Duke in the News: Nov. 8, 2007

NEW DEVICES AIM TO CATCH BREAST CANCER SOONER ABC News Good Morning America, Nov. 7 -- Duke researcher Martin Tornai talks about his new three-dimensional SPECT-CT breast scanner. The only one in the world, the scanner provides better cancer detection and diagnosis than a mammogram. (with video) ... Full story

COMMENTARY: CLIMBING THROUGH MEDICINE'S GLASS CEILING New England Journal of Medicine, Nov. 8 -- Dr. Nancy Andrews, who earlier this year became the first female dean of the Duke School of Medicine, asks why it's still big news when a woman takes the top post in academic medicine -- and then goes on to answer her own question. ... Full story

PEERING INTO THE HEART OF A BLACK HOLE Nature, Nov. 7 -- Can a black hole spin fast enough to bare its heart? In September, Duke physicist Arlie Petters and a colleague at the University of Cambridge proposed exactly that and went on to say that black holes should be detectable by astronomers. ... Full story

FED MEMBER OFFERS SOBER NOTE TO SMALL BUSINESSES Washington Post, Nov. 7 -- Federal Reserve member Frederic Mishkin cites a September survey from Duke and CFO Business Outlook in his testimony Wednesday before the House Small Business Committee. ... Full story

DUKE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM GOES BEGGING (Greensboro) News & Record, Nov. 8 -- With all the talk about the high cost of college tuition, consider this: Duke had a merit scholarship it wasn't able to give away last year. ... Full story

50 WAYS TO BEAT THE REAPER MSNBC, Men's Health magazine, Nov. 7 -- Duke scientists supply some strategies men can use to add years of good living to their futures. ... Full story