SUMC in the News (08/29/05)

Print media coverage

Wall Street Journal, 08/29/05
Viagra ingredient may aid children with lung disorder (No online version available)
This article discusses how the pill Revatio may be used as a treatment for pulmonary hypertension, a rare and life-threatening condition. Jeffrey Feinstein, assistant professor of pediatrics, is quoted.

Sacramento Bee, 08/29/05
Editorial: Stem cell property (registration required)
This editorial discusses Prop. 71 and questions who will profit from the state's investment in stem cell research. Stanford is referenced.

Oakland Tribune, 08/29/05
Sticking to old traditions
This article discusses how the East Bay is becoming a hub for alternative medicine. Wallace Sampson, clinical professor of medicine, emeritus, provides comment.

Seattle Times, 08/29/05
A longer, healthier life: Who's game?
This article discusses ways that people can live healthier, happier and longer. James Fries, professor of medicine, discusses his "compression of morbidity" theory.

Daily Bruin (UCLA), 08/29/05
Saving stem cell research
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.

Knoxville News-Sentinel (Knoxville, Tenn.), 08/29/05
Shape up (registration required)
William Haskell, professor of medicine, emeritus, provides comment in this article on calculating metabolic equivalent units (METs) while exercising.

Indianapolis Star, 08/29/05
Multi-tasking doctor leading Riley initiative
Raymond Hintz, professor of pediatrics, emeritus, is part of an expansion initiative for Riley Hospital for Children in Indiana.

Riley plans $500M expansion
This article references that Lucile Packard Children's Hospital was recently named one of the 10 best pediatric hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report..

San Jose Mercury News, 08/28/05
The art of aging (registration required)
Joyce Hanna, associate director of the Health Improvement Program at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, is quoted in this article on aging.

San Francisco Business Times, 08/28/05
Cost of building new hospitals keeps going up (registration required)
Stanford Hospital & Clinics is referenced in this article on the cost of hospital construction on the Peninsula.

New Burn Sun-Journal (New Burn, N.C.), 08/27/05
Bust a gut: Laughter may help with weight loss - no kidding
William Fry, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, emeritus, is referenced in this article on humor therapy. Fry is quoted on the benefits of laughter, including weight loss.

Los Altos Town Crier, 08/26/05
Mind, body, spirit must be exercised to stay fit
SHC and El Camino Hospital are offering classes on mindfulness-based stress reduction.

Broadcast media coverage

WNYW-TV (New York), 08/29/05
This segment discussed a Stanford study that found babies born in the early evening or late at night are much more likely to die in their first four weeks of life than those born during daytime hours. The story also aired on KASA-TV (Albuquerque, N.M.), WXIX-TV (Cincinnati), KMPH-TV (Fresno), WDAF-TV (Kansas City, Mo.), WITI-TV (Milwaukee), KTBC-TV (Austin, Texas) and KSAZ-TV (Phoenix).

WMAZ-TV (Macon, Ga.), 08/28/05
This segment discussed a new Stanford/Packard study that found many pediatric brain cancer survivors suffer social, emotional and physical difficulties.

KTVU-TV, 08/26/05
The work of David Spiegel, the Jack, Lulu and Sam Willson Professor, was referenced during this segment on breast cancer.

KBHK-TV, 08/26/05
Rafael Pelayo, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, discussed the impact of lack of sleep during this segment. The story also aired on KSL-TV (Salt Lake City).