SUMC in the News (12/19/05)

Print media coverage

San Jose Mercury News, 12/19/05
Redwood City residents oppose hospital expansion (registration required)
This article discusses some residents' concerns regarding Stanford Hospital's plans to open an outpatient center in Redwood City. Larry Carr, director of government relations at the hospital, is quoted. The Redwood City plans are also mentioned in the San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Mateo Daily Journal.

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Monterey County Herald, 12/19/05
It's all in your mind
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, and Fumiko Maeda, research associate with psychiatry and behavioral sciences and co-author of the study, are quoted in this article. Mackey is also quoted in the Indianapolis Star and Sunday Times (Australia).

New York Times, 12/18/05
Ties to industry cloud a clinic's mission (registration required)
This article discusses a conflict of interest issue surrounding a doctor at the Cleveland Clinic. Mildred Cho, associate professor of pediatrics and associate director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, provides comment here. The story also appears in the Boston Globe, Hendersonville Times News (Hendersonville, N.C.), Lakeland Ledger (Lakeland, Fla.), Ocala Star-Banner (Ocala, Fla.), Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, S.C.), Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) and Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.).

A cloning scandal rocks a pillar of science publishing (registration required)
Most of the human embryonic stem cell line reportedly created by South Korean researchers this year were fake, according to reports. This article discusses how the scandal has affected Science magazine. Former Stanford University President Donald Kennedy provides comment here and in another New York Timespiece. Kennedy is editor-in-chief of Science magazine.

San Jose Mercury News, 12/18/05
South Korean research scandal reflects ethical breakdown (registration required)
This opinion piece, co-written by David Magnus, director of the SCBE, discusses the stem cell controversy in South Korea.

St. Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.), 12/18/05
Nature, not nurture
This article mentions 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 quoted here. The study also appears in an article prepared by the Vancouver Sun (Canada).

New Scientist, 12/17/05
Human stem cells go native in mouse brains
Irving Weissman, the Virginia and DK Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation, is quoted in this article on new research involving chimeras. Theo Palmer, assistant professor of neurosurgery, is also quoted in an article that appears in the Atlanta Daily World.

San Jose Mercury News, 12/17/05
UA grads hear about advances in genetics (registration required)
Rick Myers, the Stanford W. Ascherman, M.D., F.A.C.S. Professor in Genetics and director of the Human Genome Center, delivered the commencement address at the University of Alabama on Saturday. Myers is a UA alumnus. This Associated Press article also appears in the Birmingham News (Birmingham, Ala.), Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, Ga.), Gadsden Times (Gadsden, Ala.) and Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).

Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette (Fort Wayne, Ind.), 12/17/05
Eating fast
George Triadafilopoulos, clinical professor of medicine, is quoted in this article on competitive eating.

San Francisco Business Times, 12/17/05
Two studies: Different results, different corporate sponsors (registration required)
A column about corporate funding of research references two Stanford studies about the use of aspirin and statins to prevent heart disease.

Broadcast media coverage

KRON-TV, 12/19/05
This segment discussed Stanford Hospital's expansion plans.

C-SPAN, 12/18/05
The work of William Mobley, the John E. Cahill Family Professor and director of the Neurosciences Institute at Stanford, was mentioned during this segment.

KXTV-TV (Sacramento), 12/18/05
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.

CBS Evening News, 12/17/05
Irving Weissman discussed stem cell research during this segment.