Duke in the News: Nov. 16, 2006

BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS WON'T HELP ALL HEART PATIENTS Forbes.com, Nov. 15 -- Blood transfusions can benefit some patients with acute coronary syndrome but will harm others and should be used in moderation, Duke researchers report. (HealthDay News report appears today in more than 100 news outlets.) ... Full story

HISTORIANS SHARE $1 MILLION KLUGE PRIZE San Francisco Chronicle, AP, Nov. 15 -- Duke historian John Hope Franklin will share the $1 million Kluge prize, created in 2003 to honor achievement in fields not covered by the Nobel Prizes. ... Full story --Also, (Durham) Herald-Sun: Franklin Shares in $1M Award ... Full story (Raleigh) News & Observer: Historian Gets Prestigious Award ... Full story Duke Chronicle: Franklin Wins Prestigious Kluge Prize ... Full story

ANOTHER HURDLE TO EXERCISE: EMBARRASSMENT MSNBC, Nov. 14 -- Overweight people may not feel their jiggly curves have a place in a gym filled with hard bodies. "That's intimidating for them," says Brian Housle, an exercise physiologist at the Duke Diet and Fitness Center, which caters to an overweight clientele. ... Full story

HEART DISEASE, DEPRESSION LINKED Herald-Sun, Nov. 12 -- People who are depressed have an increased risk of dying from heart failure, and a new study by Duke University Medical Center researchers may help explain why. ... Full story

VIEW FROM SEMINARY: LEARNING TO READ THE SCRIPTURES Charlotte Observer, Nov. 11 -- Charlotte's Lee Kane continues his occasional series on life as a student at Duke Divinity School by exploring his relationship with God and Scripture. ... Full story

ON THE AIR Marie Lynn Miranda of the Children's Environmental Health Initiative at the Nicholas School will join a panel discussion tonight at 8 p.m., part of UNC-TV's Healthwise series. Experts from across North Carolina will be talking about the ways in which environment influences human biology and the risk of developing disease. ... Details