Summer 2000 Table of Contents

 

Smoke Signals Epidemiology detectives are searching for clues as to why tobacco use begins and how to stop it.
by Jon Nalick
 
The Promise of Preservation The CaverMap surgical aid is the latest weapon against a problematic outcome of prostate surgery-impotency, or erectile dysfunction.
by Paul Dingsdale
 
How Sweet It Is New attention to diabetes is pushing the research frontiers farther and faster than ever before.
by Monika Guttman
 
Shrouded in History The mysterious origins of ovarian tumors are a stubborn block to reliably detecting or even predicting ovarian cancer.
by Lori Oliwenstein
 
Out-Pacing Cancer Patients at the USC/Norris Cancer Center look to physician-scientists like Derek Raghavan to bring them the best possible care from the laboratory bench to their bedsides.
by Lori Oliwenstein
 
She Got Game : The world of sports has opened up to women as never before, but so too has the world of sports injuries.
by Carrie St. Michel

COVER STORY
IN CARING HANDS: The overall health of cancer patients can greatly benefit from the support of family, friends and caregivers, who, in turn, need their own system of support and encouragement.
by Alicia Di Rado
   
   

Departments

Healthoughts: The latest word on margarines, soy, saw palmetto and airplane air.

Benchmarks: Scientists are surprised to find no substantial difference in disease symptoms when estrogen treatment is given to women with established dementia.

City Rounds: The 110-year-old Hollenbeck Home is an important partner for USC's efforts in geriatrics.


 

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