SUMC in the News (12/05/05)

Print media coverage

Oakland Tribune, 12/05/05
It's easy to take your vitamins when they taste this good
Elizabeth Shepard, clinical associate professor of pediatrics, provides comment in this article on vitamin supplements for children.

San Jose Mercury News, 12/05/05
Doctor's lotion a head scratcher (registration required)
This article discusses a lice treatment study conducted by Dale Pearlman, a member of the adjunct clinical faculty.

The Hindu (India), 12/05/05
Age and alcoholism: A deadly combination (No online version available)
This article discusses the relationship between brain volume and alcohol. The work of Edith Sullivan, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is referenced here.

San Francisco Chronicle, 12/04/05
Hope for AIDS orphans
This article, written by Ruthann Richter, director of media relations in the Office of Communication & Public Affairs, discusses how Bay Area groups are reaching out to AIDS orphans in Africa.

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 12/04/05
Online anorexia
This article mentions a Stanford study that found many teens with eating disorders visit Web sites promoting eating disorders and often adopt dangerous diet practices as a result. The story also appears in the Monessen Valley Independent (Monessen Valley, Pa.).

Seattle Times, 12/04/05
News about health and medicine/ Coffee research
A study analyzed the effects of caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee consumption on cardiovascular risk factors. An Atlanta researcher conducted the research while at Stanford.

San Jose Mercury News, 12/03/05
A refuge in the pool (registration required)
This article tells the story of a 12 year-old Menlo Park boy with mitochondrial myopathy, a degenerative disease that makes his muscles ache and weakens his lungs. Despite his disease, he will be competing in the U.S. Paralympics Open Swimming Championship. Nanci Yuan, clinical assistant professor of pediatrics, is the boy's doctor and is quoted here.

Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, Fla.), 12/03/05
Ray of hope in Alzheimer's drug
This article discusses how the cholesterol drug Zocor may slow the progress of Alzheimer's disease. Alena Penchonkina, with Stanford's Aging Clinical Research Center, is quoted in this article, which also appears in the Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, Minn.).

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), 12/03/05
At the snap of my fingers
David Spiegel, the Jack, Lulu and Sam Wilson Professor, is quoted in this article on the use of hypnosis in medicine.

San Francisco Chronicle, 12/03/05
Hospital workers give strike notice
Employees from Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital plan to strike on Dec. 12 unless their union contract demands are met.

San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal, 12/02/05
Policy shift may cut patient pool for weight loss surgery (registration required)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is proposing to no longer pay for bariatric surgery for those 65 years and older, due to new findings showing elevated risks for this group. John Morton, assistant professor of surgery and director of Stanford's bariatric program, provides comment here.

San Francisco Business Times, 12/02/05
Protein design labs hunts for new HQ (registration required)
This article about a Fremont-based biopharmaceutical company mentions Stanford Hospital's plans to open an outpatient center in Redwood City.