SUMC in the News (08/31/06)

Print media coverage

Philadelphia Inquirer, 08/31/06
No stem cell triumph: Embryos were destroyed
David Magnus, director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics (SCBE), is quoted in this article on a new technique of creating a stem cell line without killing embryos. The Stanford Daily also prepared an article, which quotes Christopher Thomas Scott, executive director of the Program on Stem Cells and Society in the SCBE; Hank Greely, with the SCBE, and Michael Clarke, the Karel H. and Avice N. Beekhuis Professor in Cancer Biology.

San Francisco Chronicle, 08/31/06
Healthy doubts
Wallace Sampson, adjunct professor of medicine, emeritus, discusses his views on acupuncture and the popularity of alternative medicine.

San Jose Mercury News, 08/31/06
Griping aside, teen driving limits save lives
This article discusses a new study that found a dramatic drop in fatal and injury crashes involving teens since limits on driving at night or with friends became law eight years ago. Karen Pendley, a nurse at Stanford Hospital & Clinics, is quoted here.

Stanford Daily, 08/31/06
Horowitz eager to expand department
The medical school has tapped Ralph Horwitz, medical school dean at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, to lead its largest department. He will assume the position of chair of the Department of Medicine on December 1. Horwitz is quoted in this article, as well as Harvey Cohen, the Kwoh-Ting Li Professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics; Gary Glazer, the Emma Pfeiffer Merner Professor in the Medical Sciences and chair of the Department of Radiology; Harry Greenberg, the Joseph D. Grant Professor and senior associate dean of research; and Dean Philip Pizzo.

ABCNews.com, 08/30/06
Brain surgery found to help Parkinson's patients
This article discusses the use of deep brain stimulation to control tremors associated with Parkinson's disease. Jaimie Henderson, assistant professor of neurosurgery and director of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, provides comment here.

Forbes.com, 08/30/06
Manatee bones explain evolution of leglessness
In a study of manatee pelvic bones, Stanford scientists have found that the left pelvic bone almost always outweighs the right. The findings suggest that mutations in the same gene may be responsible for the evolution of leglessness in a wide variety of animals. David Kingsley, professor of developmental biology, is quoted in this HealthDay article, which also appears on drkoop.com, Yahoo.com and in the Grand Junction Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colo.), Longview News-Journal (Longview, Texas) and Palm Beach Post (Palm Beach, Fla.).

United Press International, 08/30/06
Ped med: Anti-depressant questions rise
This article discusses the controversy surrounding the use of anti-depressants among adolescents. Randall Stafford, associate professor of medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, provides comment.

Broadcast media coverage

KGO-TV, 08/30/06
The Stanford Blood Center is testing all donated blood for the West Nile Virus following two new human cases of the virus in Santa Clara County. Susan Galel, associate professor of pathology and director of clinical operations at the Stanford Blood Center, was interviewed here, and in segments that aired on KCBS-AM, KPIX-TV, KTVU-TV and KRXI-TV (Reno).

WFLD-TV (Chicago), 08/30/06
Bruce Feldstein, chaplain at Stanford Hospital & Clinics, commented during this piece on the healing power of prayer. The segment also aired on TV stations throughout the country, including ones in Bismarck, Ohio; Calgary (Canada); Chattanooga, Tenn.; San Diego; and Toronto.