SUMC in the News (09/02/05)

Print media coverage

Wall Street Journal, 09/02/05
Mental-health workers prepare to counsel hurricane refugees (No online version available)
This article discusses efforts to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. Eric A. Weiss, assistant professor of surgery (emergency medicine), comments on hurricane-related health concerns in this article and in a San Francisco Chronicle piece. A HealthDay article quoting Weiss appears on Forbes.com; he is also featured in an Associated Press article that appears on ABCNews.com and MSN.com and on the websites of numerous newspapers, including Baltimore Sun, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Newsday (New York), Philadelphia Inquirer, Seattle Times, USA Today and Washington Post.

San Francisco Chronicle, 09/02/05
More than medicine/Lucile Packard's H.E.A.L. program helps children re-enter school after recovering from serious illness
A new program at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital has begun smoothing the rocky transitions many students with serious illnesses face when going from hospital back to school. The H.E.A.L. program is the only program of its kind in Northern California and one of only a handful of programs in the country that specialize in hospital-to-school reintegration. Jeanne Kane, program coordinator, is quoted in this lengthy article

Newark Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.), 09/02/05
Vitamin-painkiller mix fights prostate cancer in lab
Stanford researchers have found that the growth of prostate cancer cells can be halted by combining a form of vitamin D, available only by prescription, with low doses of an over-the-counter painkiller. David Feldman, professor of medicine, is quoted in this Reuters article, which also appears on MSNBC.com. A HealthDay article on the study also appears on Forbes.com.

Atlanta Daily World, 09/02/05
Doxycycline now 'the drug of choice' against anthrax
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have declared doxycycline as "the drug of choice'' for protection against infection after exposure to anthrax. Lucy Shapiro, the Virginia and D. K. Ludwig Professor, provides comment in this article. The piece appears in numerous other newspapers, including the Clarksdale Press Register (Clarksdale, Miss.), Decatur Daily Democrat (Decatur, Iowa) and Senatobia Democrat (Senatobia, Miss.).

Women's eNews, 09/02/05
As C-section rate grows, so does resistance
Deirdre Lyell, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, is quoted in this article on C-sections.

Wisconsin State Journal, 09/01/05
Studies show: you snooze, you win
Stanford researchers have found that sleep loss leads to higher levels of a hormone that triggers appetite, lower levels of a hormone that tells your body it's full and an increased body mass index. This article references the study.

Broadcast media coverage

WLS-TV (Chicago), 09/02/05
The Stanford study on prostate cancer and vitamin D was discussed during a segment. Similar segments aired on TV stations in Austin, Texas; Baltimore; Boston; Dallas; Denver; Kansas City, Mo.; Nashville, Tenn.; Portland, Ore.; Rochester, N.Y.; Salt Lake City; and Tampa, Fl.

KPIX-TV, 09/01/05
During this segment, Eric A. Weiss discussed the health crisis facing hurricane victims.