SUMC in the News (10/31/05)
Print media coverage
Better Homes & Garden, 10/31/05
Exercise: No age limit
This article mentions a Stanford study on the benefits of exercise.
San Francisco Chronicle, 10/31/05
Innovative vaccines will be critical in fighting bird flu
This article discusses the need for effective vaccines to combat the avian flu.
Harry Greenberg, the Joseph D. Grant Professor senior associate dean of
research, is quoted here. Cornelia Dekker, associate professor of medicine and
director of the Stanford vaccine program, provides comment in a similar article
prepared by the San Jose Mercury News.
Grand Forks Herald (Grand Forks, N.D.), 10/31/05
Therapy counters radiation exposure
A Bay Area biotech company is working on a stem cell therapy that could be used
to help victims survive exposure to radiation from an attack or accident. The
article mentions that Janice "Wes" Brown, assistant professor of medicine, pioneered the therapy and is working with the company to develop it. The Knight Ridder story also appears in the Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, Fla.), Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, Ga.), Duluth News Tribune (Duluth, Minn.), Fort Wayne News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Macon Telegraph (Macon, Ga.), Myrtle Beach Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.), San Luis Obispo Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), Tallahassee Democrat (Tallahassee, Fla.) and Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.).
San Francisco Chronicle, 10/30/05
Lethal beauty/ The allure: Beauty and an easy route to death have long made the
Golden Gate Bridge a magnet for suicides
Jose Maldonado, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is
quoted in this article on suicides and the Golden Gate Bridge.
San Jose Mercury News, 10/30/05
Nordstrom pilot program offers dermatology advice to guide consumers through
maze of 'cosmeceuticals' (registration required)
This article discusses the booming business of cosmeceuticals - cosmetic
products claiming to have medicinal or drug-like benefits. Hayes Gladstone,
assistant professor of dermatology, is quoted here.
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.), 10/30/05
A spoonful of funny
This article discusses the benefits of laughter and references a Stanford study
that found laughter stimulates the parts of the brain that use dopamine, a
"feel-good" chemical.
Broadcast media coverage
KGO-TV, 10/28/05
Lynn Westphal, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, discussed
fertility options for cancer patients during this segment.
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