SUMC in the News (10/11/05)
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Stanford Q&A: Top Medicare advisor warns of challenges ahead
Alan Garber, the Henry J. Kaiser Jr. Professor, discusses the challenges ahead
for Medicare. Garber is chair of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services'
Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee.
Print media coverage
New York Times, 10/11/05
California maps strategy for its $3 billion stem cell project (registration required)
This article discusses the future plans of the state's stem cell institute.
Robert Negrin, professor of medicine, is quoted. The work of Michael Clarke, a
stem cell researcher coming to Stanford from the University of Michigan, is also
mentioned here.
Embryonic cells, no embryo needed: Hunting for ways out of an impasse (registration required)
This article discusses the controversy over human embryonic stem cells and
possible alternatives to the research. Although SUMC isn't referenced, this
article may be of interest to readers.
San Jose Mercury News, 10/10/05
University under scrutiny (registration required)
The U.S. Department of Labor has resumed its probe into discrimination
allegations at Stanford. The medical school is referenced in this article.
Sacramento Bee, 10/10/05
Experts seek to debunk baby food myths (registration required)
David Bergman, associate professor of pediatrics, provides comment in this
Associated Press article on baby food myths. The story also appears in the Baton
Rouge Advocate (Baton Rouge, La.), Beaver County Times (Beaver County, Pa.),
Bridgewater Courier-News (Bridgewater, N.J.), Chicago Sun-Times, Decatur Daily
Democrat (Decatur, Ind.), Detroit Free Press, Norristown Times Herald
(Norristown, Pa.) and South Bend Tribune (South Bend, Ind.).
Health24.com (South Africa), 10/10/05
DIY diets don't work
Dena Bravata, social science research associate at Stanford's Center for Primary
Care and Outcomes Research, is quoted in this article on do-it-yourself diets.
San Jose Mercury News, 10/09/05
Show of support (registration required)
This article discusses the Bay Area Buddy Walk, which was organized by the
Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Parents Network to raise awareness about the
disease. William Mobley, the John E. Cahill Family Professor and director of the
Stanford Center for Down Syndrome Research and Treatment, provides comment.
Broadcast media coverage
KGO-TV, 10/10/05
David Bergman discussed baby food myths during this segment. The story also
aired on WFLD-TV (Chicago), WLNE-TV (Providence, R.I.) and KGTV-TV (San Diego).
KXTV-TV (Sacramento), 10/10/05
This segment followed up on Camila Gonzalez, the youngest child in the U.S. to
receive a donor's heart while also retaining her original one. She underwent a
procedure called a heterotopic or "piggyback" heart transplant last year at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. The story also aired on KJCT-TV (Grand Junction, Colo.).
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