INSIDE : inside.mc.duke.edu

June 01, 2008 Volume 17 No. 6

A Healing Garden
Hospital gardens serve patient needs and the environment

Beyond wanting her husband to return to health, DesirÃ©e Kettler had one wish â€" to see something green.

â€œHaving a place to go, oh my gosh, what that means to a person staying in a hospital,â€ said Kettler, who was by her husband Daveâ€™s side during his more than 260 days at Duke University Hospital.

For diversion there was the TV, the cafeteria and the fish tank on the 5th Floor, but it wasnâ€™t enough, Kettler said. She couldnâ€™t...

At Duke Integrative Medicine Center, a labyrinth invites patients to find themselves. Photo by John Vargas

	ON THE WEB Highlighting the best health, science and employee news from Duke Web sites When a deadly steam-line explosion forced the evacuation of the Levine Science & Research Center...
	Obesity & Oil: Redefining the American Dream? When Martin Binks sees gasoline at nearly $4 a gallon, the clinical psychologist and researcher at the Duke Diet & Fitness Center sees a rare opportunity to address the obesity crisis. In this election year, it is clear that our politicians feel pressure to transform what has...
	When addictions start young Attending a keg party or sneaking a smoke is, for many young people, a rite of passage. While...
	Sleep deprivation diminishes visual perception Neuroscience researchers at the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore have shown for...
	First steps toward autonomous robot surgeries The day may be getting a little closer when robots will perform surgery on patients in...
	Angelaâ€™s Graduation I sit by an open window in a classroom with carved oak walls. Itâ€™s 1985. Iâ€™m twenty-eight,...
	New Emergency Department takes off A lot of things are looking up for Duke University Hospitalâ€™s Emergency Services unit, from...