August 5, 2004

GROUP WEIGHS OPPOSING DETAINEE TREATMENT New York Times, Aug. 4 -- Scott Silliman, director of Duke University's Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, says the nation's largest lawyers group is going too far in its consideration of the treatment of overseas detainees. ... Full story

OP-ED: TOO MANY METHODISTS? Orlando Sentinel, Aug. 5 -- Methodists on the 2004 presidential ballot represent both of two traditional religious impulses, says David C. Steinmetz, a professor in the Divinity School. (Free registration required.) ... Full story

BOOK REVIEW: THE MULTITUDE STRIKES BACK Time, Aug. 9 -- The authors of the hit book "Empire," Duke literature professor Michael Hardt and Italian academic Antonio Negri, have a new plan to reinvent democracy on a global scale. ... Full story --Also, Wall Street Journal: They Say They Want a Revolution (Link for subscribers; article e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) ... Full story

NEWBORN SCREENING BECOMES CRUSADE FOR MOTHER (Raleigh) News & Observer, Aug. 5 -- A mother whose son has spent half his life in a germ-free room at Duke Hospital is pushing to get every child tested. ... Full story

CENTER BRINGS NEIGHBORS TOGETHER (Durham) Herald Sun, Aug. 5 -- Duke University's Durham Family Initiative supports a new center that will help provide a social network for families who live in a Durham housing complex. ...Full story --Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Ceremony Set for Center at Durham Complex ... Full story

DUKE POLICE TO BEGIN OFF-CAMPUS PATROLS (Durham) News & Observer, Aug. 5 -- Duke University Police will begin patrolling the neighborhoods that surround East Campus on Aug. 18, when freshmen are expected to arrive. ... Full story

POTENTIAL BLOCK FOR EPILEPSY: RESEARCHERS FIND NEW DRUG TARGET Science News, July 24 -- Using genetically engineered mice, Duke scientists have identified a new target in the brain for drugs that could prevent epilepsy. (Link to references; article faxed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) ...Full story

CAFFEINE 'MAKES DIABETES WORSE' BBC News, July 31 -- Caffeine may interfere with the way the body deals with blood sugars, worsening Type 2 diabetes, Duke scientists suggest. ...Full story --Also, Medical Breakthroughs: Caffeine May Worsen Diabetes ... Full story

ON THE AIR Duke behavioral psychiatry professor Jim Lane, author of the recent caffeine/diabetes study, will be a guest on the call-in show "People's Pharmacy Friday," airing noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 6, on WUNC-FM. Listen live on the radio or through your computer. http://www.wunc.org