September 23, 2002
In Print Photo by Graham Ramsay Focus: What's Wrong with My Mouse? As the use of genetically altered mice increases, so does the demand for rodent pathologists. They diagnose the often subtle or unexpected changes caused by knocking out, knocking in, or otherwise manipulating the genes in a murine model. "You can't predict what is going to be wrong in an animal," says veteran rodent pathologist Roderick Bronson. "You have to look at everything." BBS Bulletin HMI World HSTconnector InteliHealth MD-PhD Newsletter MedEd News Mentations On The Brain		Headlines Progesterone Gene Variation May Help Identify Endometrial Cancer Risk in Women Researchers Isolate Key Part of Cells' 'Death' Signals Alzheimer's-associated Enzyme Elevated in Key Brain Areas Upcoming Ethics Forum: Education or Endurance? Ethics and the Debate over Resident Work Hours Jordan Cohen, Association of American Medical Colleges Andrew Warshaw, Massachusetts General Hospital Patricia Folcarelli, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Debra Weinstein, Partners HealthCare Wednesday, October 2 5:00-7:00 p.m. Lab Works A multimedia site featuring Harvard Medical research		Spotlight Photo by Steve Gilbert Adding Workshops, Ebert Day Draws Audience to Community Service Ebert Community Service Day was celebrated on Sept. 19 with a talk on global public health, presentation of the HMS/HSDM Community Service Awards, and workshops on the homeless and strategies against HIV. The workshop with the broadest focus highlighted current opportunities for service in both medicine and dentistry. Also on view (left) were panels from the NAMES Project Foundation's AIDS Memorial Quilt. Student Scene Photo by Jeff Cleary 'Fat Bias': A Barrier to the Treatment of Obesity Some scholars call bias against obese people the last socially acceptable form of prejudice, says Tarayn Grizzard. The bias is widespread, existing even in the health care field. She argues that a damaging irony of this prejudice among health care providers is that it impedes effective obesity treatment.

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