SUMC in the News (08/25/05)
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Stanford Q&A: The effort to treat substance abuse in Iraq
Keith Humphreys, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is
part of a group that is helping rebuild Iraq's mental health-care system.
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Print media coverage
San Francisco Chronicle, 08/25/05
West best for health benefits
Workers in the West have the highest access to employer-sponsored health care
coverage but are offered retiree benefits at the lowest rate in the nation,
according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Laurence Baker, associate professor
of health research and policy, is quoted in this article.
MSN.com, 08/25/05
21 stay-young secrets
A Stanford study that showed green tea helps boost the quality of skin's elastic
tissue is referenced in this list of tips for staying young.
San Francisco Chronicle, 08/25/05
Dangerous campaign against somatic-cell nuclear transfer
This Open Forum piece discusses federal legislation that would ban certain kinds
of embryonic stem cell research. It was written by Sherry Lansing and Edward
Panhoet, members of the state stem cell institute's oversight committee.
Although Stanford isn't referenced, this may be of interest to readers.
San Diego Union Tribune, 08/24/05
Legislation could imperil state's stem cell efforts
A bipartisan group of politicians - including U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and
Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger - have announced their support of a federal
bill that would ban reproductive human cloning while allowing for embryonic stem
cell research. Paul Berg, the Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill Professor of Cancer
Research, Emeritus, also expressed his support and is quoted in this article. He
is also quoted in an Associated Press article that appears in the San Mateo
County Times and Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, Va.).
Washington Post, 08/23/05
How 'bout them METs? (registration required)
William Haskell, professor of medicine, emeritus, provides comment in this
article on calculating metabolic equivalent units (METs) while exercising.
Broadcast media coverage
Today (NBC), 08/25/05
Bertha Chen, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was featured in
this segment on female incontinence.
KPIX-TV, 08/24/05
The Department of Defense is funding a trial of a new sleeping drug, CX-717.
Rafael Pelayo was interviewed during this segment.
KTVU-TV, 08/24/05
Stanford Hospital & Clinics employees gathered for a rally Wednesday demanding the university do more to keep employees safe in parking lots. A segment about the protest also aired on KGO-TV.
WGCL-TV (Atlanta), 08/24/05
This segment discussed a new Stanford/Packard study that found many pediatric
brain cancer survivors suffer social, emotional and physical difficulties. The
story also aired on WCYB-TV (Bristol, Va.), KWWL-TV (Cedar Rapids, Iowa),
KRCG-TV (Jefferson City, Mo.), KGPE-TV (Fresno, Calif.), WPIX-TV (New York) and
KTVX-TV (Salt Lake City).
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