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UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE MAGAZINE | JANUARY 2003, VOL. 5, ISSUE 1
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DEPARTMENTS

OF NOTE [310 KB]
A moose chased him, and look
where Matt Vitale ended up.
Botox’s remarkable effect on stroke survivors.
These Pitt med alumni go where miners
are most vulnerable: down deep.

INVESTIGATIONS [458 KB]
Move over drosophila.
What tucks in DNA.
Concussions in high-school athletes.

98.6 DEGREES [33KB]
Chancellor’s Circle volunteers march in step.
Olivia Newton-John and Mötley Crüe,
together again? Anything for a good cause.

ATTENDING [47 KB]
Yuk, Yuk, Yuk!

ALUMNI NEWS [190 KB]
As the Class of ’67 regroups, Ethel Barnoon tells
of starting a women’s health initiative in Israel.
Patricia Ferrieri’s first strep breakthrough
was on an Ojibwa reservation.

LAST CALL [66 KB]
Zzzzzz.

COVER STORY


Bring me a dream: Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic researchers keep finding links between sleep and our mental and emotional health. They can even explain why your teenager won’t go to bed, or at least begin to explain. (Illustration: David Pohl)

FEATURES

More Than a Good Snooze [103 KB]
Dormez-vous? The sandman’s visits have a lot to do with our mental health.
COVER STORY BY DAVID R . ELTZ

Elephants in the Courtroom [139 KB]
Tragically disturbed children are swamping the juvenile justice system, and they
aren’t getting the treatment they need. Elizabeth Cauffman sounds the alarm.

BY JOSIE FISHER

Drowning in Their Own Blood [242 KB]
Guards at Fifth Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard prevented anyone from entering or leaving when the 1918 influenza stampeded through Pittsburgh.

BY EDWIN KIESTER JR.

Carefully Tended [162 KB]
These surgeons aren’t about to forget about the little guy, or girl.

BY DOTTIE HORN

 

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