SUMC in the News (12/07/06)

Print media coverage

Courier Mail (Australia), 12/07/06
Research the key to unlocking DNA (No online version available)
This obit reports on the passing of Esther Lederberg, who died on Nov. 11, and played a critical role in developing laboratory techniques that helped a generation of researchers understand how genes function.

San Mateo County Times, 12/07/06
2 sentenced for operating meth lab in East Palo Alto
Two of the six men arrested in May on suspicion of operating a large methamphetamine lab in an outbuilding behind a home in East Palo Alto were sentenced yesterday. The medical equipment was reportedly stolen from Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, which is where one of the six were employed.

USNews.com, 12/06/06
Teens health: Web sites that promote eating disorders
This article discusses a new Stanford/Packard survery that found many teens with eating disorders visit Web sites promoting eating disorders, where they can learn new weight loss and purging methods. Rebecka Peebles, instructor in adolescent medicine and lead author, is quoted in this story

HealthDay, 12/06/06
New research yields clues to brain cancer
This article reports that researchers have identified a protein that may reduce tumor growth by targeting cells that help bring cancer to life. Paul Fisher, associate professor of
neurology and neurological sciences and of pediatrics, provides comment in this article, which also appears in the Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.), Grand Junction Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colo.), Greenville Reflector (Greenville, N.C.), Lufkin News (Lufkin, Texas), Marshall News Messenger (Marshall, Texas), Middleton Journal (Middleton, Ohio), Rocky Mount Telegram (Rocky Mount, N.C.), Springfield News-Sun (Springfield, Ohio) and Waco Tribune-Herald (Waco, Texas).

Wisconsin State Journal, 12/06/06
Morlino gets ally in stem cell expert; Prof's view at odds during forum (No online version available)
This article summarizes a discussion at a recent forum at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The discussion focused on the moral aspects of different methods of obtaining stem cells for scientific research. William Hurlbut, a consulting professor of neurology, is quoted.

Sacramento Business Journal, 12/06/06
$1.5M in med program grants awarded
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger awarded more than $1.5 million in grants through the Song-Brown program, which supports family nurse practitioner and physician assistant training programs. Stanford was among the institutions chosen.

Palo Alto Weekly, 12/06/06
Police propose "social host" law
Palo Alto police are developing a "social host" ordinance that would make it illegal to have alcohol at a party where a certain number of minors are present. The article mentions that David Gregg, a member of the adjunct clinical faculty, was part of a panel discussion.

Shopping-center developer mum about expansion plans
This article discusses a proposed expansion of Stanford Shopping Center and mentions the rebuild project of SHC, which also involves Packard.

Broadcast media coverage

Showbiz Tonight (CNN), 12/05/06
This segment discussed the new Stanford/Packard study on pro-anorexia websites.

KTVU-TV, 12/05/06
A new Stanford study will assess whether a supplement made from pine bark extract can help reduce the blood pressure of people who are at mild to moderate risk for heart disease. Randy Stafford, associate professor of medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center and principal investigator, and Rebecca Drieling, study coordinator, were interviewed during this segment, which also aired on KRXI-TV (Reno).

KNX-AM (Los Angeles), 12/05/06
This segment discussed a pill that may be able to alter painful memories or mental trauma such as post-traumatic stress disorder. David Magnus, director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, was interviewed.

KTVQ-TV ( Billings, Mont.), 12/05/06
David Spiegel, the Jack, Samuel and Lulu Willson Professor in Medicine, was featured in this segment on the importance of social interaction as a cancer treatment.