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VOLUME 19, NUMBER 7
FEBRUARY 25, 1972
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
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THEY CALLED IT A ROOFBREAKING—Everybody/ knows what a
groundbreaking for a new building is, but the Division of Nuclear Medicine staged
sonnething different last week—a roofbreaking. Examining architect's drawings are: Dr.
Richard G. Lester (left), chairman of the Department of Radiology; Dr. William G.
Aniyan (center), vice president for health affairs; and Dr. Jack K. Goodrich, director.
Division of Nuclear Medicine. They are standing in what will become expanded
quarters for the Division of Nuclear Medicine on a rooftop over Howland Ward. The
one-story addition will provide administrative and teaching space and, at the same
time, will make approximately 700 square feet of space available for additional patient
care facilities within the hospital proper. It represents the Medical Center's first
rooftop expansion project, and the estimated completion date is late summer, (photo
by Joe Wray)
Feb. 29 Is Last Day For Car Registration
If you haven't registered your car with
Duke, you'd better get moving.
The Hospital registration point, in the
basement of the Main Entrance Building,
Red Zone, will bo open until 6 p.m.
today. It will re-open Monday and
Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
In order to register, you must bring
with you a valid driver's license and your
car's registration card. If the car is
licensed out-of-state, you must also bring
proof of liability insurance coverage.
When you register, you will be asked
to fill out a traffic questionnaire asking
your opinions on some of the traffic and
parking problems facing the University.
You will receive a new parking decal,
since the current ones expire Feb. 29.
For more information, contact the
Traffic Office at ext. 3348.
National Survey
Outlines Ideas
On Health Care
Most Americans apparently know less
about their health care than they think
they know.
That conclusion was reached on the
basis of a Louis Harris survey conducted
for the national Blue Cross Association.
Based on interviews with 1,609 adults
across the nation, the Harris study
showed that 66 per cent of the people
believe they are well informed about
health care and only 28 per cent feel they
don't get enough information.
But when the same people were asked
specific questions about illness and
disease, a gap appeared between what
they said they knew and what they
actually did know.
For example, 65 per cent said they
could recognize the symptoms of the
most important illnesses. But 30 per cent
of the total could not identify any of the
seven danger signals of cancer; 17 per
cent could identify one of the signs; and
only 13 per cent could identify four or
more.
Similarly, only half of the total could
volunteer more than one symptom of a
heart attack or heart condition; and 27
per cent were unable to identify any such
symptoms.
In the Harris study, people with college
and high school educations; those in the
30 to 49 age group; and whites were
found to be the best informed about
health. Blacks and those under 30 were
found to be the least informed.
Even though most of the persons
questioned said they had enough health
care information, 56 per cent agreed that
more information about medicine and
health care is desirable. Forty-one per
cent felt there was no need for further
information.
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