Duke in the News: Feb. 26, 2003
Transplant Mix-Up Enters Debate on Malpractice Bills | Experts Fault Bush's Proposal to Examine Climate Change | Saddam a Target | Americans Want U.N. Backing Before War, and more...
Wednesday, February 26, 2003
TRANSPLANT MIX-UP ENTERS DEBATE ON MALPRACTICE
BILLS
New York Times, Feb. 26 -- The death of Jéca Santillá the
17-year-old given a heart and lung transplant from a donor with an
incompatible blood type, is influencing the Congressional debate on
President Bush's proposal to limit damages in medical malpractice
cases and may prevent the plan from passing intact, lawmakers say.
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--Also, New York Times: Benefactor Championed an Immigrant Girl's
Cause
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Washington Post: Editorial: Medical Checks and Balances
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Philadelphia Daily News: Teen Had Transplant Despite Brain
Damage
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(Raleigh) News & Observer: Death Claim Faces Hurdles
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(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: Decision on Jesica Explained
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Herald-Sun: Editorial: Jesica Santillan's Legacy
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(Newark) Star-Ledger: What Patients Want, Doctors Fear Giving
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Dallas Morning News: Columnist: Jesica's Parents: What Would You
Have Done?
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Orlando Sentinel: Columnist: Those Who Get Organs Should Donate
Them
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Duke Med News: Health Affairs Chancellor Issues Statement on
Jesica
Santillan
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EXPERTS FAULT BUSH'S PROPOSAL TO EXAMINE CLIMATE
CHANGE
New York Times, Feb. 26 -- A panel of experts, including Duke's
William H. Schlesinger, has strongly criticized the Bush
administration's proposed research plan on the risks of global
warming. ...
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SADDAM A TARGET
Newsday, Feb. 26 -- Scott Silliman of Duke University Law School,
an expert on international law, says that it would be legal during
war to target foreign political leaders who command armed forces.
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AMERICANS WANT U.N. BACKING BEFORE WAR
Guardian, Feb. 26 -- According to Peter Feaver of Duke University,
co-author of a forthcoming book on public opinion and war, since
the Korean War 10 percent of Americans have opposed all military
action and one third support all wars. Of the remainder, around
half are "casualty-phobic". ...
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DUKE EXEC TO JOIN SOUTHAMPTON COLLEGE
Newsday, Feb. 26 -- Daniel J. Rodas, currently assistant vice
president for administration at Duke University, will become chief
administrator at Long Island University's Southampton College.
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STUDENTS, EMTs PARTICIPATE IN MOCK DISASTER DRILL AT
DUKE
WRAL-TV, Feb. 26 -- When tragedy strikes, rescue workers do not
have the luxury of time. They have to act quickly. Students at Duke
University helped rescue workers in a mock exercise yesterday.
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INTEL GETS INSIDE LIFE SCIENCES
New York Times, Feb. 26 -- The chipmaker Intel isn't alone among
tech companies angling for a stake in the life sciences. On
Tuesday, rival Sun Microsystems headed to North Carolina to launch
a research center -- involving Duke -- dealing in bioinformatics
and computational biology. ...
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CAFFEINE IS THE NEW DRUG OF CHOICE FOR
TEENS
Cincinnati Post, Feb. 25 -- No studies of caffeine's effects on
teenagers have been done. But Dr. Jim Lane, a researcher at Duke
University who has studied caffeine's effects on blood pressure and
stress levels, said kids would seem to be at significant risk.
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COMMENT: LAUGHABLE?
(London) Financial Times, Feb. 25 -- The prospect of war
in Iraq is no laughing matter, but Ariel Dorfman is using humor to
protest against it. Dorfman is lending his support to Duke
University's "Reel Evil", a film festival screening films from
Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Cuba, Libya and Syria. ...
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