SUMC in the News (11/29/05)
Print media coverage
Newsweek, 12/05/05
Eggs, lies, stem cells
This article discusses the controversy surrounding a South Korean researcher who
recently announced plans for an international consortium to generate hundreds of
stem cell lines. David Magnus, director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical
Ethics, is quoted.
Washington Post, 11/29/05
Down the hatch, then what? (registration required)
George Triadafilopoulos, clinical professor of medicine, is quoted in this
article on competitive eating.
San Francisco Chronicle, 11/29/05
How we pay for health care/ Keeping the right drugs in seniors' hands
In this editorial, Spyros Andreopoulos, director emeritus of the Office of
Communication & Public Affairs, discusses Medicare's new prescription drug insurance coverage, which starts next month.
Stanford workers join hospital employees to OK strike
University workers voted overwhelmingly Monday night to join hospital employees
from Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in authorizing a strike. Andrea Smith, hospital spokesperson, is quoted in an article on Palo Alto Online.
Monterey County Herald, 11/29/05
Ray of hope in Alzheimer's struggle (registration required)
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.
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.), 11/29/05
Fight against fat/ Hormone shows promise in suppressing urge to eat
Stanford researchers have discovered obestatin, a hormone that suppresses
appetite. Aaron Hsueh, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and lead author of
a recent study on the hormone, is quoted here. Hsueh and Jian V. Zhang, a
postdoctoral fellow in Hsueh's lab, are also quoted in an article prepared by
the Stanford Daily.
Salt Lake City Tribune, 11/29/05
Health findings
A new Stanford study shows that aspirin therapy is being used by fewer than
one-third of the U.S. outpatients who would benefit from it. The study was led
by Jun Ma, research associate at the Stanford Prevention Research Center.
Centre Daily Times (State College, Pa.), 11/28/05
Wave of the future
This article describes a new method of treating varicose veins. Ronald Dalman,
professor of vascular surgery, is quoted.
Concord Monitor (Concord, N.H.), 11/27/05
Hey Moe! Not all Stooges fans are men
This article discusses 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.
Broadcast media coverage
KTVU-TV, 11/28/05
A Greyhound bus driver could be charged with vehicular manslaughter after a
deadly crash over the weekend. William Dement, the Lowell W. and Josephine Q.
Berry Professor and director of the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic, discussed
driver's fatigue and sleep deprivation during this segment.
KRON-TV, 11/28/05
This segment discussed the possible strike at the two hospitals. Similar
segments aired on KNTV-TV, KGO-TV, KTVU-TV, KPFA-FM and KQED-FM.
FOX News Live, 11/25/05
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. A similar segment aired
on KTTV-TV (Los Angeles).
KGO-TV, 11/23/05
This segment discussed a new treatment developed at Stanford for back fractures.
WINK-TV (Fort Myers, Fla.), 11/23/05
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