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Rashad to get Apple award at Fisher gala

Phylicia Rashad, Bill Cosby\'s longtime TV wife and Tony Award-winning actress and producer, is the fourth recipient of Wayne State University and the Nederlander Organization\'s Apple Award for career excellence in theater. The award, named after Nederlander family matriarch Sarah Applebaum Nederlander, will be presented at a gala April 26 at the Fisher Theatre; cocktails and dinner will be followed by a performance of \"Hairspray.\" Proceeds go to Wayne State\'s theater department. Previous winners: Playwright Neil Simon, actress Carol Channing and producer Manny Azenberg.

Hormone pills make incontinence worse, not better, study says

Researchers have found yet another problem that hormone pills taken at menopause seem to make worse, not better: incontinence. Estrogen and progestin have long been thought to help prevent or lessen urine leakage in menopausal women. "We were hoping to find a gleam of hope for estrogen" after all the earlier negative findings, but the results with incontinence were disappointing, too, said lead author Dr. Susan Hendrix, a gynecologist at Wayne State. The findings, published in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, come from research on 27,347 women, ages 50 to 79, participating in the Women's Health Initiative study.

Research shows experimental diet pill can keep pounds off

A second study confirms that Acomplia, an experimental diet pill, can help people lose weight and keep it off for up to two years. Dr. Julius Gaardin, a cardiologist at Wayne State, called it and similar ones on the drug \"truly landmark studies in the field of obesity.\" He said \"the safety profile was quite good\" and obesity is such a serious problem that there ought to be higher tolerability of side effects than for drugs for other conditions.

Folk Remedies Common in Black Community

Dr. Lynn C. Smitherman and her colleagues at Wayne State's School of Medicine conducted a study to determine the usage of folk remedies to treat children among urban African Americans. This month\'s issue of Pediatrics reported that there are some folk remedies used such as various herbs, food products or household items recommended for healing purposes. \"The use of folk remedies is not necessarily based on income poverty, but, rather, is a part of childcare that is traditional in the African-American community and has been handed down through the generations,\" Smitherman told Reuters Health.

Wayne State student dies on school outing

A Wayne State University student died while on an outing during a medical relief trip. Taniform Abongwa drowned Sunday, March 6, in Ecuador, according to the university. He was a first-year medical student at Wayne State's School of Medicine. \"I am terribly saddened to report a tragedy involving one of our medical students,\" wrote Maryjean Schenk, interim associate dean for academic and student programs, in a message Tuesday. \"He was a very friendly, caring and compassionate person.\" The student was at a beach near the village of Muisne when the accident happened. Abongwa was one of 12 medical students who arrived in Ecuador March 3 to volunteer at hospitals as part of a spring-break program.

LOCAL COMMENT: Higher Ed

An op-ed piece written by State Rep. John C. Stewart, R-Plymouth who also is chairman of the Higher Education House Appropriations Subcommittee, mentioned the need for the state to increase it support of state colleges and universities as well as K-12. He cited Wayne State as one of the examples of universities contributing to the economic quality of life in the state. \"The vital research being conducted in our state universities, such as the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University, is being implemented in the marketplace. In the last five years, nearly 95 companies, which are engaged in the life sciences, automotive technology and homeland security, were launched as a result of the creation of the Michigan Technological Tri-Corridor, a partnership between universities and private companies and research institutions.\"

Former presidential adviser to talk outsourcing at Wayne State

Catherine L. Mann, senior fellow at the Institute for International Economics, will host a discussion titled \"Outsourcing: Good or Bad,\" on Friday, April 1, at Wayne State's Bernath Auditorium in the David Adamany Undergraduate Library. The event begins at noon. Mann previously served as a senior economist on the President\'s Council of Economic Advisers and an adviser to the chief economist at the World Bank. She also was the assistant director of the International Finance Division at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

HFCC offers history workshop to educators

Professors Charles Hyde and Dora Apel, Michael Smith, director of the Walter Reuther Library of Labor and Urban Affairs and Steve Babson, program specialist at Wayne State's Labor Studies Center, are among the speakers during Henry Ford Community College's five-day National Endowment for the Humanities-sponsored \"Landmarks of History Workshop for School Teachers,\" to be held June 20-24 and June 27-July 1. The workshop will focus on the impact of Henry Ford in American history and the importance of the Ford Rouge plant.

Moot Court Board Hosts Third Law & Economics Competition

The Moot Court Board and the Law & Economics Center hosted the Third Annual Henry G. Manne Moot Court Competition for Law & Economics at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Saturday, Feb. 26. The event gave law students from around the country an opportunity to make legal and economic arguments on the merits of a complex antitrust price fixing problem. We consider ourselves honored to have participated and look forward to doing so in the future,\" said Wayne State University team member, Adam Tountas, regarding the competition.

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