November 11, 2004

MORPHINE INCREASES DEATH RISK FOR HEART PATIENTS ABC News, Nov. 10 -- Using morphine to reduce chest pain in heart attack patients may increase the risk of death by nearly 50 percent, says a Duke University study. Full story --Also, (Toronto) National Post: Heart Attack Patients Given Morphine 48% More Likely to Die, Study Finds Full story Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Clot-Busting Drugs Don't Lead to Rare Heart-Bleeding Problem (Duke study) Full story (Minneapolis) Star-Tribune: Defibrillators Cost-Effective, Study Says (Daniel Mark, director of outcomes research at Duke University's Clinical Research Institute, and the study leader) Full story Reuters: Study -- Simple Life-Saving Shock Device Worth Cost (Dr. Mark) Full story BlackEnterprise.com: Gender, Ethnic Gaps Found in Heart Care (researchers from the Duke Clinical Research Institute) Full story

ARAFAT'S DEATH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY, PROF SAYS Huntsville (Ala.) Times, Nov. 11 -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's death and "the moderate Palestinian leadership that's waiting in the wings" spells opportunity, says Duke professor and Middle East expert Eric Meyers. Full story

WILL DRINKERS PAY FOR DWI REFORM? Charlotte Observer, Nov. 11 -- Duke University economics professor Phil Cook told members of a study panel that other drivers bear much of the cost when drunken drivers get in accidents. Full story

TESTIMONY ON STATE TORTURE, IMPRISONMENT SHOCKS CHILE Miami Herald, Nov. 11 -- The Duke University-educated president of Chile, Ricardo Lagos, says his country can bear the soul-searching that's likely to be sparked by testimony from thousands of Chileans who say they were tortured during Gen. Augusto Pinochet's 17-year rule. Full story

NEW TECHNOLOGY EXPECTED TO MAKE PASSPORTS MORE SECURE (Raleigh) NBC17 News, Nov. 10 -- Duke professor Albert Eldridge, an expert on terrorism, wonders if there will be a hidden price for the extra security of new e-Passport technology being tested in the Triangle. Full story

GUEST COLUMN: LOSING TRUST Sudbury (Mass.) Town Crier, Nov. 11 -- Duke alumna Laurie Ball, a fellow with Duke's Hart Leadership Program, learns in a Bosnian village that there was nowhere remote enough to avoid the 2004 elections. Full story

'THE SECRET GAME' (Durham) Herald-Sun, Nov. 11 -- The last time the men's basketball team from N.C. Central played against anybody from Duke, everybody involved was breaking the law. Full story

AND IS IT TRUE? PROBABLY... Newsday, Nov. 11 -- Duke alumna Alexandra Wolfe, daughter of Tom Wolfe, is among those talking about "I Am Charlotte Simmons," his new novel about college life. Full story --Also, New York Daily News: Tom Wolfe Takes on College but Doesn't Make Honor Roll Full story Bloomberg News: Tom Wolfe Talks About Dormcest, Frostitutes, Monets, Charlotte Full story NPR: Tom Wolfe Goes to College With 'Charlotte Simmons' Full story (Duke) Chronicle: Review -- Wolfe Fails at Old College Try Full story Chronicle of Higher Education: Peeping Tom's Juvenile Jaunt Full story