Duke in the News: Feb. 19, 2003
Donor Mix-Up Leaves Girl, 17, Fighting For Life | ‘War Laws' Differ Among Allies | Turtle Hurtles Towards Extinction | ACLU Asks High Court to Set Spy Limits, and more...
Wednesday, February 19, 2003
DONOR MIX-UP LEAVES GIRL, 17, FIGHTING FOR
LIFE
New York Times, Feb. 19 -- A 17-year-old girl is in critical
condition after mistakenly being given a heart and lung transplant
from a donor with the wrong blood type at Duke University Hospital.
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--Also, ABC News: Hospital Seeks Clues to Transplant Error
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story
Boston Globe: Relief Turns to Shock for Family of Teen Given Wrong
Organ Type
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News & Observer: Organ Groups Point at Duke
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(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: Clinging to Life
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story
Herald-Sun: Rating Agency Calls for Probe of Tragic Duke Transplant
Error
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story
CNN Europe: Girl Tops Transplant List After Error
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Boston Herald: Hospital Admits Mistake in Mismatched
Transplant
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Charlotte Observer: Commentary: Doctors Can't Afford to Make
Errors
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Tallahassee Democrat (Knight-Ridder): 17-Year-Old Girl Near Death
After Botched Transplant
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Duke Med News: Duke University Hospital Implements Additional
Transplantation Safeguards
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'WAR LAWS' DIFFER AMONG ALLIES
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Feb. 19 -- In an interview,
Michael Byers, a military law expert at Duke University, says the
U.S. is pushing the envelope of allowable military conduct. (Full
transcript available.) ...Full story
TURTLE HURTLES TOWARDS EXTINCTION
(London) Guardian, Feb. 19 -- The leatherback sea turtle -- one of
the largest, oldest and widest-ranging marine animals ever to
cruise the oceans -- could be heading for extinction. Larry Crowder
of Duke University says international cooperation will be needed to
save the world's most endangered sea turtle. ...
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ACLU ASKS HIGH COURT TO SET SPY LIMITS
(San Jose) Mercury News, Feb. 19 -- Civil liberties groups are
using an unusual legal maneuver to challenge the government's
spying authority, filing a Supreme Court appeal on behalf of people
who don't even know they're being monitored. Scott Silliman,
director of Duke University's Center on Law, Ethics and National
Security, said the Supreme Court would have to make an
extraordinary exception. "Clearly it will be dismissed," he
said.
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DISCOVERIES: MENTAL DECLINE IN BYPASS
Chicago Tribune, Feb. 16 -- Heart-bypass patients often suffer a
decline in mental skills after surgery. Now Duke University
researchers think they may know why. (Free registration required.)
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POLITICAL DREAM DRIVES BOLD TEEN
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Feb. 16 -- DeWarren Langley, 18, is
convinced that the adults in power are making decisions for
teenagers without stopping to find out what they want. Langley,
featured as "Tar Heel of the Week," learned how government isn't
supposed to work during a spring break trip to Washington four
years ago with Duke-Durham Partners for Youth, which pairs mentors
with teenagers from Durham's West End neighborhood. ...Full
story
DUKE PANEL TO AIR FUTURE IN SPACE
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Feb. 19 -- Should the nation's space
shuttle program be scrapped as a result of the shuttle Columbia
tragedy or should the remaining three winged spaceships continue to
fly well into the next decade?
http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-322197.html
SKIN CANCER SURGERY SAFE ON OUTPATIENT
BASIS
Health Scout News, Feb. 18 -- A common technique used to remove
skin cancers is safe when done in an outpatient setting. So says a
Duke University study in the current issue of the Archives of
Dermatology. ...
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CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER PLANS FOR UNIVERSITY -COLLEGE
ZONING
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Feb. 19 -- A new zoning district
proposed for Durham City Council consideration next month would
give local colleges and universities more flexibility in developing
properties on their campuses, while protecting nearby neighborhoods
from encroaching growth. ...Full
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BUSH'S RELIGIOUS ALLUSIONS CAUSE STIR
(New Orleans) Times-Picayune, Feb. 16 -- Stephen Chapman, an Old
Testament professor at Duke Divinity School, said he believes
President Bush's religious language is occasionally clumsy and
misapplied, even as politics. ...
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