SUMC in the News (06/23/05)

Print media coverage

San Jose Mercury News, 06/23/05
Stroke warning signs (registration required)
This brief item lists the warning signs and symptoms for a stroke, and lists Stanford as one of four certified stroke centers in Santa Clara County.

Detroit News, 06/23/05
People on the move/ Awards
Roger Kornberg, the Winzer Professor in Medicine in the Department of Structural Biology, is the recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Prize for his discoveries involving the inner workings of RNA and the role of genes as a cause of cancer.

Palm Beach Post (Palm Beach, Fla.), 06/23/05
'I couldn't even say transplant without crying'
Oscar Salvatierra, professor of surgery and of pediatrics and director of the pediatric transplant program at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital; Minnie Sarwal, associate professor of pediatrics; and Steven Alexander, professor of pediatrics, are quoted in this article about an 8-year old boy who had near-total kidney failure. The boy was the 75th pediatric patient to undergo a steroid-free transplant at Stanford.

Newark Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.), 06/23/05
Parkinson's conference counters Israeli's boycott
Jerusalem's Hebrew University and Al-Qud's Palestinian University will hold a conference on Parkinson's disease next week. The article notes that the conference will feature a speaker from Stanford.

WebMD, 06/22/05
Antibiotics no help for pinkeye?
Kuldev Singh, professor of ophthalmology, provides comment in this article on conjunctivitis, or pinkeye.

San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal, 06/22/05
Stanford studies diet supplement for fertility (registration required)
Lynn Westphal, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, is quoted in this article on Fertility Blend, a nutritional supplement that may help boost fertility in women who have difficulty conceiving.

NorthJersey.com, 06/22/05
Public, private partners in a brave new world
Paul Berg, the Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill Professor of Cancer Research, Emeritus, is quoted in this article on the need to be patient when it comes to the promises of biotechnology.

San Francisco Chronicle, 06/22/05
California's role in global effort to advance stem cell research
In this opinion piece, Ian Wilmut argues that now is the time for California to take the lead in stem cell research. Walmut is a researcher at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and is known for his work cloning Dolly the sheep. Although SUMC is not referenced in this article, it may be of interest to readers.

Broadcast media coverage

KNTV-TV, 06/22/05
Some doctors use trial and error when prescribing medicine to children with serious illness. Steven Alexander provided comment during this segment. The story also aired on KNBC-TV (Los Angeles), WRC-TV (Washington, DC), WCAU-TV (Philadelphia), KXAS-TV (Dallas) and WVIT-TV (Hartford, Conn.).

WSPA-TV (Greenville, S.C.), 06/22/05
WSPA-TV (Greenville, S.C.), 06/22/05A Packard study is testing a computer program designed to keep cystic fibrosis patients healthier.The software helps patients monitor symptoms, set exercise goals, keep track of their growth, and create a nutrition diary. The segment also aired on WHOI-TV (Bloomington, Ill.).

KXII-TV (Sherman, Okla.), 06/21/05
This segment referenced a Stanford study showing that women who took the Fertility Blend supplement were three times more likely to get pregnant than women who didn't.