SUMC in the News (09/21/05)
Print media coverage
Hartford Courant (Hartford, Conn.), 09/21/05
Heat treatment that waves away varicose veins
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.
Gold Coast Bulletin (Australia), 09/21/05
Exercising leads to less joint pain in later years (No online version available)
In a recent Stanford study of 866 people, those who got regular exercise
experienced 25 percent less joint and muscle pain as they aged compared to
less-active people. Bonnie Bruce, senior research scientist in the Center for
Clinical Immunology at Stanford and lead author, is quoted. A brief item on the
study also appears in the Hartford Courant (Hartford, Conn.).
Stanford Daily, 09/21/05
Hundreds protest hospital policy
Hundreds of union employees from Stanford University and Stanford Hospital & Clinics demanded better health care and retirement benefits during a Labor Day protest. Sarah Staley, hospital spokesperson, is quoted in this article.
Forbes.com, 09/20/05
Second-generation antidepressants equally effective
This Health Day article discusses a new study that finds widely prescribed
second-generation antidepressants all work equally well. Loran Koran, professor
of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment.
CNN.com, 09/20/05
List of 2005 MacArthur Foundation fellows
Pehr Harbury, associate professor of biochemistry, was named a MacArthur Fellow
Monday. Harbury is one of 25 people who have won five-year, $500,000 grants from
the John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation. An article also appears on Palo
Alto Online.
Broadcast media coverage
WBFF-TV (Baltimore), 09/21/05
This segment discussed the exercise study. The story also aired on WHAM-TV
(Rochester, N.Y.), KING-TV (Seattle) and WFLA-TV (Tampa, Fla.).
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