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Duke in the News: May 6, 2005

Gene Yields Clues to Chronic Kidney Disease | Morphine for Chest Pain 'Death Risk' | Central Campus Rezoning Backed, and more

GENE YIELDS CLUES TO CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE ABC News, May 5 -- Duke researchers led by Dr. Michelle Winn say they've identified a gene responsible for a form of chronic kidney disease. ... Full story

MORPHINE FOR CHEST PAIN 'DEATH RISK' The Australian, Reuters, May 6 -- High risk heart attack patients given morphine for their chest pain have an almost a 50 per cent higher risk of dying, a team of Duke researchers have reported. ... Full story

CENTRAL CAMPUS REZONING BACKED (Raleigh) News & Observer, May 6 -- Duke Provost Peter Lange announced Thursday that the university will seek to have the area known as Central Campus rezoned so only facilities that support the university's academic mission can be built there. ... Full story --Also, Herald-Sun: Duke Zoning Would Limit Retail ... Full story

LAUNDRY WORKERS' STRIKE CALLED OFF Herald-Sun, May 6 -- Hundreds of workers who clean hospitals' dirty sheets and towels have delayed plans to strike at Angelica Corp. plants in four states, including North Carolina, citing promise in recent contract talks. Angelica's clients include Duke and Durham Regional hospitals. ... Full story --Also, News & Observer: Laundry Workers Put Off Strike; Talks Continue ... Full story

A BITTER PILL FOR OLDER PATIENTS USA Today, May 5 -- Duke cardiologist Dr. Karen Alexander offers an example of an elderly data gap, one of the more challenging medical problems that an aging America must confront. Full story

COMMENTARY: RESPECT RICHARD NIXON AND RESTORE HIS PORTRAIT EnterStageRight.com, April 25 -- John T. Plecnik, a law student at Duke, wants the university to bring back the portrait of its "most famous alum." ... Full story

WHAT'S UP: LEMUR SIGHTINGS IN DUKE FOREST News & Observer, May 6 -- Correspondent Kathy Watts finds it's not such a stretch to think she shares a maternal connection with a ring-tailed lemur mother who leaps 10 feet from tree to tree in Duke Forest with her baby on her back. ... Full story