Duke in the News: March 13, 2003
New AIDS Drug Price Spurs Questions | How Much Does It Cost to Buy Your Child In? | Duke Medical Chief Offers Jesica Details to Staff, and more ...
Thursday, March 13, 2003
NEW AIDS DRUG PRICE SPURS QUESTIONS
ABC News, March 13 -- A new AIDS medication to treat patients
resistant to existing drugs is expected to get final approval
within days, but the AIDS community is anxious about the high price
tag for the drug, called Fuzeon -- about $20,000 a year. Henry
Grabowski, an economics professor at Duke University who
specializes in the pharmaceutical industry, comments on the pricing
strategy. ...Full
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HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO BUY YOUR CHILD IN?
Wall Street Journal, March 12 -- Most selective
universities, private and public, favor children of past and
prospective donors. A big donation -- or the prospect of one --
doesn't guarantee admission, however. ...
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--Also, Duke News: Letter to the Editor: 'Duke Does Not Sell
Admission at Any Price'
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DUKE MEDICAL CHIEF OFFERS JESICA DETAILS TO STAFF
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, March 13 -- Duke University's
top medical officer has issued a memo to staff describing the
events surrounding the Feb. 22 death of Jesica Santillan after a
heart-lung transplant with organs of the wrong blood type. ...Full
story
--Also, Miami Herald: House Backs System to Track Medical
Errors
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New York Times: FDA Proposes Putting Bar Codes on Drugs
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IRAQ: RELATIONS WITH THE WEST HAVEN'T ALWAYS BEEN
CONTENTIOUS
Radio Free Europe, March 13 -- Bruce Jentleson, director
of Duke University's Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy,
comments on shifting alliances in the Middle East. He's the
author of a book about U.S.-Iraq relations in the 1970s and '80s,
called "With Friends Like These." ...
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OP-ED: KEEP OUR NATIONAL FORESTS FOREST
Asheville Citizen-Times, March 10 -- Ron Sutherland, currently a
Ph.D. student at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke
University, makes a proposal for saving our national forests. ...Full
story
STRESSES OF A VIOLENT WORLD CAN TAKE A TOLL ON ATHLETIC
PERFORMANCE
Jewish World Review, March 12 -- Greg Dale, an associate
professor of psychology and sports psychology consultant to the
athletic department at Duke University, offers some useful tips for
handling stress. ...Full
story
BLACKOUTS COMMON AMONG COLLEGE-AGE
DRINKERS
Reuters Health, March 12 -- Many U.S. college students who drink
say they have also experienced blackouts, sometimes finding out
later that they have engaged in unsafe sex, vandalism or other
dangerous activities, Duke University researchers report. ...
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WALTER HOADLEY, TOP ECONOMIST, DIES
San Francisco Chronicle, March 12 -- A memorial service
will be held next week for Walter Hoadley, an eminent economist who
prayed with presidents, taught at UC Berkeley and served as a
trustee of Duke University. He was 86. ...
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--Also, San Francisco Chronicle: Obituary, Walter Evans Hoadley,
1916-2003
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MOBILE POLICE SURGEON DIES
(Mobile, Ala.) NBC-15 News, March 13 -- Dr. Ivey Williamson, who
served his residency at Duke University, is remembered as Mobile's
police surgeon. He volunteered for more than 25 years,
assisting officers and victims at hostage situations, drug raids
and other crises. ...
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--Also, Mobile Register: Noted Doctor Ivey Williamson Dies
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DUKE UNVEILS WHAT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE A DEVIL OF A
PROJECT
(Durham, N.C.) LocalTechWire.com, March 10 -- With a team focused
on a mission and meeting the needs of users, not just dabbling in
technology, Duke University demonstrates to others how a web
project can be handled well. ...Full
story
--Also: LocalTechWire: Web Site Redesign 'Top Ten'
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story
GEE, MISTER WIZARD! IT'S A NEW SCIENCE PROGRAM
Charlotte Observer, March 12 -- The Iredell-Statesville
district is one of four N.C. school systems participating in a $5.3
million, five-year National Science Foundation grant administered
by Duke University that provides teacher training, curriculum
materials and collaboration with practicing scientists. ...
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