August 30, 1999

Seize a Teachable Moment, Decrease Colorectal Cancer Risk Project Prevent begins next month, a multi-institutional colorectal cancer study led by Karen Emmons. It tests whether patients diagnosed with precancerous polyps are more likely to reduce their cancer risk if given individualized advice and self-help materials instead of standard care.

Study Finds Women Can "Walk" Away Heart Attack Risk NEJM Shows Children Born to Mothers with Untreated Thyroid Disease Have Lower I.Q.S Double Transplant Frees Patient from Need for Immunosuppressive Drugs

Photo Gallery: pictures of the Sept. 3 White Coat Ceremony, when this year's 165 entering first-year medical students received the first symbol of their declared profession, the white coat.