Chicago Tribune
“War and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”
Featured: Benjamin Natelson, MD, New Jersey Medical School

The director of UMDNJ’s War-related Illness and Injury Center discusses a study he co-directed which found that veterans with a specific variant of the DCP1 gene were eight times more likely to develop chronic fatigue syndrome than those with other genotypes.

The New York Times
“Way Past the Ideal Age”
Featured: Peter McGovern, MD, and Shirley Fong, MD, New Jersey Medical School

In a review of studies, the physicians determined several common reasons why a woman’s fertility declines steadily after age 20 and precipitously after age 35.

The New York Times
“Biotech Firms Provide Hope in Anemic Office Sector”
Featured: new University initiatives

CINJ, Rutgers, Princeton and several pharmaceutical companies are collaborating to create a bioinformatics center. This effort, the new Stem Cell Institute and expanded research into pathogens that could be used for bioterrorism will require major new construction in the state.

The New York Times
“New Approach About Cancer and Survival”
Featured: Michael Gallo, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Federal officials are trying to identify the medical, psychological and social needs of the nearly 10 million cancer survivors in the U.S. Researcher and cancer survivor Michael Gallo discusses his feelings and experiences.

The Boston Globe
“Better Health Through Better Design”
Featured: Sidney Pestka, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

The chair of molecular genetics, microbiology and immunology is one of three scientists chosen by a Harvard-appointed award panel to win this year’s Warren Alpert Foundation Scientific Prize for their work paving the way for the only established treatment for hepatitis C.

Five-part series on lying aired on the “Morning News Program” Featured: Michael Lewis, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

The researcher has written a book, and continues to do research, on how and when children learn to lie.

National Public Radio
“All Things Considered”
Featured: Ira Black, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

The founding director of the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey was interviewed about the state of stem cell research in the U.S. and the efforts of individual states to become leaders in the field.

New York Magazine
“Best Doctors”
Featured: UMDNJ physicians in multiple specialties

Many of the University’s physicians were recognized as “top docs” in the New York metro area. U M D N J magazine 63.

The New York Times
“Why AIDS in Asia Should Worry Us”
Featured: Lee Reichman, MD, New Jersey Medical School

In a letter to the editor, the tuberculosis specialist points out that Asia also has the world’s highest rate of TB, and that AIDS is the most potent facilitator for active TB. He says this presents a threat to the U.S., since tuberculosis is airborne.

New Jersey Business
“Cancer Institute Triples in Size”
Featured: William Hait, MD, PhD, Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ)

According to the director of CINJ, one of only 39 NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers, the Institute will now be able to accommodate up to 100,000 patient visits per year in its 150,000 square foot building. The number of research laboratories has also increased, from 22 to 44.

Daily News
“The City’s Centenarians Reveal the Keys to a Long and Meaningful Life”
Featured: Abraham Aviv, MD, New Jersey Medical School

Scientists think that if they can limit cell degradation, they may be able to help people live longer. The longevity researcher discusses his research on telomeres.

New York Post; Fitness magazine (August 2004)
“Just Kick Aches”
Featured: Scott Nadler, MD, New Jersey Medical School

Some “quick fixes” for common ailments are offered by physician-specialists. Sports medicine specialist Nadler recommends gentle exercises for mild back strain, and says that heat, as well as taking aspirin or ibuprofen immediately, may also help.

San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“New Doctors Practice on Virtual Patients”
Featured: Jeffrey Hammond, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS)

These almost lifelike mannequins—with a pulse, beating heart and lungs— are good teaching tools for medical students and residents. The most sophisticated are programmed to simulate different medical crises and “respond” as someone works on them. Hammond, professor of surgery at RWJMS, which has a simulation center, says advanced simulators offer better experience for surgery practice than cadavers or animals.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
“School’s Minority Enrollment Deserves Mention”
Featured: Warren Wallace, School of Osteopathic Medicine (SOM)

In a letter to the editor, the writer reacts to an article about medical schools’ difficulties recruiting underrepresented minorities. He says that SOM’s recruitment activities have ensured that 25 percent of students are from underrepresented minority groups.

Newsday; Fresno Bee; Florida Time-Union
“Transplanted Stem Cells Survive”
Featured: Ira Black, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

The researcher’s latest work showed that when adult stem cells from the bone marrow of rats were transplanted into the brains of rat embryos, thousands survived into adulthood, taking on the properties of brain cells, migrating to specific regions and assuming characteristics of neighboring cells.

The Star Ledger
“Fighting Terrorism with Science”
Featured: Tom Denny, New Jersey Medical School As a Robert Wood Johnson

Health Policy Fellow in Washington, DC, the New Jersey researcher worked on Project Bioshield, which was signed into law on July 21. It provides $5.6 billion over 10 years to find better ways to protect people from terrorist attacks.

Milwakuee Journal Sentinel
“Improving a Life”
Featured: Paola Leone, MD, Christopher Janson, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden

The physicians are participating in a gene therapy trial to try to improve motor skills and brain function in children with Canavan disease, a rare inherited neurological disorder.

The New York Times; International Herald Tribune
“Biofeedback vs. Asthma”
Featured: Paul Lehrer, PhD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

His study of 94 patients showed that those with asthma who are taught biofeedback techniques to regulate their heart rate may be able to reduce their reliance on inhaled steroids.

Parents Magazine
“Healthy Mom: Spotting a Problem”

Featured: Gloria Bachmann, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) The associate dean for Women’s Health at RWJMS provides information about likely causes for spotting and mid-cycle bleeding and what to do about it.

The Star Ledger
“Kids with Headaches”
Featured: Michael Gallagher, DO, School of Osteopathic Medicine (SOM)

What causes chronic headaches in more than 10 million children ages 5 to 17? Most are the result of stress, muscle tension, sinus infections, colds, the flu, too little or too much sleep, certain medications, too much sun, fevers, or eating certain foods, according to the headache specialist and dean of SOM.

WCBS-TV
Treating Glaucoma
Featured: Robert D. Fechtner, MD, New Jersey Medical School

The ophthalmologist has developed a new approach for assessing how quickly glaucoma will progress and how aggressive the intervention should be.

NJ Savvy Living Magazine
“Breast Cancer Prevention”
Featured: Deborah Toppmeyer, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

The breast cancer specialist discusses the latest findings about risk factors for the disease.

The Star Ledger
“Cancer Institute Reaches Out to Minorities”
Featured: William Hait, MD, PhD, Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ)

According to CINJ’s director, the goal of a new 25-member council is to raise participation of underserved populations in cancer treatment and prevention trials.

SJ Magazine
“Top Doctors 2004”
Featured: Stephen Scheinthal, DO, David Condoluci, DO, Peter Konchak, DO, School of Osteopathic Medicine; Diane Barton, MD, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden

More than 40 UMDNJ physicians were named to the top docs list of South Jersey’s magazine. These four physicians are profiled in the issue.

WNET-PBS: Channel 13
New High-Throughput Genotyping Center
Featured: Scott Diehl, PhD, New Jersey Dental School

Genetic disease investigator Scott Diehl is interviewed about the high-throughput SNP-based genotyping center that he has set up at UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School. The Center for Pharmacogenomics and Complex Disease Research will focus on elucidating the genetics of complex diseases. The team will continue research — begun at the NIH —into the genetic basis of periodontitis, as well as other diseases with complex genetic etiologies.

Keep in Touch!

Have you appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, or The Daily News? Been on CNN, CBS or McNeil Lehrer lately? We’d like to know! To submit items for UMDNJ Making News, email: umdnjeditor@umdnj.edu.