SUMC in the News (12/01/05)
Print media coverage
Wall Street Journal, 12/01/05
The most expensive drugs (No online version available)
BThis article discusses charities that are funded by pharmaceutical companies and
designed to help patients with their high insurance premiums and co-payments.
The drug-company money keeps patients insured - and keeps insurers paying for
high-priced medicine. Alan Garber, the Henry J. Kaiser Jr. Professor, provides
comment.
Contra Costa Times, 12/01/05
Judge won't dismiss suits against stem cell institute (registration required)
A judge has denied a motion to dismiss two lawsuits challenging the legality of
California's year-old $3 billion stem-cell institute. This article mentions the
departure of two renowned geneticists. The two chose Singapore - where they say
they will face fewer restrictions on stem cell research - over Stanford. The
story also appears in the Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, Fla.), Miami Herald and
the St. Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.).
Myrtle Beach Sun-News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.), 12/01/05
Scientists find hunger-controlling hormone (registration required)
Stanford researchers have discovered obestatin, a hormone that suppresses
appetite. Aaron Hsueh, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and lead author of
a recent study on the hormone, is quoted here.
The People-Sentinel (Barnwell, S.C.), 11/30/05
Useless test says women's sense of humor more acute than men's humor
This opinion piece discusses a new Stanford study that found gender affects the
way a person's brain responds to humor. The study was led by Allan Reiss, the
Howard C. Robbins Professor, who is referenced here.
Broadcast media coverage
WTVF-TV (Nashville, Tenn.), 11/30/05
Stanford surgeons have developed a safe and efficient way to use a surgical
robot to perform gastric bypass operations. Myriam Curet, associate professor of
surgery, was featured in this segment.
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