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Gina Kolata is a science reporter for the New York Times, a position she has held since September 1987. Prior to that Kolata had worked at Science magazine which she joined as a copy editor in 1973 and then as a writer in 1974.

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Older heart bypass method is best, a study shows

was key," he added. For decades, bypass surgery, in which surgeons improve blood flow to the heart by sewing new blood vessels to get around blocked ones, was done the same way. The heart was stopped while blood was pumped through a heart-lung machine ...

From GINA KOLATA NEW YORK TIMES, The San Jose Mercury News,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New England Journal of Medicine,  Eric Peterson,  New York University

For Gene Therapy, Seeing Signs of a Resurgence

Not long ago, gene therapy seemed troubled by insurmountable difficulties. After decades of hype and dashed hopes, many who once embraced the still-experimental idea of correcting genetic disorders by giving people new genes all but gave up the ...

From GINA KOLATA, The New York Times,  5 Nov 2009

Older Bypass Method Is Best, a Study Shows

For decades, bypass surgery, in which surgeons improve blood flow to the heart by sewing new blood vessels to get around blocked ones, was done the same way. The heart was stopped while blood was pumped through a heart-lung machine to do the heart’s ...

From GINA KOLATA, The New York Times,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Eric Peterson,  New York University

Truly American? Debate Dogs a Triumph in a Marathon

As soon as Mebrahtom Keflezighi, better known as Meb, won the New York City Marathon on Sunday, an uncommon sports dispute erupted online, fraught with racial and nationalistic components: Should Keflezighi’s triumph count as an American ...

From GINA KOLATA, The New York Times,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: George Mason,  Patrick Ewing,  Nastia Liukin,  New York Times Company,  Alberto Salazar

Cancers Can Vanish Without Treatment, but How?

Call it the arrow of cancer. Like the arrow of time, it was supposed to point in one direction. Cancers grew and worsened. Share your thoughts on this column at the Well blog. But as a paper in The Journal of the American Medical Association noted ...

From GINA KOLATA, The New York Times,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: University of California, Los Angeles,  Johns Hopkins,  American Medical Association,  National Institutes of Health

Forty Years' War: A Place Where Cancer Is the Norm

HOUSTON M. D. Anderson Cancer Center has a mission statement, and everyone who works there, from the president to the cleaning crews, can state it like a catechism: to “eliminate cancer in Texas, the nation and the world.” Articles in this series ...

From GINA KOLATA, The New York Times,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Thomas Mann

In Shift, Cancer Society Sees Risks in Screenings

The American Cancer Society, which has long been a staunch defender of most cancer screening, is now saying that the benefits of detecting many cancers, especially breast and prostate, have been overstated. It is quietly working on a message, to put ...

From GINA KOLATA, The New York Times,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: American Medical Association,  Frank Buck (politician),  University of Texas,  National Institutes of Health,  University of Connecticut

Personal Best: Is the Exercise Cool-Down Really Necessary?

MY husband and I were riding our bikes not long ago, and when we were about a mile from home, we did our usual thing. We call it the sprint to the finish: ride as hard and as fast as we can until we reach our driveway, racing to see who could get there ...

From GINA KOLATA, The New York Times,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Paul Thompson,  University of Texas

Personal Best: To Train Harder, Consider a Crowd

DATHAN RITZENHEIN, one of America’s most talented runners, was in a slump. He had been a national star since high school but, starting several years ago, he felt as if he had reached a plateau. He wasn’t improving the way he’d hoped, and had been ...

From GINA KOLATA, The New York Times,  16 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Alberto Salazar,  Michael Berry

Kennedy Case Shows Progress And Obstacles in Cancer Fight

Like almost no one else, Senator Edward Kennedy embodied the frustrations of the nation’s 40-year war on cancer. Mr. Kennedy strongly supported the idea of a war on cancer, promoting it for months before President Nixon announced the battle was to ...

From GINA KOLATA, The New York Times,  27 Aug 2009

Related Topics: Edward M. Kennedy,  Newsweek

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