April 15, 2008
This Week on Sound Medicine...
April 19 and 20, 2008

NDIANAPOLIS- This weekend, April 19 and 20, Sound Medicine, the award-winning weekly radio program hosted by Barbara Lewis, focuses on colonoscopy screenings, breast cancer research and special needs children transitioning to adult medical care.

Douglas Rex, M.D., director of endoscopy at Indiana University Hospital, joins host Barbara Lewis to discuss the importance of careful colonoscopy to not only look for the more familiar polyps but also flat growths on the colon wall which are more common and likely to be more cancerous.  <more>


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March 28, 2008
U.S. News & World Report Graduate Rankings Released

U.S. News & World Report has released its annual rankings of U.S. graduate school programs.

At Indiana University School of Medicine, the primary care program was ranked 26th (16th in 2007) and its graduate research ranking was 46th (45th in 2007).

The full rankings by U.S. News can be found online at www.usnews.com or on newsstands Monday, March 31, 2008. The America's Best Graduate Schools guidebook will be published Tuesday, April 1, 2008.

U.S. News chose three programs at Indiana University -- including its School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) -- as top 10 among their peers. Three others, including its School of Education and Kelley School of Business, are among the magazine's top 20. For a complete report on IU's graduate program rankings, see newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/7858.html

The practice of medicine is an art based on science. -- Sir William Osler (1849-1919)