SUMC in the News (11/17/05)

Print media coverage

CBSNews.com, 11/17/05
Study: Depressed youth getting more meds
Stanford researchers have found that, despite clinical guidelines calling for depressed adolescents to be treated with a combination of psychotherapy and medication, antidepressants began supplanting - rather than complementing - the role of mental health counseling between 1995 and 2002. Randall Stafford, associate professor of medicine, and June Ma, research associate at the Stanford Prevention Research Center and lead author, are included in this Associated Press article, which appears in several newspapers across the country, including the Boston Globe, Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, Fla.), Grand Junction Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colo.), Las Vegas Sun, New York Times, Palm Beach Post (Palm Beach, Fla.), Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle Times, Washington Post and Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.). Articles also appear on Forbes.com and the San Mateo Daily Journal.

San Jose Mercury News, 11/17/05
Reality check: Teen drinking is a problem (registration required)
This article discusses the growing problem of teen drinking. Stanford Hospital & Clinics is involved with an event called "Reality Check," a meeting designed for Palo Alto parents to address this issue.

Los Altos Town Crier, 11/17/05
Evolution of a blood bank
This article discusses the Stanford Blood Center's new flagship building. Edgar Engleman, professor of pathology and of medicine and director of the center; Vincent Yalon, blood center manager, and Stephen Galli, the Mary Hewitt Loveless, M.D. Professor, are quoted in this article.

WebMD.com, 11/16/05
Decaf coffee may raise heart risks
This article discusses the coffee study. Articles were also prepared by the Associated Press and the Chicago Tribune.

American Medical News, 11/14/05
New stem cell methods seek to break ethical impasse (subscription required)
In this article, David Magnus expresses his concerns about two recent Nature papers on alternative approaches to embryonic stem cell research. Magnus is the director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics.

Broadcast media coverage

Good Morning America (ABC), 11/17/05
A study analyzed the effects of caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee consumption on cardiovascular risk factors. An Atlanta researcher conducted the research while at Stanford. Similar stories also aired on KING-TV (Seattle), KYW-TV (Philadelphia), WBRC-TV (Birmingham, Ala.) and KPRC-TV (Houston).

Ronn Owens Show (KGO-AM), 11/16/05
This segment mentioned the study on teens and depression. The study was also discussed on WJLA-TV (Washington, D.C.).

WLOS-TV (Greenville, S.C.), 11/15/05
Allan Reiss, the Howard C. Robbins Professor was featured in this segment on a Stanford study that found gender affects the way a person's brain responds to humor. The story also aired on KQTV-TV (St. Joseph, Mo.).

KTVU-TV, 11/15/05
Oncology instructor Heather Wakelee discussed lung cancer during this segment, which also aired on KRXI-TV (Reno).

KQED-FM, 11/14/05
This segment discussed the ethical concerns surrounding an international consortium designed by South Korean stem cell researchers. Several institutions, including Stanford, have opted not to participate.