MGH In The News – May 2008

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May 30, 2008

• Harvard medical researchers to pool work – Boston Globe
• Best Children’s Hospitals (page with MGH rankings) – US News and World Report
• Children's ranks high on US News list – WhiteCoat Notes/Boston.com
• Nothing Rotten About Hydrogen Sulfide's Medical Promise – Science
• U.S. Hospitals Worth The Trip – Forbes.com
  
• Do as I do – Newton Tab
• Summer should be full of child's play, not danger – Newburyport News

May 29, 2008

• The crisis of primary care physicians – Boston Globe
• Science of Song: Do Lullabies Help Sick Babies? – ABC News Nightline
• Medications and pregnancy: better information coming – Triage/ChicagoTribune.com
  
• Stretch Marks, an Unblessed Event (Alexa Kimball is also an MGH physician) – New York Times
• New Article Makes Case for EGFR Testing Before Using Iressa for NSCLC Treatment – Pharmacogenetics Reporter
• HMS introduces wilderness fellowship – Harvard Gazette
• University Lands Major NIH Grant – Harvard Crimson

May 28, 2008

• Harvard man chosen finalist for presidency of UT Southwestern Medical Center hailed as 'brilliant' – Dallas Morning News
  Daniel K. Podolsky
  
• Regents name Harvard professor as new UT Southwestern leader – Associated Press
• No Quick Sale, Icahn Says in Letter to Biogen Idec Shareholders – Xconomy.com
• Lysosomal diseases conference set – Sacramento Bee

May 27, 2008

• Quick-Freeze Procedure To Heal a Heel in Pain – Wall Street Journal
• Matching Tumors to Drugs – Technology Review
• Double Trouble – Boston Magazine
• Antidepressants May Prevent Depression After Stroke – HealthDay News
• Soothing ways to prevent a migraine – Daily Mirror (U.K.)

May 26, 2008

• Laser Therapy a New Option for Vocal-Cord Cancers – HealthDay News
• Racial gap in treatment of men (scroll down) – Boston Globe

May 25, 2008

• Bad luck or bad dirt? – New Bedford Standard Times

May 24, 2008

• Burma's two catastrophes – Boston Globe
• Patients Pleased With Laparoscopic GERD Surgery – HealthDay News
• Black-White Racial Disparity Found in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair – MedPage Today
• How to plant a green roof? – GreenBlog/Boston.com

May 23, 2008

• His is a quiet competence –Boston Globe
• Room for hope in a scary world – Boston Globe
• Liberal lion Kennedy says outpouring ‘uplifting’ – Boston Herald
• Kennedy Speaks Publicly About Diagnosis – Associated Press
• May 23, 1962: Give That Kid a Hand! – Wired.com
• Shaken-baby trial wraps today – Berkshire Eagle
• A "senior" prom with a cause – Gloucester Daily Times

• Detecting Danger: Stroke survivor says free screening saved her life – Daily News Tribune (Waltham, Mass.)
• Brain Implants May Let 'Locked-In' Patients Speak – Fox News
• Blogging: It's Good for You – Scientific American
• Growing arsenal may serve Kennedy – Boston Globe
• Brain cancer patients share sympathy, stories of struggle – Boston Globe
• Kennedy home in Hyannisport (video includes Senator's comments on care at MGH) – Boston.com
• Can-do attitude gets Luciani through brain cancer surgery – Wakefield Observer
• Benefit scheduled to assist autistic toddler – Lewiston (Maine) Sun Journal
• Cediranib Prolongs Survival in Recurrent Glioblastoma – CancerConsultants.com
• Health Fair for Kids (scroll down) – Boston Globe
• Moss makes quick return – Springfield Republican

May 21, 2008

• Personalized cancer therapy found valuable – United Press International
• Clinical Trial Suggests Genetic Signatures Could Guide Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Drug Response – GenomeWeb News
• Lester's No-Hitter Inspires Cancer Survivors – ABC News.com
• Medicare wants you to compare 25 local hospitals – White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Hub spine group moves to Newton-Wellesley Hospital – Boston Globe
• Life Lessons from Disney? – Momlogic.com

• Kennedy released from hospital, returning to Cape – Boston Herald
• Kennedy leaves hospital after diagnosis of malignant tumor – Boston.com
• After Cancer Diagnosis, Kennedy Leaves Boston Hospital – New York Times
• Senator Ted Kennedy released from hospital (includes video link) – New England Cable News
• Ted Kennedy Released From Hospital – HealthDay News
• Kennedy has malignant tumor; prognosis is uncertain at best – Boston Globe
  Doctors point to difficult road ahead
  'A malignant glioma in the left parietal lobe'
• Nation in shock as Teddy faces the fight of his life – Boston Herald
  Ted Kennedy’s condition
  Grim prognosis for fast-moving cancer
  Kennedy supporters, detractors agree on significance of illness
  
• Diagnosed With Tumor, Kennedy Leaves Hospital – Washington Post
• Kennedy Diagnosed With Brain Tumor – Wall Street Journal
• Sen. Kennedy fights for his life – USA Today
• Kennedy Being Released From Hospital – WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
  Kennedy Cancer Called 'Worst Kind'
  
• Ted Kennedy's family deals with 'a real curveball' – Associated Press

May 20, 2008

• A Musician Who Performs With a Scalpel – New York Times
• When 'Fat School' Failed Him – Washington Post
• Good long-term results seen with anti-reflux surgery – Reuters Health
• Surgery Returns Life to Normal for GERD Patients (includes audio report) – MedPage Today
• Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Anti-Reflux Surgery Satisfied With Decision – Doctors’ Guide
• Study examines anti-reflux surgery patient satisfaction – Hospital Healthcare.com
• Black Men Less Likely to Choose Elective Stomach Aorta Surgery – HealthDay News
• Fast forward: five to thrive – Boston Globe
• Our view: Let parents make video game choices – Lawrence Eagle-Tribune
• Roy Exum: "Thank You, Father God" – The Chattanoogan

• Doctors say Sen. Kennedy has malignant brain tumor – Associated Press
  A grim diagnosis: Kennedy's brain cancer is worst kind
  
• Sen. Kennedy has brain tumor, hospital says – Reuters
  Glioma diagnosis is grave news for Sen. Kennedy
  
• Ted Kennedy Has a Brain Tumor – HealthDay News
• Sen. Ted Kennedy Has Brain Cancer – WebMD
• Senator Kennedy Diagnosed With Malignant Brain Tumor – Bloomberg News
• Senator Kennedy diagnosed with brain tumor; prognosis seen as poor – Boston.com
  Surprise in this stealth Kennedy threat
• Sen. Kennedy diagnosed with brain tumor – Boston Herald Online
• Senator Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor – New York Times Online
  Location and Size of Tumor Determine Treatment
  
• Kennedy Diagnosed With Malignant Brain Tumor – Washington Post
• Kennedy has malignant brain tumor – USA Today
• Sen. Kennedy's tumor prognosis is weakened by age – Los Angeles Times
• What kind of brain tumor does Kennedy have? – White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Doctors: Ted Kennedy has malignant brain tumor – CNN.com
  What Kennedy's diagnosis could mean
  
• What Is A Malignant Glioma? – WBZ-TV, Ch. 4
• Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor – WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Kennedy might stay at Mass. General for couple of days more – Boston Globe
• Senator Kennedy taking it easy, staying away from work – Boston Herald
• More Hospital Tests for Kennedy – New York Times

May 19, 2008

• A more welcoming model for care – Boston Globe
• Sen. Kennedy undergoes more tests at Mass. hospital – Associated Press
• Kennedy upbeat day after seizure – Boston Globe
• Cause of Kennedy’s Seizure Is Unclear – New York Times
• Sen. Kennedy Awaits Tests After Seizure – Washington Post
• Wife worries Ted Kennedy ‘works too hard’ – Boston Herald

May 18, 2008

• New Surgical Technology Holds Promise of Painless, Scarless Procedures – HealthDay News
• Skin Color Gene Variation Raise Cancer Risks, DeCode Finds – Bloomberg News
• BIG government – New Bedford Standard Times
• Rizzo diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma – Boston.com
• Senator Kennedy Is Hospitalized After a Seizure – New York Times
• Kennedy Is Hospitalized After Seizure – Washington Post
• Sen. Kennedy is hospitalized after suffering a seizure – Boston Globe
• Kennedy in hospital after seizure – Boston Herald
  Routine care for back caught stroke risk
  
• Kennedy awaiting test results at Boston hospital – Associated Press
• Kennedy in hospital as doctors probe seizure cause – Reuters
• Senator Kennedy Remains Hospitalized in Boston – Bloomberg News

May 17, 2008

• Welcome to Max’s World – Newsweek
  Support for Parents
• Sen. Kennedy hospitalized with symptoms of stroke – Associated Press

May 16, 2008

• Coughing? Can I See Your DNA, Please? – Scientific American
• Jazz quintet taps healing power of music – MetroWest Daily News
• Partners net income dips in Q1 – Boston Business Journal
• Leave Cancer in the Dust: Coming together – Newburyport Current
• Hedge-Fund Traders Forget Market Blues, Sing Rock for Charity – Bloomberg News
• Walking for a just cause – Harvard (Mass.) Post
• Surgery Revolution – The Philadelphia Bulletin
• Proton power coming to blast cancer – South Florida Business Journal

May 15, 2008

• A New Way to Treat Obesity – Technology Review
• CDC recommends shingles vaccine for older adults – White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Shingles vaccine recommended for adults over 60 – The Money Times (India)
• MDs vote to rebuff hospital's executive – Boston Globe
• Memorial benefit to aid ALS research – Boston Globe
• Going by the book: Tackling disaster – Xpress (United Arab Emirates)
• UMass lands leading MGH researcher – White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• UMass Hires Grand Man From Harvard – Worcester Business Journal
• UMass appointment – Worcester Telegram and Gazette

May 14, 2008

• At Home Test Claims To Reveal Risk Of Alzheimer's – WCVB-TV, Ch. 5
• Senators Hear From Alzheimer's Patients – ABCNews.com
• Insomnia Medication Boosts Sleep Scores in Patients With Depression – Doctor's Guide
• A fashionable lineup – Boston Globe
• The Sickest Sector? Health Care Of Course – HoweStreet.com (Canada)
• Of Exercise and Calories … – Gather.com
• NSMC honored for outstanding stroke care – Swampscott Reporter
• Author to give talk on Alzheimer's in Harwich – Harwich Oracle
• 9 challenges to the reign of King Botox – Orange County (Calif.) Register

May 13, 2008

• Testing Nanoparticles – Science News
• HIV and AIDS patients find exercise improves their health – Sacramento Bee
• Where Are the Next Blockbuster Drugs? – Gather.com

May 12, 2008

• Serious Reactions to Anesthesia (video report) – WFXT-TV, Ch. 25
• A major swing in diagnosing bipolar disorder – Providence Journal
• What the passage of GINA means for the public (David Altshuler is an MGH physician) – Boston Globe
• Group cites industry ties among psychiatric-manual reviewers – White Coat Notes/Boston.com
• Loan effort lures recruits to health centers – Boston Globe
• Angel Fund Marathon team (photo and caption) – Foster's Daily Democrat (Portsmouth, N.H.)
• Chantix Suicide: Sinking Into the Deep Hole – Lawyers and Settlements.com
• Beaumont looks for sellable ideas – Crain's Detroit Business

May 11, 2008

• 'The good goes around' – Lewiston (Me.) Sun-Journal
• Wanted: Cyclists for cancer benefit (scroll down) – Portsmouth (N.H.) Herald News

May 9, 2008

• Violent videogames OK for boys – News.com (Australia)
• New book tries to bring gaming research to a wary public – Ars Technica
• Parents battle youth culture rife with violent and sexual images – The Buffalo News
• Cheap test takes guesswork out of dyspnea Dx – National Review of Medicine (Canada)
• Pulsed Angiolytic Laser Therapy Effective for Laryngeal Cancer – CancerConsultants.com

May 8, 2008

• Even if she's gone, Sunday's the day to honor mom – Boston Herald
• Which breast imaging is best for you? – Cape Cod Times
• Abbott Focusing On ADHD – Forbes.com
• Metformin in Pregnancy: An Option for Gestational Diabetes – U.S. News.com
• Maternal Hyperglycemia Linked to Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes – Medscape
• Suicidal Mind Games, Fake Bullets & Decaf – Esquire
• Monthly Shot Treats Schizophrenia – WebMD
• Study: Exercise Shapes Body and Heart Muscles – Fox News
• Insider: Hub's mob in the toilet? – Boston Herald
• NSMC Cancer Walk – Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle

May 7, 2008

• Workouts sculpt heart as well as muscles – Reuters Health
• Drug Resistance in Fungi – JAMA
• Motorcyclists – prevent road rash by playing it safe – Fall River Herald News

May 6, 2008

• Lasers May Treat Cancers of the Larynx – New York Times
• Redefining Disease, Genes and All – New York Times
• Some Diabetics Don't Have What They Thought They Had – New York Times
• Leading doctor names Shodair a model program – Helena (Mont.) Independent Record
• Is Medicare too expensive at the end of life? – Cleveland News-Herald

May 5, 2008

• Before the fall – Boston Globe
• Return to Vietnam renews CIMIT founder Parrish's vision – Mass HighTech
• How to raise slim kids (Hint: it's not all about the food) – Gather.com
• When questioning really matters – Marin (Calif.) Independent Journal

May 4, 2008

• What's Hot in Beauty and Body – Boston Globe Magazine
• The latest generation – Boston Globe
• Acupuncturists serving the troops – Boston Globe (Globe North edition)
• Moss undergoes emergency appendectomy – Boston Globe

May 3, 2008

• 3 surgeries later, teacher still in need – Concord (N.H.) Monitor

May 2, 2008

• Siteman Center looks to revolutionize proton therapy – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• The moral lesson that drives Grand Theft Auto IV – Toronto Globe and Mail
• Father looks for help to keep promise to cancer-stricken son – Newburyport Daily News
• Jolting the brain fights deep depression – CNN.com
• Discovery Shows How Fungi Pump Up Defense – HMS Focus
• Perceptual Learning Based on Biphasic Brain Changes – HMS Focus
• Genetics Professor Takes Gairdner Award – HMS Focus
• Armenise Foundation Funds Chairs in Neurology and Basic Research – HMS Focus
• Study Says Heart Rebuilt by Exercise – Harvard Crimson

May 1, 2008

• Home Monitoring Program Improves Outcomes for Heart Patients – HealthDay News
• Remote monitoring of heart-failure status benefits patients not tied to home – The Heart.org
• You Asked, We Answered: Speaking Out on Vocal Cord Cancer – ABC News.com
• A Bruising Battle Over Lung Scans – Science