Duke in the News: Feb. 20, 2003
'No Sign of Rejection' After Teen's Heart-Lung Transplant | Many Colleges Bend Rules to Admit Rich Applicants | Putting Service Into Focus, and more...
Thursday, February 20, 2003
'NO SIGN OF REJECTION' AFTER TEEN'S HEART-LUNG
TRANSPLANT
CNN, Feb. 20 -- Duke doctors on Thursday completed a transplant of
a heart and lungs into a critically ill teenager who was clinging
to life after previously receiving a set of organs with the wrong
blood type. ...
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--Also, New York Times: Jéca Was One of 80,000 on Organ Waiting
List
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NPR's All Things Considered: Transplant Mistake Shocks Medical
Community (Audio link)
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ABC News: Lead Surgeon Heartbroken Over Transplant
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Des Moines Register: Editorial: Never Enough Organ Donors
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Duke Med News: New Heart-Lung Transplant Surgery Performed; News
Conference Scheduled
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MANY COLLEGES BEND RULES TO ADMIT RICH APPLICANTS
Wall Street Journal, Feb. 20 -- The formal practice of
giving preference to students whose parents are wealthy --
sometimes called "development admits" -- has implications for the
legal challenge to affirmative action, which the U.S. Supreme Court
will hear April 1. Peter Vaughn, director of development
communications at Duke, comments on the practice. (Article
available to subscribers.) ...
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PUTTING SERVICE INTO FOCUS
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Feb. 20 -- Retired Duke part-time
nurse Nell Nichols wanted a women's group that brought together the
right mix of passion, activism and closeness among its members. In
January 2001, Nichols started FOCUS -- which stands for Family,
Opportunity, Community, Unity and Sharing. ...
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COLLEGE BLACKOUT DRINKERS FACE MORE RISKS
USA Today, Feb. 20 -- A small but significant number of college
drinkers have experienced memory problems, including
alcohol-induced blackouts, according to two new surveys, one of
which is from Duke University. ...
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'AXIS OF EVIL' FILMS TO SCREEN IN U.S.
BBC News, Feb. 20 -- Movies from Iraq, North Korea and
Iran, the three countries branded as "the axis of evil" by
President Bush, will be shown at a film series, dubbed "Reel Evil,"
opening next week at Duke University. ...
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RULING RECOGNIZES PATIENTS' RIGHT TO SUE
New York Times, Feb. 20 -- A federal appeals court ruling issued in
New York this month could crucially weaken the multibillion-dollar
managed care industry, the H.M.O. trade association contends. Clark
Havighurst, an expert on health care contracts at Duke law school,
comments on the ruling. ...
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GUEST COMMENT: COLLEGE STUDENTS CAN'T WRITE?
National Review, Feb. 19 -- "Hundreds of thousands of
recent college graduates today cannot express themselves with the
written word," says Stanley K. Ridgley, a former instructor at
Duke. ...
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NASA MULLS OPTIONS FOR SPACE STATION
(Orangeburg, S.C.) Times and Democrat, Feb. 19 -- Alex Roland, a
Duke University history professor who specializes in NASA, says he
doesn't believe the space station can be justified. "My
recommendation is surely to get those astronauts out of it and just
close it up." ...Full
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NORTH CAROLINA PREPARES FOR WAR
UNC-TV, Feb. 19 -- As war with Iraq seems more imminent, the
statewide public TV network took a look at the massive deployment
of North Carolina forces, its impact on the state's economy, and
the peace movement. Duke law professor Scott Silliman was
interviewed about what troops may face if there is a war. ...
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