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Duke in the News: Oct. 19, 2005

Sleeping Pill Use by Youths Soars, Study Says | Local Experts: Saddam Trial Must Be Fair, All-Iraqi | Study Shows Attention Deficit Runs in the Family, and more

SLEEPING PILL USE BY YOUTHS SOARS, STUDY SAYS New York Times, Oct. 19 -- Dr. Andrew D. Krystal, director of the insomnia and sleep research program at Duke Medical Center, says that insomnia has long been undertreated. Full story --Also, U.S. News & World Report: Losing Sleep (Jack Edinger, a clinical psychologist at the Veterans Affairs and Duke University medical centers) ... Full story

LOCAL EXPERTS: SADDAM TRIAL MUST BE FAIR, ALL-IRAQI (Durham) Herald-Sun, Oct. 19 -- Scott Silliman, a Duke law professor, and Bruce Jentleson, a Duke professor of public policy and political science, discuss the Iraqi tribunal that today began judging deposed dictator Saddam Hussein. ... Full story --Also, Merced (Calif.) Sun-Star: Saddam's Trial Could Be Embarrassing for U.S. (Silliman) Full story

STUDY SHOWS ATTENTION DEFICIT RUNS IN THE FAMILY Palm Beach (Fla.) Post, Oct. 19 -- Experts at Duke University Medical Center say that siblings of individuals with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder are about four times more likely to develop AD/HD than individuals with no family history of the disorder. ... Full story

DUKE LEADER: FEW ARE BOORISH (Raleigh) News & Observer, Oct. 19 -- The problems of drunken behavior in near-campus neighborhoods, Duke President Richard Brodhead says, are linked to binge drinking, a vexing issue for most colleges and universities. ... Full story

COMMENTARY: ALL IN THE FAMILY TPM Cafe, Oct. 18 -- Susan Tifft, a former writer for Time magazine and currently a professor of journalism and public policy at Duke, says one of the central ironies in the Valerie Plame investigation has been overlooked. ... Full story

ESSAY: MURDERERS I HAVE KNOWN Glamour, November 2005 -- Robin Kirk, a visiting lecturer at Duke and coordinator of the Duke Human Rights Initiative, won the magazine's third annual essay contest for her account of her work as an investigator in capital punishment cases. (Article not available online; faxed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.)

COMMENTARY: TURNING THE TIDE ON WATER-BORNE DISEASES New York Times, Oct. 18 -- The Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy has helped to focus attention on a "silent tsunami" that is raging across much of the developing world. (Link to text of op-ed page sponsored commentary.) ... Full story

TREES INSPIRE JAPANESE DANCING ARTISTS Herald-Sun, Oct. 19 -- Eiko and Koma, Japanese-born husband-and-wife dance collaborators, will perform this week on the grounds of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke. Full story --Also, News & Observer: Nasher Museum Hopes to Set Tone, Infuse Energy (Nasher Director Kimerly Rorschach) ... Full story News & Observer: Get There One Event at a Time (Charles L. Reinhart, the long-time director of the American Dance Festival, held each summer at Duke) ... Full story

ON THE AIR John Brown, bass player and professor of music at Duke, talks about jazz and what makes a good jazz scene on Wednesday's edition of "The State of Things" on North Carolina public radio. Brown is also director of the Duke Jazz Ensemble. Listen at 9 p.m. ET or later to archived audio. ... Details