Duke in the News: July 26, 2004

STUDY: CAFFEINE INTERFERES WITH DIABETES CONTROL Reuters, July 26 -- Caffeine could interfere with the body's ability to handle blood sugar, thus worsening type 2 diabetes, according to a team of Duke University Medical Center researchers. ... Full story --Also, Seattle Times: Study Finds Caffeine May Worsen Diabetes Full story Philadelphia Inquirer: Study Warns Type 2 Diabetics About Caffeine Use Full story Sun Network (India): Caffeine Interferes With Diabetes Control Full story

SUSAN KING, DUKE TRUSTEE, CARTER APPOINTEE, DIES AT 64 Charlotte Observer, July 24 -- Susan Bennett King, a former Duke University trustee and commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission for three years, died Thursday of lung cancer. ... Full story --Also, Duke News: Duke Trustee Emerita Susan King Dies Full story Washington Post: Susan Bennett King, Former Federal Official, Dies (fifth item) Full story Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune: King, Duke Trustee, Carter Appointee, Dies at 64 Full story WRAL-TV: Former Duke Trustee, Carter Appointee Dies at 64 Full story

MANY ABUSED CHILDREN FALL THROUGH CRACKS Forbes.com, July 26 -- Each year, more than 600,000 children seen in the U.S. child welfare system for alleged abuse or neglect are not given mental health care for the aftereffects of their abuse, according to a study by Duke researchers. ... Full story --Also, drkoop.com: Many Abused Children Fall Through Cracks Full story

SOME DUKE STUDENTS CRITICAL OF iPODS EXPENSE (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer, July 26 -- Some upperclassmen feel slighted by the first-year students' good fortune to receive iPods. Others say the $500,000, which came from a strategic fund designated for "one-time innovative technology projects," could have gone to better use. ... Full story --Also, NewsFactor Network: Apple Returns to Its Educational Roots Full story

DURHAM REGIONAL PATIENTS TO CONFRONT ARBITRATION CONTRACT (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, July 25 -- Durham Regional Hospital, which is operated by Duke University Health System, will soon add a binding arbitration agreement to the forms patients sign when they enter the hospital. Duke's hospital, clinics and physicians have been using the voluntary arbitration form for some 15 years. ...Full story

STEROID ACCUSATION IS STERNLY DENIED Boston Globe, July 24 -- The rebuttal by Olympian Marion Jones includes a letter from Jones's personal physician, Dr. Richard T. Ferro of Duke University, who said his analysis showed nothing out of the ordinary and that he did "not believe that Marion used any type of banned performance-enhancing agents." ... Full story

LETTING PARTISANS SHAPE PLATFORMS MIGHT MAKE CONVENTIONS RELEVANT (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer, July 25 -- If delegates had more of a say in writing the platform, and if the platform meant something for the campaign, it would bring the politics back in and make political party conventions matter once again, writes Michael Munger, chairman of the political science department at Duke. ... Full story

SENIORITIS: IN ADVANCED STAGES, IT MAY BE FATAL (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, July 24 -- Duke admissions officials send about a dozen warning letters out each year and end up rescinding, on average, about one admission offer a year, said Christoph Guttentag, director of undergraduate admissions. ...Full story