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Duke in the News: Jan. 9, 2006

Alito's Dissenting Opinions Attract Attention | Obese Men Face Risks From Prostate Cancer | Op-Ed: U.S. Engineers Hold Their Own, and more!

ALITO'S DISSENTING OPINIONS ATTRACT ATTENTION CNN, Jan. 9 -- "From a legal viewpoint, you have to distinguish the substance from the tone when judging Judge Alito," says Duke law professor Neil Siegel of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. ... Full story

OBESE MEN FACE RISKS FROM PROSTATE CANCER The New York Times, Jan. 9 -- Obese men face an increased risk of dying from prostate cancer and doctors should be especially thorough when checking these patients for the disease, suggests a new multi-university study led by a researcher from Duke University Medical Center. (AP story also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and more than 175 other news outlets.) ... Full story

OP-ED: U.S. ENGINEERS HOLD THEIR OWN Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 8 -- Kristina M. Johnson, dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke, explains the importance of a new study by a class in Duke's Master of Engineering Management Program. ... Full story --Also, The Wall Street Journal: The Numbers Guy ... Full story

IS SHARON'S MEDICAL CARE USEFUL? ABC News, Jan. 6 -- Dr. Larry Goldstein, a neurologist at Duke who heads the Duke Stroke Center, says the drug-induced coma, a treatment given Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, is of questionable benefit. ... Full story --Also, USA Today: Clark's Appearance Exposes Unease With Stroke Patients Full story

SISTERS CONTINUE ON LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY MSNBC, Knoxville News-Sentinel, Jan. 8 -- Two Knoxville, Tenn., women who were treated at Duke for injuries in the London bombings last July are upbeat about their recovery. Full story

AN EXPERIMENT IN `NEW MONASTICISM' Toronto Star, Jan. 8 -- Duke theology professor Stanley Hauerwas says the new monasticism is exactly what Christianity needs now. ... Full story --Also, Divinity magazine: The New Monasticism (Duke Divinity students establish a covenant community in one of Durham's neediest neighborhoods.) ... Full story

ON THE AIR Duke law professor Neil Siegel will be a guest this week on NPR's wrap-up broadcasts following the Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito. Listen nightly from 7 to 8 p.m. ET. http://www.npr.org/