SUMC in the News (08/31/05)
Print media coverage
Indianapolis Star, 08/30/05
Guidant product safety panel includes former FDA official
Sharon Hunt, professor of medicine, is part of a panel that will help find ways
to improve warnings to doctors and patients about risks from using Guidant Corp.
products. Guidant recalled 109,000 defibrillators in June.
Lawrence Journal-World (Lawrence, Kan.), 08/30/05
Stick figures or sick figures
This article discusses how many teens with eating disorders visit Web sites
promoting eating disorders - and often adopt dangerous diet practices as a
result. Rebecka Peebles, instructor in adolescent medicine, is quoted. The story
also references medical student Jenny Wilson, who co-wrote a report with
Peebles.
Telegraph (U.K.), 08/30/05
Look into my eyes, you won't feel a thing
David Spiegel, the Jack, Lulu and Sam Willson Professor, is quoted in this
article about a Stanford/Packard study that showed advanced relaxation
techniques can help kids endure a grueling medical procedure.
newKerala.com (India), 08/30/05
PSA in young adulthood may predict prostate cancer
This Reuters article discusses a new Stanford study that found levels of
prostate specific antigen (PSA) in young men may predict their likelihood of
developing prostate cancer later in life. Alice S. Whittemore, professor of
health research and policy, is quoted..
Broadcast media coverage
WBZ-AM (Boston), 08/30/05
Rebecka Peebles discussed web sites promoting eating disorders during this
segment. The story also aired on WJR-AM (Detroit).
KING-TV (Seattle), 08/30/05
This segment discussed the Stanford study that found that the PSA test for
prostate cancer may have some benefit for much younger men.
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