*** WEB WEEKLY *** news from the
Harvard Medical Community
June 28 , 1999

*** IN FOCUS *** *** HEADLINES ***

Boning Up on Diversity

Augustus White describes a report drawing attention to the underrepresentation
of minorities in orthopedics, which may be one of the most exclusive of medical specialties.






Magnetic Resonance Imaging Safer Way to Diagnose Heart Disease

Researchers Find New Method for Diagnosing Iron Deficiency in Children

Bioengineered Skin Heals Foot Wounds in More Patients, Less Time

*** HAPPENING ***

Neurosurgery Grand Rounds "Pushing the Surgical Limits for Gliomas: Is More Better?"

Mitchel Berger

Thursday, July 1
8:00 a.m.


Grads of '74 Review 25 Years of Medical Milestones

Alumni speakers at the June 10 Class Symposium, including Carolyn Compton, addressed advancements in medicine over the last quarter century and presented research exemplifying these changes in fields like tissue engineering and fetal surgery.