In Print
Focus:
Putting the Squeeze on Asthma
What triggers an asthma attack? Craig Gerard and colleagues have suggested an unusual candidate, the C3a receptor, to join the list of previously known agents. What makes this receptor unlikely is that it is active in the innate immune system—the going wisdom is that asthma is caused by a supercharged acquired immune system.
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Mentations
BBS Bulletin
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Headlines
Testosterone Skin Patch Improves Sexual Functioning in Surgically
Menopausal Women
Combination of Radiation and Hormone Suppression
Therapy Shown to Effectively Treat Early Stage Prostate Cancer, Results
Similar to Success in Treating Advanced-Stage Cancers
Upcoming
The First Annual George Starkey Visiting Lecture in Surgical Education:
Are Our Residents Ready to Operate? How Would We Know?
Richard Reznick, University of Toronto
Wednesday, September 27
8:15 a.m.
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HMS, HSDM Welcome Incoming Minority Students
A reception on Sept. 13 was a time for minority students in the Class of 2004 to meet as a group as well as to mingle with all of their classmates. The event was open to the entire first-year class, house officers, faculty, and staff. Above, David Potter greets Brian Somoano.
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Student Scene
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China Journey Finds Integration of Eastern, Western Medicine
Over the summer, Catherine Chu spent two months in China, with her eye on medical practice and education. She discovered that medical training in China does a better job than American training at integrating Western and traditional Chinese medicine. In China, a patient might take antibiotics for an infection but have acupuncture for chronic pain.
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