In Print Focus: Media Coverage of Drugs Is Often Misleading Newspaper and TV reports on new drugs tend to inflate the benefits, minimize the risks, and ignore the costs, according to a study by Ray Moynihan, Stephen Soumerai (above), and colleagues. One science editor responds that the only ones who can help reporters make the coverage more complete is the scientists themselves. MedEd News BBS Bulletin

Headlines More Proof that Small Daily Insulin Injections Can Delay or Prevent Type 1 Diabetes Exercise May Reduce Risk of Stroke Emergency Angioplasty Times May Impact Mortality Rates for Heart Attack Patients New Technique Enables Scientists to Isolate Elusive Cell Proteins Offering New Targets for Drug Therapies Upcoming Aging and Health: An International Symposium September 14-15

Spotlight Year 2000 Graduation, Expanded Coverage See more Class Day photos and text, covering speakers and graduates of the Schools of Medicine, Dental Medicine, and Public Health. Student Scene Cultures Cross over Circumcising a Girl When a Nigerian patient asked Ellen Rothman if Rothman would circumcise her baby girl, the answer was simple. But the issue spanned cultures, blending medicine, ethics, and politics.

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