In Print Photo by Graham Ramsay Focus: Healthy Heart Keeps Polyrhythmic Beat Underlying the familiar lub-dub of the healthy heart is an unpredictable and shifting rhythm, says Ary Goldberger. His studies show that it is the diseased heart that becomes repetitive, a finding that suggests monitoring variation as a possible diagnostic approach. BBS Bulletin HSTconnector MD-PhD Newsletter MedEd News Mentations On The Brain

Headlines Dietary Changes Can Lower Colon Cancer Risk in Families with a History of the Disease Researchers Suggest Cause for Neural Tube Defects in Babies of Mothers with Diabetes Alcohol Linked to Decreased Hypertension Risk in Young Women Upcoming Fortieth Annual Merrill C. Sosman Lecture: Creating the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering: An Intriguing Past and Exciting Future Donna Dean, National Institutes of Health Tuesday, March 26 12:15 p.m.

Spotlight Photo by Bob Jacques, HMS Media Services The Anatomy of Organ Donation A March 14 medical ethics forum featuring Frank Riddick of the AMA and other panelists considered the inadequate supply of organs donated for transplantation and explored ways to increase supply without exploiting donors. Student Scene Photo by Graham Ramsay Campaign Against Polio Faces Last High Hurdle Public health workers are nearing the end of a global campaign to eradicate polio from human populations. The planned completion date: 2005. But pockets of endemic poliovirus, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent, are offering unusual resistance.

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