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January 2008
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The next Faculty of Medicine Meeting is scheduled on Tuesday, February 5, 2008, 5:15 PM, Levin Hall South Auditorium. A reception honoring new School of Medicine faculty will be held immediately after the meeting.
If you missed the December 12th meeting, click here to view full webcast of the meeting and photos of the new faculty reception.
UTMB FACULTY WOMEN'S CLUB "MY LITTLE VALENTINE" DANCE
Sunday, February 10th from 1:30-3:30 pm at the Moody Memorial First United Methodist Church gymnasium. Tickets are $20 per couple and includes one 4x6 keepsake photo, light snacks and prizes. Recommended ages for the little valentines are 3 – 12 yrs. For more information on ticket and sponsorship purchases, please contact Dr. Lisa Elferink at laelferi@utmb.edu, ext 22775.
CAMPUS PRODUCTION OF THE YELLOW BOAT
The UTMB Women’s, Infant’s and Children’s (WIC) Family Centered Care Committees will sponsor a campus production of The Yellow Boat in Levin Hall, Tuesday, February 12, 2007 from 6:00 -8:00 pm and Wednesday, February 13th from 4:00 – 6:00 pm. Admission is free.
MATCH DAY 2008
March 27-29, 2008
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE COMMENCEMENT
Saturday, May 31, 2008, 10:00 AM, Moody Gardens Convention Center
More than 30 UTMB doctors have been honored and named Texas Super Doctors in a recent issue of Texas Monthly.
The doctors were selected by Key Professional Media, Inc. and the publishers of Texas Monthly. Key Professional Media asked more than 37,000 medical professionals to nominate one or more doctors from specified medical specialties based on one question, “If you needed medical care, which doctor would you choose?”
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UTMB’s Breast Imaging Center has been designated a “Center of Excellence” by the American College of Radiology. It is one of two in the Houston/Galveston area with the designation, and one of only eight in Texas. “This honor is the product of very hard work performed by very good people,” said Dr. Gregory Katzman, chairman of the department of radiology. “UTMB radiology is blessed with an integrated breast imaging team that has a real spirit and passion for women’s health.” UTMB’s Breast Imaging Center is now fully accredited in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy and breast ultrasound.
Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Professors, Dr. Bernard Godley, Dr. Erik van Kuijk, and Dr. Michael Boulton are this year's special honorees at the San Luis Salute Mardi Gras Ball. Proceeds will be donated to a department endowment fund. The event, hosted each year by the Fertittas, has raised money for UTMB since its inception in 1997.
Sandra S. Hatch, M.D., Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, was appointed as inaugural holder of the Irma Labardini Mendoza and Jesse Jesus Mendoza Chair in Radiation Oncology, effective December 1, 2007.
Tatiana N. Nanovskaya, D.D.S., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, has received a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to advance her research on the safety of bupropion for smoking cessation during pregnancy.
Congratulations to the fellows in the Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, Immunology, Critical Care, and Sleep (APICS) who passed the American Board of Allergy and Immunology (ABAI) exam. UTMB continues to maintain a 100% ABAI exam pass rate which reflects the dedication of our faculty to outstanding teaching and patient care.
Amina Husain, M.D., a resident in the Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, has accepted an invitation for fellowship training in oculoplastics at Duke University Eye Center in July, 2008.
The UTMB Women’s, Infant’s and Children’s (WIC) Family Centered Care Committees will sponsor a campus production of The Yellow Boat in Levin Hall, Tuesday, February 12, 2007 from 6:00 -8:00 pm and Wednesday, February 13th from 4:00 – 6:00 pm. Admission is free. The Yellow Boat by playwright David Saar, describes his son Benjamin’s journey through the health care system while receiving treatment for hemophilia and later AIDS. Benjamin was a gifted visual artist and he used his creativity and imagination to transform his physical and emotional pain into a blaze of colors and shapes. See details and flyer.
The Cancer Center is teaming up with Morrison Food Services at UTMB to sell "Cookies for a Cure" during the entire month of January. Half of all proceeds raised on the sale of large, specially-baked chocolate chip cookies in Cafe on the Court and other campus food courts will be presented to the UTMB Cancer Center at the end of the month. Designated a "Comprehensive Cancer Center" by the UT System, the UTMB Cancer Center is recognized nationally and internationally for cutting-edge research, prevention, education and treatment of various cancers. Click here for information.
11. UTMB FACULTY WOMEN'S CLUB "MY LITTLE VALENTINE" DANCE
The UTMB Faculty Women’s Club invites you to the “My Little Valentine” Dance that will help to fund a new scholarship for a UTMB student and lift the spirits of children and their families in the Shriners Burns Hospital. The dance will be on Sunday, February 10th from 1:30-3:30 pm at the Moody Memorial First United Methodist Church gymnasium. Tickets are $20 per couple and includes one 4x6 keepsake photo, light snacks and prizes. Recommended ages for the little valentines are 3 – 12 yrs. The children of the Shriners Burns Hospital are the special guests of honor at the “My Little Valentine” Dance, and the Faculty Women's Club is in need of sponsors to help defray the costs for these children to attend the dance. Please consider purchasing, or contributing to the purchase of a ticket to sponsor one of the burns children and their chaperone to attend this special event. For more information on ticket and sponsorship purchases, please contact Dr. Lisa Elferink at laelferi@utmb.edu, ext 22775.
The UT TeleCampus will host the fourth annual Innovations in Online Learning conference May 21 -23 to celebrate and spotlight innovations developed by faculty, staff and students of the University of Texas System. The conference seeks proposals dealing with changes and innovations in online education, especially in unique approaches to the challenges involved with this delivery method, cutting-edge technologies, interesting research, examples of learning communities, and best practices for encouraging interactivity. Proposals are due January 31, 2008.
More information can be found: http://www.telecampus.utsystem.edu/exterior/IOL_2008/Main.aspx
Kirk L. Smith, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and the Institute for the Medical Humanities, and co-authors describe the professionalsim initiative at UTMB in a a recent article published in Academic Medicine titled "The Journey to Creating a Campus-Wide Culture of Professionalism." See abstract.
Below is a listing of SOM faculty or programs in the news:
Long-term cardiac and pulmonary late effects of anthracyclines: The known and the unknown.
Oncology Times, Nov. 25, 2007, An unprecedented number of cancer patients now survive in the United States. But long-term cardiac or pulmonary toxicity can be a problem for breast cancer patients who received anthracyclines, radiotherapy or trastuzumab. Two recent reports in the Journal of Clinical Oncology highlight the dangers of anthracyclines. One report, by researchers at the Department of Breast Medical Oncology at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, evaluated the rates and predictors of congestive heart failure in women over age 65 who had received adjuvant anthracycline therapy.
http://www.oncology-times.com/pt/re/oncotimes/fulltext.00130989-200711250-00012.htm;jsessionid=HZfL023DV370hTTg21Jbmmc37PTypVhY7hTGd6Nl3CYyrb8dnhGQ!-1601909834!181195629!8091!-1
Nationwide cervical cancer management protocols needed, Medwire News, Nov. 30, 2007.
Cervical cancer prevention strategies need to be tailored to reflect differences in lifestyles, say researchers who found risk factors for the disease vary significantly from country to country. Dr. William Au, a professor in UTMB’s Division of Environmental Toxicology, is quoted.
http://www.medwire-news.md/45/71343/ObGyn/Nationwide_cervical_cancer_management_protocols_needed.html
UTMB may deny cancer care to undocumented immigrants, Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 2, 2007. UTMB is considering a policy that would deny cancer care to indigent, undocumented immigrants — an unusual and controversial move for a state-funded institution. Medical branch officials are forming the policy as they strain to stretch dwindling state dollars for uninsured patients and while illegal immigration ranks among the most divisive issues in the nation. The article quotes Karen Sexton, vice president and CEO of UTMB hospitals and clinics, and Dr. Howard Brody, director of the Institute for the Medical Humanities.
http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=c5640be35f71dd89
Dynamic Dee turns out for birthday bash, Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 3, 2007.
In her Scenes column, Frances Powell makes note of the celebration honoring 36 years of service to UTMB by Dr. Michael Warren “with a Gaido’s primo dinner and most deserved roast hosted by UTMB school of Medicine and Surgery Department.”
http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=3b392282eb432da1
Hospitals marshal resources to wipe out MRSA, USA Today, Dec. 3, 2007. A recent federal report on the growth of “superbugs” — deadly bacteria resistant against most antibiotics — has renewed public attention to how hospitals are faring in their decades-long war. Dr. C. Glen Mayhall, director of infectious diseases at UTMB, is quoted. Epidemiologist Pamela Falk is featured in a photograph.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-12-02-superbug_N.htm
Compact Clinicals announces exclusive agreement with Dr. Robert Hirschfeld
WebWire, Dec. 3, 2007. Compact Clinicals announced today an agreement with Dr. Robert Hirschfeld, chairman of the UTMB Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, to represent his copyrighted Mood Disorder Questionnaire for publication worldwide. The MDQ is one of the most widely used diagnostic screeners for bipolar disorder, sometimes referred to as manic-depressive disorder.
http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=54273
UTMB scientists discover key to chikungunya virus, GuidryNews.com, Dec. 3, 2007.
Researchers have discovered the key to how a mysterious mosquito-borne viral outbreak swept over the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion in 2005 and 2006, infecting about 266,000 people and causing at least 260 deaths — the first fatalities to be reported in connection with the virus, known as chikungunya.
http://www.guidrynews.com/story.aspx?id=1000005848
(This and similar reports have been appearing in global media.)
Leucine-enriched essential amino acid and carbohydrate ingestion following resistance exercise enhances mTOR signaling and protein synthesis in human muscle, American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Dec. 3, 2007. This study shows that resistance exercise and ingestion of essential amino acids with carbohydrate (EAA+CHO) can independently stimulate mTOR signaling and muscle protein synthesis in humans. Authors are Hans C. Dreyer, Micah J. Drummond, Bart Pennings, Satoshi Fujita, Erin L. Glynn, David L. Chinkes, Shaheen Dhanani, Elena Volpi and Blake B. Rasmussen, all of UTMB.
http://ajpendo.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/00582.2007v1
Men, too, should worry about their bone health, Wall Street Journal, Dec. 4, 2007. Hip and spine fractures are among the most common disabling injuries of the elderly. But because they are more common in women, strategies to prevent them are rarely directed at men. “We've figured out what to do with women, but men have been largely ignored,” says Dr. Angela Shepherd of UTMB. That's starting to change as more men live longer and find their lives changed for the worse after breaking a bone. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119673580904012721.html?mod=hps_asia_at_glance_columnists
(This story, which originated in the Wall Street Journal, is beginning to appear in other publications.)
Embryonic signs that stem from poor defense, Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 4, 2007.
In his Health and Medicine column, UTMB’s Dr. Howard Brody takes embryonic stem cell opponents to task for pretending that they have a clearer scientific vision than research advocates following the recent discovery that adult skin cells can be genetically reprogrammed to act like stem cells. http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=9d0f215c90f232e5
Guidelines for expecting mothers to increase the odds of a healthy baby, Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 5, 2007. In their Keeping Kids Healthy column, UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly offer tips for expectant parents to help ensure the best possible birth outcome.
http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=bce6e08ba76975a6
University of Rochester names otolaryngology chair, Media Newswire, Dec. 5, 2007.
A national search has led to the appointment of Dr. Shawn D. Newlands as chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, effective Jan. 1. Newlands has been chairman of UTMB’s Department of Otolaryngology since 2003.
http://media-newswire.com/release_1058384.html
League City clinic moves to new location, Houston Chronicle Bay Area, Dec. 6, 2007.
UTMB’s League City Pediatric Associates and Family HealthCare clinic has moved. Also, epidemiologist Dr. David J.P. Barker was the keynote speaker at the recent “Babies at Risk” conference, UTMB’s nursing grads led the state with a passing rate of 98 percent on the national licensing examination and the staff of Women’s and Infant’s Services is collecting gifts for New Year babies born at UTMB.
(Web link not available.)
Over the counter but no longer under the radar — pediatric cough and cold medications, New England Journal of Medicine, Dec. 6, 2007. This Perspectives article focuses on recent scrutiny of over-the-counter cough and cold products for children. The article refers to testimony presented by Dr. Wayne Snodgrass to a joint meeting of the FDA’s Pediatric Committee and the Nonprescription Drug Advisory Committee in October. Snodgrass is a professor of pediatrics in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at UTMB and chairman of the Committee on Drugs for the American Academy of Pediatrics.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/357/23/2321
New findings from University of Texas, Division of Cardiology describe advances in enzyme research, Calibre MacroWorld, Dec. 6, 2007. According to recent research published in the journal Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy, “Atorvastatin protects against ischemia-reperfusion by upregulating Akt and subsequently, endothelial nitric oxide synthase phosphorylation at Ser-1177. However, when given orally, high doses of ATV (10 mg/kg/d) are needed to achieve maximal protective effect in the rat.” Dr. Saraswathy Manickavasagam and colleagues at UTMB conducted the research.
http://calibre.mworld.com/m/m.w?lp=GetStory&id=283799811
Researchers from University of Texas describe findings in pancreatitis therapy
Calibre MacroWorld, Dec. 6, 2007. Treatment of inflamed pancreas with enkephalin encoding HSV-1 recombinant vector reduces inflammatory damage and behavioral sequelae, are discussed in a new report. Dr. Ying Lu, of UTMB’s Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, is the principal author. The research was published in Molecular Therapy.
http://calibre.mworld.com/m/m.w?lp=GetStory&id=283742641
Study of African traditional medicine will begin world-first clinical trial, Science Daily, Dec. 7, 2007. Researchers from UTMB are among a number of scientists who will take part in the International Center for Indigenous Phytotherapy Studies, a collaborative research effort between the University of Missouri-Columbia and the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. UTMB researchers will focus on artemisia afra, which is widely used to treat respiratory infections. There is evidence suggesting that A. afra might be useful in treating tuberculosis.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071206155530.htm
WWII pilot's gentle spirit beat bigotry, Houston Chronicle, Dec. 9, 2007. After a stint as a fighter pilot, Hermann A. Barnett III returned home to become the first black graduate from a Texas medical school, overcoming Jim Crow laws and hardened racial prejudice. Barnett endured slights and indignities, including a beating by a Galveston County sheriff's deputy, to graduate from the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1953. He went on to become the first black president of the Houston school board and the first black member of the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/5363214.html
San Luis salute proceeds presented to UTMB, Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 10, 2007.
Drs. David Callender, Steve Viegas, Garland Anderson and Ron Lindsey accepted a $100,000 check for the first Paige and Tilman Fertitta Professorship benefiting the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation at UTMB.
(No link available.)
A bright spot at center of an imploding health system, Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 11, 2007. The nation’s 1,100 community health centers are working well at providing care to 16 million people and saving upwards of $17 billion annually by taking care of patients in a low-cost environment, writes Dr. Howard Brody in his Medicine and Health column.
http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=c37b03d5e531fe0a
Doctors: Drug rep may be behind smear, State Journal-Register (Springfield, Ill.), Dec. 11, 2007.
Two Springfield doctors and their wives have asked local representatives of pharmaceutical companies if they know who mailed anonymous letters that accuse the couples of being heavy drinkers and engaging in professional and personal misconduct. The article quotes Dr. Howard Brody, director of UTMB’s Institute for the Medical Humanities, who suggested that doctors not accept free meals or free medicine samples all of which usually come with sales pitches. http://www.sj-r.com/News/stories/21635.asp
Sure that ornament looks pretty, but it’s also a potential hazard for children, Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 12, 2007. It’s the time of year when things twinkle, light up and jingle. And with everything done at the last minute, it’s easy for safety to take a back seat, write UTMB Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly in their Keeping Kids Healthy column.
http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=8a6badeb9b6ef077
New cancer treatment now being offered, Houston Chronicle Bay Area, Dec. 13, 2007.
A specialized form of concentrated radiation therapy using high-energy photon beams to destroy tumor cells is a new option for patients at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. In addition, a fundraiser is planned for Dec. 20 in Webster to benefit the pediatric palliative care Butterfly Room in Children’s Hospital and more than 30 UTMB doctors were named as Texas Super Doctors by Texas Monthly.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/bay/news/5370402.html
Lummis, a physician, heir to Hughes fortune, Houston Chronicle, Dec. 14, 2007
Frederick Rice Lummis Jr., one of more than a dozen court-designated heirs to the estate of the deceased reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, died Thursday at Houston's Methodist Hospital after a lengthy illness including a recent bout with pneumonia. He was 76. Lummis graduated from UTMB in 1956.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/deaths/5380589.html
Pastors share favorite Christmas memories. Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 15, 2007.
In his Our Faith column, Rick Cousins asked a number of local clergy to send memories of their best Christmas ever. According to the Rev. John Bok of Galveston’s St. Patrick Catholic Church, “I arrived at St. Patrick in July 2000. Several months later, on Christmas Eve, a female medical student from UTMB presented me with a large stuffed bear that she had purchased. She wanted it to be given to a child in need from a poor family, but she was leaving immediately for her home in Houston. So she thought that I could easily carry out the job for her,” he explained. But Bok, too new to Galveston to know any needy children, was stymied.”
http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=466a29592f25bf13
Focus on Galveston for biotech growth, Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 16, 2007. Economic development officials from all across Texas courted Chris and Cathy Fredrickson as they prepared to open their biotechnology company eight years ago. They could have set up shop in Houston, Dallas or College Station, but the couple chose Galveston, in large part for its proximity to the University of Texas Medical Branch. The medical school’s research appeal will get a boost in about six months when the $167 million, federally funded National Biocontainment Laboratory opens, attracting scientists from all across the world to the island.
http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=31a2189a4f7b434b92d54983679d877d
Nano pioneer Ferrari test-launching multi-stage drug delivery system, Nanotechnology Now, Dec. 17, 2007. The National Cancer Institute awarded nanomedicine pioneer Mauro Ferrari $1,629,045 for a four-year-project titled “Nanovectors for molecular characterization and destruction of human breast tumors and their vasculature.” Principal investigator Ferrari, an adjunct professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at UTMB, will be working with UTMB Professor David G. Gorenstein on this project.
http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=27008
Sow wrong seeds and catch a cold, doc, Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 18, 2007.
Re-educating parents about cough-cold medications for children will take time, writes UTMB’s Dr. Howard Brody in his Medicine and Health column. A survey done in December showed that parents still think that over-the-counter medications are safe and helpful despite findings by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the American Academy of Pediatrics that they are not effective in children younger than 6.
http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=7b4a61cf6b2e1626
UTMB treating Beaumont firefighters, KFDM-TV (CBS) Beaumont, Dec. 18, 2007. A Beaumont firefighter is receiving skin graft surgery at UTMB’s Truman G. Blocker Burn Unit for burns he received in a house fire Monday. This report quotes burns surgeon Art Sanford on the nature of the firefighter's injuries and expected recovery. (To view the video, go to the link below and click on local videos, “UTMB Treating Beaumont Firefighters.”)
http://www.kfdm.com/
UTMB announces partnership to focus on improving chronic care in a correctional setting,
Euroinvestor, Dec. 18, 2007. UTMB Correctional Managed Care and Medical Development International of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., have formed a partnership to improve the management of chronic disease among offenders. The article quotes Dr. Owen Murray, assistant vice president and medical director of CMC.
http://www.euroinvestor.co.uk/news/shownewsstory.aspx?storyid=9681889
Help generous doctors give gift of vision, Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 19, 2007.
Joanie Wentz, regional executive director of Prevent Blindness of Texas, praises local ophthalmologists, including Drs. Allan Fradkin, Da-Thuy Van, Bernard Milstein and UTMB residents, for donating their time to provide free eye exams to 100 local residents waiting for vision care. http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=001a8f4b0ca232fd
Keep your family warm, safe this winter, Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 19, 2007.
In their Keeping Kids Healthy column, Drs. Sally Robinson and Keith Bly offer advice on how to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning in homes and vehicles. http://news.galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=47e3f9023544a29c4d3711d0efffadda
Pharmaceutical patents, PharmCast.com, Dec. 19, 2007. Two UTMB researchers, Drs. Darrell H. Carney, Jinping Yang are among the inventors of a recently patented method of stimulating bone growth at a site in a subject in need of osteoinduction. http://www.pharmcast.com/Patents200/Yr2007/Dec2007/120407/7304035_Bone120407.htm
President of Blue Cross and Blue Shield dies, Tulsa World, Dec. 19, 2007. Dr. Rodney Huey, president of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma, died Tuesday. He was 57. Huey, a UTMB graduate, became president of the insurance company Nov. 1 after having been its chief medical officer for the last 15 years.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=071219_1_A19_spanc64454
Defense health IT will not repair outside-care disconnect, Government Health IT, Dec. 19, 2007.
The proposed interoperability of Defense Department and Veterans Affairs Department electronic medical records will not solve one important challenge facing the military health care system: integrating purchased care — provided outside the military health system — and direct care. “There will be difficulties in integrating purchased care and direct care so long as much of the outside purchased care is not using electronic medical records,” said Dr. David Walker, chairman of pathology at UTMB and a member of the Defense Health Board.
http://www.govhealthit.com/online/news/350151-1.html
Investigators at University of Texas, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology target pediatric EERD
Calibre Macroworld, Dec. 20, 2007. Investigators publish new data in the report “Monitoring of gastric acid suppression in patients with extraesophageal reflux disease.” The study, by Dr. Seckin Ulualp, UTMB Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, appeared in the International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology.
http://calibre.mworld.com/m/m.w?lp=GetStory&id=286140941
New prostate cancer therapy study results from University of Texas described,
Calibre Macroworld, Dec. 20, 2007. Scientists discuss in “PTHrP contributes to the anti-proliferative and integrin alpha6beta4-regulating effects of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3)” new findings in prostate cancer. The study, by Xiaoli Shen, UTMB Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, appeared in the journal Steroids.
http://calibre.mworld.com/m/m.w?lp=GetStory&id=286073271
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