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n integral part o a typical doctor’s visit is lling out paperworkabout your health history, including details about the health statuso close amily members. In traditional medicine, those ‘amilyhistories’ are the closest most physicians have gotten to considering yourgenome as a diagnostic aid or common complex diseases such as heartdisease and diabetes. Today, advances in the genome sciences are poisedto change that practice.

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La-Tasha DavisCopyright © 2008Duke University Health SystemInside Duke Medicine, the employeenewspaper or the Duke University HealthSystem, is published monthly by DukeMedicine News & Communications.Your comments, story ideas and photocontributions are always welcome andappreciated. Deadline or submissionsis the 15th o each month.

Genetics and Grandpa's 95 ears

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Two Fuqua School o Business pros (shownabove) argue that posting a vehicle’s ueleciency in “gallons per mile” rather than“miles per gallon” would help consumers makebetter decisions about car purchases andenvironmental impact.

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John Staddon, Ph.D., James B. Duke proessoro psychology and brain sciences at DukeUniversity, writes about how U.S. tracsigns challenge driver attention and lead tomore accidents, in the July/August issue o

The Atlantic.

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Recent Nicholas School or the Environment& Earth Studies graduate Michael Stringercreated Velocommuter.org to help ghtglobal warming by encouraging people toleave their cars at home and bike to work –i only or a day.

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n a recent visit to my hometowno DeKalb, Ill., I spent a delightulaternoon sitting with my 95-year-old grandather beside a backyardwaterall. The weather was gorgeous,bunnies were nibbling the grass and theCubs were winning — paradise!Grandpa Louis Sisco, right, hadbuilt his house 62 years ago, whenhe moved out rom Chicago oreasier access to his job as traveling drugsalesman or McKesson Corp. (As akid in the Roaring Twenties, he soldnewspapers on a downtown Chicagostreet corner.)“What’s your secret to longev-ity?” I asked him.“A positive attitude and a senseo humor,” he answered right away.I’m sure his daily walk, taken at4:30 every morning or more than 50years, helped, too.These days, genetic genealogy isa passion o mine – I’m keen to knowhow the genes I’ve inherited rommy grandparents, combined with theenvironment in which I’ve grown upand pharmaceuticals developed toght disease, will help me stay assensible and spry into my nineties.I don’t have to look too ar.In this issue o

Inside DukeMedicine

, we explore how Dukescientists and clinicians are ndingways to personalize medicine to theunique genomes o patients. KellyMalcom has two articles, aboutresearch at the Institute or GenomeSciences and Policy and abouttreatments tailored to gene variants.And Misha Angrist, aka GenomeBoy,explains why he volunteered to makehis genome available to science.“I’ve lived a long lie,” mygrandpa said to me, about all thegenomics he knows to share. Andwith that, I let him to don hisheadphones or the nal innings o the ballgame.

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More than a dozen Duke students and acultyblog during their global health eld experiences,including one student who is studying lemursin Madagascar, and the impact the destructiono their habitat will have on public health.

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J 12 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Duke Multiple Myeloma Bike Ride presentedby the Division o Cellular Therapy.

Participate in a 50K or 100K bike ride, rom theCameron Stadium through rural Durham and OrangeCounties. Multiple myeloma is the second mostcommon cancer o the blood. About 60,000 newpatients are diagnosed every year in the U.S. with thedisease. Environmental actors and toxin exposure mayplay a role in the epidemiology o this cancer, but theexact causes are still uncertain. Chemotherapy andstem cell transplants remain the preerred treatment ormultiple myeloma, but new treatments and drugs arebeing developed. Registration ees support amilies andpatients at the Multiple Myeloma Center at Duke, as wellsupport research and treatment against this disease.

http://dukemultiplemyelomabikeride.com

J 26 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

“Fore the Patients,” Wana Kaye RhodesMemorial Gol Tournament

to benet the DukeCancer Patient Support Program. Golers o all skilllevels are invited to attend. National Gol Club inPinehurst.

Details: 684-4497

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.The Calendar is a monthly selection oevents that eature the best ohappenings at Duke and Duke Medicine.

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J 5 8 a.m.-12 p.m.

North Hills Farmer’s Market

sponsored by DukeRaleigh Hospital. Enjoy resh produce at North HillsCommons in Raleigh. The market will open July 5 and isplanned to operate 8 a.m.-12 p.m. each Saturday throughearly October. The market will eature resh vegetablesand produce, as well as fowers and herbs.

http://www.northhillsraleigh.com/FarmersMarket.htm

J 21-25

5-day Summer Research Courses on Spirituality,Theology and Health

Each course will ocus onhow to conduct research on these topics and how todevelop an academic career. Participants will eachhave 30 minutes one-on-one with Dr. Harold Koenigand 30 minutes with another mentor o their choice.

http://www.dukespiritualityandhealth.org/

J 29 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Raleigh Chamber o Commerce ExecutiveWomen’s Luncheon

Jan Hargrave, nonverbal com-munications expert and author o

Let Me See Your Body Talk

and

Strictly Business Body Language

, willaddress personality types, strategies or working withothers and body language. Attendees will identiyways to bring out the best in others. Attendees willalso learn how to listen to the “ull body” to eliminatedistractions and improve concentration. The luncheonpresented by Duke Raleigh Hospital will be at theHilton in North Raleigh.

Register: http://www.raleighchamber.org

Ag 5 6:30-8 p.m.

“Baby Meets Bowser”

Barbara Shumannang

,author o

Happy Kids, Happy Dogs

will provide helpultips to prepare your dog or the new baby. Teer House.

Register: 416-3853.

Ag 8

Deadline or submissions to the

30th AnnualEmployee Arts Show.

Health Arts Network at Duke(HAND) is accepting submissions rom current andormer Duke University employees and volunteers untilAug. 8. Applicants can submit up to three pieces. Win-ners receive an award and their artwork will be shownin the Mars Gallery o Duke North.

Applications:http://www.hr.duke.edu/events/artshow.

Ag 10-13

Fourth Annual Pink Ribbon Yoga Retreat orBreast Cancer Survivors

sponsored by the DukeCancer Patient Support Program. The retreat oers theopportunity to relax on the beach at The Trinity RetreatCenter in Salter Path. The retreat combines yoga,health inormation and healing modalities or breastcancer survivors. Yoga experience is not necessary toattend.

http://www.pinkribbonyoga.org

learn

J 9 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Introduction to Inant Massage

A our-weekseries that will introduce mothers to the basics oinant massage. Join Debbie Carter, InternationalAssociation o Inant Massage, at the Teer Houseor the class.

Register: 416-3853.

J 10 4-5 p.m.

“Health Care Reorm and Presidential Politics,”

the rst annual Duke AHEC Program Lecture, givenby health policy expert Jonathan B. Oberlander, Ph.D.Searle Center Lecture Hall Reception immediatelyollowing. The lecture is ree and open to all Duke Uni-versity Health System aculty, sta, trainees, & students.

RSVP to tara.owens@duke.edu or call 684-2648

J 17 6:30-8 p.m.

Health Benefts o aVegetarian or Vegan Diet

Explore how to meet your nutrientneeds with a more plant-based dietwith speaker, Leslie Gaillard. TeerHouse.

Register: 416-3853

J 18 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

8th Annual Highlights rom ASCO “The Era o Per-sonalized Cancer Treatment,”

a symposium or medi-cal oncologists, hematologists, radiation oncologists,surgical oncologists, pharmacists, nurse practitioners andphysician assistants. The Umstead Hotel, Cary.

Detailsand registration: http://cancer.duke.edu/

J 21 6 -8 p.m.

Grilling Without the Gas

. Food tasting. Discoverhow to cook with coals and enjoy all your avoriterecipes with speaker John D. Howe. Teer House.

Register: 416-3853

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Pam Isner with her winning entr romthe 2007 Emploee Arts Show. Sumit ourwor or this ear's show  August 8.

PHOTO BY HEALTH ARTS NETWORK AT DUKE (HAND)

Tune up our ie and hit the road or the Due Multiple Meloma bie Ride onJul 12. Details elow.

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