NEW ANSWERS ON TREATING DEPRESSION

The Wall Street Journal, March 23 -- Health insurers may use the results of a new government study of severe depression to pressure patients and doctors to try generic medicines before resorting to costlier drugs, says P. Murali Doraiswamy, a psychiatrist at DukeUniversityMedicalCenter. (Link for subscribers; e-mailed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) ... Full story for subscribers

OP-ED: CAN KADIMA HOLD THE CENTER AS ISRAELI VOTERS MOVE FORWARD?

(New York) The Forward, March 23 -- Bernard Avishai, a visiting professor of public policy at Duke, questions whether moderates can put together a governing coalition in the Israeli parliament. ... Full story

PARKINSON'S DISEASE MEDICATION LINKED TO COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR?

CNN's Paula Zahn Now, March 22 -- Duke doctor Mark Stacy, an expert on Parkinson's disease, was stunned when, in just one week, the wives of two patients complained that their husbands each had gambled away $60,000. ... Full story

OLDER WOMEN MOST SUCCESSFUL AT QUITTING SMOKING

ABC News, Reuters, March 22 -- Women who are 65 years old or older are better at quitting smoking than their male counterparts, and new findings from Duke show the older men and women are generally better at staying off cigarettes compared with younger smokers.
Full story

DOORS ARE OPENING FOR MEXICO'S INDIANS

BusinessWeek, March 22 -- Duke's Guillermo Trejo, an expert on Mexican social movements, discusses the persistent jobs shortage facing Mexico's indigenous citizens. ... Full story

THE LIPS KEEP MUSIC GOING

(Raleigh) News & Observer, March 23 -- The New Horizons Band, an offering of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Duke, brings together older musicians who want to rekindle their love of music, even if their hands have not touched an instrument in years. ... Full story

WILLIAMS, DAVIS READY FOR A BATTLE IN ATLANTA

Fox Sports, March 22 -- Duke's Shelden Williams and LSU's Glen Davis met for the first time while passing in a hallway of the Georgia Dome on Wednesday afternoon, but they will see plenty of each other Thursday night when the big men square off in the Sweet 16.
Full story
--Also, New York Times, AP: Redick Not Worried About Past Failings ... Full story
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Devils and the Details ... Full story
(Durham) Herald-Sun: Devils Hoping One Long Run Produces Another ... Full story
News & Observer: Teams Searching for 'The J.J. Rules' ... Full story
Duke Chronicle: Redick Wins Second Rupp Award as NPOY ... Full story

ON THE AIR

"The State of Things" on Thursday looked at documentaries as mainstream blockbusters and previewed next month's Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, which Duke is helping to sponsor. Listen to a rebroadcast at 9 p.m. ET on WUNC Radio or later to archived audio.
http://www.wunc.org/tsot/