SUMC in the News (10/03/05)

Print media coverage

Sacramento Bee, 10/03/05
Debate begins on stem cell plan (registration required)
A two-day conference on stem cells sponsored by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine was held in San Francisco over the weekend. Paul Berg, the Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill Professor of Cancer Research; Irving Weissman, the Virginia and DK Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation and director of the Institute for Cancer and Stem Cell Biology and Medicine; and Robert Negrin, professor of medicine, are quoted here. Negrin is also quoted in an article prepared by the San Francisco Chronicle.

Los Angeles Times, 10/03/05
Just one rule: Eat (registration required)
This article discusses a new eating-disorder therapy that makes meals about discipline and puts parents in control. Stanford's program and a book written by James Lock, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, are referenced.

CNN.com, 10/03/05
Australians win Nobel in medicine
Two Australians have won the 2005 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for showing that bacterial infection, not stress, is to blame for painful ulcers in the stomach and intestine. Although Stanford isn't referenced, this article may be of interest to readers.

Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.), 10/02/05
Alzheimer's findings add another dimension to debate over Vioxx
This article discusses a pair of studies showing that Alzheimer patients who took Vioxx were more likely to die than patients given placebo pills. Gurkirpal Singh, an adjunct clinical faculty member, is quoted.

Indianapolis Star, 10/02/05
Safer bone marrow transplants tested
Stanford doctors may have made bone marrow transplants safer and more effective in the fight against leukemia and lymphoma. Samuel Strober, professor of medicine and lead author, is quoted in this Associated Press article.

Straits Times (Singapore), 10/02/05
Can some foods ward off cancer? (No online version available)
A growing number of people worried about cancer are turning to special diets for protection. Brad Efron, professor of statistics and of health research and policy, is included in this article.

Science, 09/30/05
Six women among 13 NIH 'Pioneers'
Three Stanford scientists are among a select group of 13 researchers nationwide being recognized for their innovative work by the National Institutes of Health. The three recipients are Thomas Rando, associate professor of neurology and neurological sciences; Pehr Harbury, associate professor of biochemistry; and Karl Deisseroth, assistant professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. Ben Barres, professor of neurobiology, developmental biology and of neurology and neurological sciences, is quoted in this article, which also includes a photo of Harbury.

United Press International, 09/30/05
PDAs prevalent in medicine
This article discusses the increasing use of personal digital assistants in hospitals worldwide. Graham Walker, a third-year medical student, provides comment.

San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal, 09/30/05
Sutter tries robot for heart surgery (registration required)
This article discusses how a doctor from Sutter Memorial Hospital is the first surgeon in Sacramento to use the Da Vinci system, a robotic, non-invasive system, for heart surgery. The story also mentions that Packard and Stanford Hospital & Clinics use the system.

Palo Alto Online, 09/29/05
$18.8 million grant for biomed center
The NIH has awarded Stanford a grant of $18.8 million to develop a National Center for Biomedical Ontology along with several other collaborating institutions. Mark Musen, professor of medicine, and by courtesy, of computer science, is quoted in this article.

Broadcast media coverage

KRQE-TV (Albuquerque, N.M.), 09/30/05
This segment discussed the bone marrow transplant study. Similar stories also aired on WIVB-TV CH 4 (Buffalo, N.Y.), WJTV-TV (Jackson, Miss.), WTEV-TV (Jacksonville, Fla.) and WLKY-TV (Louisville, Ky.).