SUMC in the News (09/13/05)

Press release

Stanford details plans for stem cell training grant
Funding to begin training a cadre of scholars in adult and embryonic stem cell research was awarded Friday to the School of Medicine, when the state agency that oversees stem cell research announced its first set of grants.

Print media coverage

USA Today, 9/13/05
Metabolic syndrome guidelines expand
This story about metabolic syndrome, also known as Syndrome X, quotes Gerald Reaven, professor of medicine emeritus, who is known as the father of Syndrome X.

Lubbock Avalanche Journal (Lubbock Texas), 9/13/05
Women lacking time, not money, bank against their biological clock (registration required)
This article, which originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times, discusses how a growing number of women are freezing their eggs to increase their chances of conceiving later. Stanford is referenced.

Lexington Herald (Lexington, Kent.), 9/13/05
Mining waves to treat varicose veins (registration required)
This story, which originally appeared in the San Jose Mercury News, describes a new method of treating varicose veins. Ronald Dalman, professor of vascular surgery, is quoted. The story also appears in the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, Ga.), Macon Telegraph (Macon, Ga.), Myrtle Beach Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S. Car.), Monterey County Herald, Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, Fla.), San Luis Obispo Tribune, Grand Forks Herald (Grand Forks, N.D.), Biloxi Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.), Centre Daily Times (State College, Penn.), Tallahassee Democrat (Tallahassee, Fla.), Duluth News Tribune (Duluth, Minn.), Kansas City Star and Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.).

Contra Costa Times, 9/13/05
How about them METs! We're talking fitness here
William Haskell, professor of medicine, emeritus, provides comment in this Washington Post article on calculating metabolic equivalent units (METs) while exercising.

Hispanic Business magazine, 9/12/05
Top 10 medical schools for Hispanics
Stanford is ranked No. 1 for Hispanic medical students in the publication's annual rankings. Gabe Garcia, associate dean for medical school admissions is quoted..

San Francisco Business Times, 9/12/05
Lucile Packard installs Phase 1 of $55 million IT system
This story about a new information technology system at the children's hospital quotes Jin Hahn, associate professor of neurology and of pediatrics and the hospital's chief medical information officer.

Broadcast media coverage

KOAT-TV (Albuquerque. N.M.) and KPNX-TV (Phoenix), 9/12/05
The stations reported Stanford's No. 1 ranking by Hispanic Business magazine.

WBBH-TV Fort Myers (Fla.), 9/12/05
This report referenced a recent Stanford study indicating that immune cells in the lymph nodes may be the best way to predict whether breast cancer has spread and will be likely to recur.

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