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Duke in the News: July 20, 2004

Duke Will Give iPod Players to All New Freshmen | Alzheimer's Costs Could Overwhelm Medicare | Out of Sight, And Out of a Predator's Stomach, and more

DUKE WILL GIVE IPOD MUSIC PLAYERS TO ALL NEW FRESHMEN Chronicle of Higher Education, July 20 -- This fall's crop of freshmen at Duke University will get a snazzy digital toy along with their orientation booklets: a brand-new iPod, paid for by the university. ...Full story --Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Apples for Duke Students Full story (Raleigh) News & Observer: Duke Freshmen Will Be Attuned to iPods Full story San Francisco Chronicle: Apple Plays to Hot Market With New, Cheaper iPods Full story

ALZHEIMER'S COSTS COULD OVERWHELM MEDICARE, MEDICAID Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 19 -- The number of Medicare beneficiaries identified as having Alzheimer's disease soared 250 percent in the 1990s, Duke researchers found. ... Full story --Also, Scripps Howard: Costs of Alzheimer's Treatment Soar for Taxpayers Full story EurekAlert: Medicare Claims for Alzheimer's Disease Skyrocket 250 Percent Full story

OUT OF SIGHT, AND OUT OF A PREDATOR'S STOMACH New York Times, July 20 -- Duke biologist Sonke Johnsen studies a menagerie of near-invisible sea creatures that use transparency to elude predators. ...Full story

U.S. BEGINS REVIEWING GUANTANAMO CASES CNN's American Morning, July 19 -- Duke law professor and former Air Force attorney Scott Silliman talked about hearings scheduled for this week for Guantanamo Bay prisoners. ...Full story

BOOK REVIEW: CHASING STORIES -- AND PROFITS San Francisco Chronicle, July 18 -- Duke economist James Hamilton sheds light on the world of market-driven journalism. ... Full story

FEARS OF A MILITARY DRAFT PERSIST DESPITE OFFICIAL DISMISSALS St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 18 -- Ted Triebel, a visiting lecturer at Duke and a former national security officer in the Pentagon, says that a draft would be an inefficient and expensive way to increase troop levels. ...Full story

GROWING A RESEARCH CENTER Miami Herald, July 18 -- Graduate students from Duke University are helping to catalog and study Key West plants that may play a role in medicine. (Free registration required.) ... Full story

ISM ACTIVISTS USE BIRTHRIGHT PROGRAM TO GET TO ISRAEL (Israel) Haaretz, July 17 -- A recent Duke grad is among a growing number of volunteers for the International Solidarity Movement who have used a Zionist program to get to Israel. ...Full story