Duke in the News: Feb. 21, 2003

Doctors Report Complications for Girl in Donor Mix-Up | Squirrel History Linked to Climate | Commentary: Collegiate Athletes Don't Need a Salary on Top of Their Benefits, and more...

By Stuart Wells

Friday, February 21, 2003

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DOCTORS REPORT COMPLICATIONS FOR GIRL IN DONOR MIX-UP
New York Times, Feb. 21 --  Jesica Santillan's recovery from a second heart-lung transplant within two weeks ran into a serious complication Friday when doctors discovered swelling in her brain. (Latest information) ... Full story
--Also, New York Times: An Ethical Dilemma With Few Precedents
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New York Times: Girl in Donor Mix-Up Undergoes 2nd Transplant
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Time: Learning from a Tragic Transplant Mistake
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USA Today: Near-fatal Transplant Mistake Being Investigated
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Charlotte Observer: Commentary: Jesica Stirs Feelings of Wonder, Woe
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Charlotte Observer: Immigration, Organ Issues Mix
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Chicago Tribune: Girl's Struggle Followed Closely by Kin, Mexicans Back Home
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(Raleigh) News & Observer: Editorial: Pulling for Jesica
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Denver Post: Editorial: Sign Up to Save Lives
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Comment: Of Error, Ethics and Our Duty to Learn
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(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: Editorial: Jesica's Real-life Drama at Duke
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Duke University Hospital Implements Additional Transplantation Safeguards
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Duke Med News: Jesica Santillan Update
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SQUIRREL HISTORY LINKED TO CLIMATE
United Press International, Feb. 21 -- The first genetic delineation of nearly all existing squirrel groups shows surprising branchings in the animal's family tree, as well as evidence that geological and climatic change influenced how squirrel ancestors evolved and spread around the world. (See fourth news brief.) ...Full story

COLLEGIATE ATHLETES DON'T NEED A SALARY ON TOP OF THEIR BENEFITS
Collegiate Times, Feb. 21 -- A columnist notes that, since his days as an All-American forward at Duke, Shane Battier has been a strong advocate for paying college athletes. ...Full story

BIRTH BY BAPTISM
Fayetteville Observer, Feb. 21 -- Baptism has been one of the most controversial points of doctrine since the Christian church began. Susan Keefe, who teaches "Baptism in the First Eight Centuries" at Duke University, comments on changes in church practice. ... Full story

WEB JOURNAL COMFORTS PARENTS OF 2 BOYS WITH LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS
Seattle Times, Feb. 19 -- Tracie Nicoll, whose two young sons recently underwent dangerous but potentially lifesaving stem-cell transplants at Duke University Medical Center, gets strength each day from an unusual online journal. ... Full story

PRESS BOX
Slate, Feb. 18 -- James Hamilton of Duke University, the author of the forthcoming "All the News That's Fit To Sell: How the Market Translates Information into News," comments that the five Ws of the traditional news story -- Who? What? Where? When? Why? -- have been replaced by a different set of five Ws, which govern decisions about news content, especially TV news content. ...Full story

NO FIRM EVIDENCE, BUT WINE-DRINKERS MAKE BETTER LOVERS
Visalia (Calif.) Times-Delta, Feb. 19 -- For those of us who are regular, moderate consumers of red wine, the evidence -- including some from Duke researchers -- builds that we are likely to have a significantly longer and healthier life than either over-indulgers or tee-totalers. ... Full story

PATIENT FORMS TOO COMPLEX FOR INFORMED CONSENT?
Seattle Times, Feb. 20 -- The consent forms signed by patients who take part in medical studies are written in such complex language that most Americans could not understand them, a study suggests. Dr. Jeremy Sugarman, who runs the Center for the Study of Medical Ethics at Duke University, comments. ... Full story

COUPLE SHOWS LOVE MATURES WITH AGE
Lexington (N.C.) Dispatch, Feb. 14 -- After graduating from Duke in 1939, Rev. John Hamilton preached for years as a Methodist minister for western North Carolina. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer´s in 1995. Today, his memory is selective, but sometimes, he sings the old Duke song. ... Full story

POWER IN NUMBERS: DOES IT APPLY TO PRAYER?
Gannett News Service, Feb. 15 -- Bending the ear of one's higher power can be therapeutic, as a recent "West Wing" episode pointed out. It quoted a Duke University study showing that patients who were the subject of "remote" or intercessory prayer had fewer complications and illnesses after hospitalization than patients who weren't the subject of prayer. ... Full story

MEANING OF 'GREEN': HOW DESIGN STANDARDS EMERGED
Washington Business Journal, Feb. 17 -- Gail Lindsey, president of Design Harmony in Wake Forest, N.C., followed a maxim learned at Duke in developing a list of five things that green architecture should address. ... Full story