SUMC in the News (12/19/06)
Print media coverage
Washington Post, 12/19/06
Too thin for health
This brief article discusses a new Stanford/Packard survey 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.
ABCNews.com, 12/19/06
Happy emotions boost creativity
This article discusses a new study that found a happy mood may improve creative
thinking, but may also lead to distraction. David Spiegel, the Jack, Lulu and
Sam Willson Professor in Medicine, provides comment in this story, which also
appears in the Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio), Biloxi Sun Herald (Biloxi,
Miss.), Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, Fla.), Charlotte Observer (Charlotte,
N.C.), Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (Columbus, Ga.), Contra Costa Times, Lexington
Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ky.), Miami Herald, Philly.com, Salt Lake City Deseret
News and the San Jose Mercury News.
San Diego Union-Tribune, 12/19/06
Held up by lawsuits over Prop. 71, $3 billion state institute gets going with
philanthropic loans
This article discusses funding for stem cell research. Though funding for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has been tied up in court, philanthropists have loaned money to let the institute begin doling out grants. Many research institutes and universities have received private donations, including Stanford, which received a $20 million gift from the New York-based Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Fund.
Indianapolis Star, 12/19/06
Coping with pain
This article discusses how many people cope with pain. A Stanford study on
chronic pain is mentioned.
Forbes.com, 12/18/06
9/11 study offers insight into how memories are formed
This HealthDay article discusses a brain scan study of people in Manhattan on
9/11 that shows the closer people were to ground zero, the more intense their
memories of that day. The study suggests this is due to the amygdala, a brain
area focused on fear and memory, kicking into high gear during the catastrophe.
David Spiegel provides comment in this story, which also appears in the
Washington Post.
Broadcast media coverage
KTUU-TV (Anchorage, Alaska), 12/18/06
David Rosenthal, associate professor of pediatrics and director of the pediatric
heart failure program at Packard, was featured in this segment about an
8-year-old boy with hypoplastic left heart syndrome - meaning he only has half a
heart. He is awaiting a heart transplant at Packard.
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