June 7 , 1999

Risk Factors Found for Depression Prior to Menopause Nearly 10 percent of women are clinically depressed at some point during the years leading up to menopause. Bernard Harlow and colleagues have discovered which women are most likely to suffer.

Use of Alternative Medicine Found to Be a Marker for Psychological Distress in Women with Early Stage Breast Cancer New Technique Holds Promise of Creating Universal Donor Pool for Transplantation High Dietary Fiber Intake May Help Protect Women Against Heart Disease Combining Antiplatelet Drug Abciximab with Clot-Buster Is Effective in Treating Heart-Attack Patients Study Suggests that Psychotherapy Is Not a Factor in Recovering Abuse Memories

26th Annual Bert B. Hershenson Memorial Lecture: Doctors, Lawyers, and the Delivery Room— Can't We All Just Get Along Gershon Levinson Wednesday, June 9 7:00 a.m.

Students, Staff Take Ride for Rosie's Place A team of cyclists from HMS takes part in the fourth annual ride to raise money for Rosie's Place. The facility is a drop-in shelter for poor women in crisis, which provides much more than a place to sleep.

Alpert Prize Recognizes Austen's Asthma Research K. Frank Austen of Brigham and Women's Hospital and HMS has been honored with the 11th annual Warren Alpert Foundation Prize for his innovative asthma research.