In Print Focus: Mice Yield Clue to Heart Valve Development Two genes that may shed light on human heart valve development have been identified in mice by Ben Neel and colleagues. The model also may give insight into the mechanisms of progressive heart failure, he says. MedEd News BBS Bulletin

Headlines Study Finds That Not All Patients Benefit from Advanced Method of IVF MGH Dermatologist Develops New Laser Techniques to Remove Hair Safely from Darker Skins Dosing Errors With Clot-Buster Drugs May Prove Fatal for Some Heart-Attack Patients, Especially Women Drug Complications Found to Be Common Among Outpatients Upcoming Women's Health Conference: Diverse Women Celebrating Wellness in the New Millennium—Strategies for Women and Providers Jackie Jenkins Scott, Dimock Community Health Center Thursday, March 30 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Kinsey Caucus Town Meeting: "The Last Legal Discrimination" April 6

Spotlight Fourth-Year Students Meet Their Match The March 16 Match Day event saw 93 percent of the graduating class pegged to a clinical residency program and the other 7 percent bound for nonclinical positions. At left, Mark Adickes and sidekick ride high during the activities. Other photos appear inside. Student Scene The Texture of Life—and Death—in a Hospital Community Pediatric resident Ellen Rothman says the children she sees in the hospital are more than her patients, they're her community. Their presence on the wards means they continually appear in the conversation and thoughts of their caregivers. And if a child dies, the death is felt deeply.

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