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HEALTH SCIENCES REPORT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH Vol. 21, No. 2 Published by the Office of Public Affairs, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, 50 North Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132. Telephone ( 801) 581- 7387. Health Sciences Report is mailed to faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the University of Utah School of Medicine; to the staffs of University Hospitals & Clinics, and Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library; and to the faculties of the colleges of Pharmacy, Nursing and Health. Articles may be reprinted with permission. Editor: Susan Sample Editorial Consultant: Anne Brillinger Contributing Writers: Mary Chachas, Christopher Nelson Photographer: Brad Nelson, Medical Illustration Service This issue o/ Health Sciences Report is printed on recycled paper as part of a major recycling campaign & HEALTH SCIENCES REPORT Headlines. People. 2 9 Features New Skills for New Physicians 10 For the first time in 20 years, the School of Medicine has significantly revised its curriculum. Portrait of the Physician as Musician " Practice" has several meanings for seven School of Medicine faculty members who perform solo and with local bands and orchestras. Changing a Course of History. 14 20 Multiple sclerosis patients are living longer as drug trials, vaccine research and exercise studies alter the disease's natural history. Research in Brief. From the Bookshelf 25 28 Eleven publications by health sciences faculty have been added recently to the shelves of the Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library. Gift of Health 30 Contributions are funding pulmonary medicine and lung transplantation, vascular surgery and infectious diseases at the School of Medicine; research and education at the College of Pharmacy; and women's and reproductive health at the College of Nursing. Opinion 32 The debate on physician- assisted suicide that highlighted the American Medical Association- Medical |
