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Duke in the News: May 22, 2007

What Diabetes Patients Need to Know | A Little Soup Can Help You Lose Weight: Study | Duke Women Golfers Together as One, and more!

WHAT DIABETES PATIENTS NEED TO KNOW Wall Street Journal, May 22 -- Dr. M. Angelyn Bethel, an endocrinologist at Duke University Medical Center, discusses a new analysis that links Avandia, a drug for Type 2 diabetes, to an increased risk of heart attacks. ... Full story

A LITTLE SOUP CAN HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT: STUDY Washington Post, HealthDay News, May 21 -- A bit of chicken soup as an appetizer can help cut the amount of food you eat by 20 percent. That's the conclusion of a Duke study presented Monday at Digestive Disease Week 2007, in Washington, D.C. ... Full story

DUKE WOMEN GOLFERS TOGETHER AS ONE (Durham) Herald-Sun, May 22 -- The unity of this year's second-seeded Duke women's golf team is what makes it stand out as it aims for its third straight NCAA title. ... Full story

A WORK IN PROGRESS Boston Globe, May 21 -- Pratt School Dean Kristina Johnson is profiled as part of a report on an important, growing trend of women on Fortune 500 company boards. ... Full story

COLUMN: FIRST JOB, LIKE FIRST LOVE, IS FLEETING Kansas City Star, May 22 -- Attention employers who have worked hard to attract new graduates: A Duke career center survey predicts that one out of three won't be with you at this time next year. ... Full story

DUKE STUDY SHOWS DIGEORGE SUCCESSES Herald-Sun, May 20 -- Duke is the only medical center in the world that performs a thymus transplant to correct immune system deficiencies in infants caused by a condition called DiGeorge anomaly. ... Full story

CHEATING CASE HIT ASIANS HARDEST (Raleigh) News & Observer, May 22 -- Most of the Duke business school students who were severely punished last month for cheating on an exam are Asian, and their attorney says that's no coincidence. ... Full story

RARE SCROLL FRAGMENT TO BE UNVEILED Jerusalem Post, May 21 -- James Charlesworth, a former Duke Divinity School professor and alumnus, played a key role leading to today's unveiling of a rare Torah scroll fragment from the Book of Exodus. ... Full story