SUMC in the News (12/14/05)

Print media coverage

Palo Alto Weekly, 12/14/05
The gift of sleep
This article discusses ways to prevent sleep deprivation during the holidays. Clete Kushida, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of the Stanford Center for Human Sleep Research, is quoted here.

Bay of Plenty Times (New Zealand), 12/14/05
No time to lag (No online version available)
Clete Kushida provides comment in this article on jet lag.

FoxNews.com, 12/13/05
Brain can be trained to reduce pain
Stanford researchers have found that chronic pain sufferers may be able to reduce pain levels by viewing their own live brain images. Sean Mackey, assistant professor of anesthesia, is quoted in this article. Mackey is also quoted in the Hindustan Times (India) and the Telegraph (U.K.).

Wall Street Journal, 12/13/05
at you should know before starting IVF (No online version available)
This article discusses the debate over the value of testing women for endometriosis before starting in-vitro fertilization. The work of Camran Nezhat, an adjunct faculty member at Stanford, is referenced here.

Washington Post, 12/13/05
Human brain cells are grown in mice (registration required)
Hank Greely, with the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, is quoted in this article on new research involving chimeras. Yesterday’s SUMC in the News included this article ­ but did not mention Greely.

Broadcast media coverage

KCBS-AM, 12/13/05
Sean Mackey discussed the pain study during this segment. Similar segments aired on KING-TV (Seattle), WPIX-TV (New York), WCNC-TV (Charlotte, N.C.), KPRC-TV (Houston), KXAS-TV (Dallas) and WNJU-TV (New York).

KNTV-TV, 12/13/05
This segment discussed how a cooling catheter saved the life of a Stanford law student who suffered a heart attack. Christine Wijman, assistant professor of neurology and neurological sciences and, by courtesy, of neurosurgery, was featured in this segment.

KGO-AM, 12/13/05
Sarah Staley, hospital spokesperson, was interviewed during this segment on Monday's strike at the two hospitals. Similar segments aired on KRON-TV, KTVU-TV, KPIX-TV and KQED-FM.

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