Different in Chimps and Humans (scroll down) - HMS Focus
• Knee woes put Petagine on shelf - Boston Herald

March 10, 2005

• Clinton To Undergo Surgery (scroll down to video link) - New England Cable News
• Life Support Dispute Returns To Court (choose audio link) - WBUR radio
• ALS case drawing national attention - Brockton Enterprise
• Nurse sees tragedy and resilience among tsunami survivors - Billerica Minuteman

March 9, 2005

• Complication means more Clinton surgery - Boston Globe
• Clinton will undergo surgery tomorrow, playing golf today (scroll down to video link) - CBS4-TV
• Allergy Season (scroll down to video link) - New England Cable News
• Doctors' Journal Says Computing Is No Panacea - New York Times
• Casey: State will adapt in spite of corporate mergers - Stoneham (Mass.) Sun
• At every turn, commuting is a nightmare - Boston Globe
  A price to pay on the Pike
  Saving the earth, but not time
  On the roads more traveled

March 8, 2005

• Boeing ouster shows a tryst on job can be a risky affair - Boston Globe
• Nano Poised for Liftoff - BioIT World

March 7, 2005

• Vitamin D Injections May Significantly Improve Survival in Dialysis Patients - Health News Digest
• Many Women Still Don't Get Annual Mammograms - HealthDay News
• Rare air - Daily News Tribune
• Lynn meeting to focus on youths at risk - Lynn Daily Item

March 5, 2005

• FDA seizes medications at 2 facilities - Boston Globe
• So different, yet so much the same - Boston Globe

March 4, 2005

• Slice of life - Springfield (Mass.) Republican
• Vitamin D aids dialysis (scroll down) - Toronto Globe and Mail

March 3, 2005

• Gene Mutation May Help Cause Alzheimer's - HealthDay News
• Altered Gene Could Provide Insight Into Alzheimer's Disease - Internet Broadcast System
• Gene Linked to Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease - WebMD
• Your Health: A Guide to Feeling Great - Boston Magazine
• Impotence Treatment Linked to Heart Infection - Reuters Health
• Bob Falvey shares his family's hospice story - Hingham Journal
• Declaring Biowar on Cancer - Technology Review
• Tisei supports stem-cell bill - Melrose Free Press/Wakefield Observer
  Stem-cell legislation introduced - Melrose Free Press/Wakefield Observer

March 2, 2005

• Hospitals strive to reduce waiting lines for beds - Boston Globe
• Parents face choice in treating childhood cancer - Wall Street Journal
• North Shore Children's Hospital has come far since early days - Lynn Daily Item
• Biogen Idec turns to expert for Tysabri help - Boston Globe
• MGH Team Helps With Tsunami Relief Effort - Harvard Crimson
• Boston Hospitals Reporting 'Bruschi Effect' - Associated Press
• Bruschi's woes inspire new awareness - Boston Globe
• Hub ERs blitzed by 'Bruschi effect' - Boston Herald

March 1, 2005

• Vitamin D, dialysis means longer life for some - Boston Herald
• Dialysis Patients: Longer Lives With Vitamin D? - WebMD
• Doctors see need for prevention in mental illness - Boston Globe
• New Machine Gives Better Images Inside Heart (includes video link) - WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Biogen pulls drug for MS - Boston Herald
• Selfless trooper to give kidney to 'soul sister' - Boston Herald