Re: First to Know Bulletin/ not Rp related, but interestind medical stuff

[Guest guest]

Thought some might be interested in some of these articles. They include

diabetes, Prostate cancer, uveitis, and some other interesting stuff.

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Hello from Durham!

This week I'm a soccer mom to a friend's 10-year old daughter whom I

wanted to bring to Duke's Soccer Camp for Girls. It has given me a renewed

appreciation of Duke as well as parenting...

Read our report on what parents need to know about their child's snoring,

tips for parents of colicky babies, and the story from East Carolina

University where Joe Kalinowski, Ph.D., and colleagues have developed a

device to help kids who stutter avoid the childhood trauma of taunting and

teasing. An interesting and perhaps not well-known fact is that stutterers

don't stutter when speaking in unison with others, which this new device

addresses.

We also have other stories on our site this week with some interesting

facts, such as our interview with Dr. Klein from the University of

Minnesota. Dr. Klein is working on a SELECT Trial looking at the possible

effects of vitamin E and/or selenium in preventing prostate cancer. Make

sure you read this report to learn more about this trial, and the

surprising information about Vitamin E and beta-carotene's effects on

certain cancers. Also see the story about the remarkable advances being

made in the treatment of prostate cancer that are eliminating such dreaded

side-effects as impotence, and the report from Kansas on the endoscopic

ultrasound which is helping increase the accuracy of diagnosing GI

cancers.

We have two special reports in our Archives. One is our new whitepaper,

" Diabetes: The Emerging Research, " and the other is a compilation of

full-length doctor's interviews with three leading doctors from Mt. Sinai

School of Medicine, Bancroft, and Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical

Center on developments in treatments for autism.

The aspartame story we covered last week incited a lot of interest, so we

have put up a discussion room on the subject. If you have anything you'd

like to say about this controversial topic, please post your comments!

And there's more where that came from...

Marjorie Bekaert

President, Ivanhoe Broadcast News

" Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a

character. " -Goethe (1749-1832)

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What's New for the Week of June 17 to 23, 2002

Medical Headlines

o A Look Inside: Seeing masses in the gastrointestinal tract better...

http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=3666

o Speak Easier: Stutterers Listen Up: With a hearing aid like device to

end stuttering...

http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=3669

o Improved Prostate Treatment: Without causing incontinence and

impotence...

http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=3672

News Flashes (Updated Daily!)

o New Cancer Genes Found

http://www.ivanhoe.com/story/p_newsflash.cfm?storyid=3762

o Adolescents and Smoking

http://www.ivanhoe.com/story/p_newsflash.cfm?storyid=3763

o Promising Treatment for Esophageal Cancer

http://www.ivanhoe.com/story/p_newsflash.cfm?storyid=3764

o Sun Protection in Schools

http://www.ivanhoe.com/story/p_newsflash.cfm?storyid=3765

o The Link Between Inflammation and Diabetes

http://www.ivanhoe.com/story/p_newsflash.cfm?storyid=3766

Play It Again, Please

o Beating Blinding Conditions: A tiny tablet may be the answer to

stopping uveitis...

http://www.ivanhoe.com/story/p_playagain.cfm

Special Reports:

o Coping With Colic

http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=3593

o Fighting to Prevent Prostate Cancer -- Full-Length Doctor's Interview

http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=3736

o Kids and Snoring

http://www.ivanhoe.com/channels/p_channelstory.cfm?storyid=3594

o Diabetes: The Emerging Research -- White Paper (In the Archives)

http://search.ivanhoe.com/archives/p_archive.cfm?storyid=3767 & channelid=CHAN-1

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o Autism Dr.'s Q & As -- Executive Summary (In the Archives)

http://search.ivanhoe.com/archives/p_archive.cfm?storyid=3761 & channelid=CHAN-1

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Discussion Groups (bulletin board areas)

o Asthma & Allergies: Aspartame: Your Perspective

http://www.ivanhoe.com/discussion/p_discussion.cfm?forumID=98 & action=msglist

o Fertility & Pregnancy: Frozen Embryos -- Difficult Decisions

http://www.ivanhoe.com/discussion/p_discussion.cfm?forumID=95 & action=msglist

o Nutrition & Fitness: On-line Weight-Loss Group

http://www.ivanhoe.com/discussion/p_discussion.cfm?forumID=63 & action=msglist

o Reader's Request: Exercise & Itching

http://www.ivanhoe.com/discussion/p_discussion.cfm?forumID=84 & action=msglist

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