SUMC in the News 02/24/06
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Learning to love bacteria: Stanford scientist highlights bugs' benefits
In an essay in the February issue of the journal Cell, Stanley Falkow is raising
the intriguing idea that persistent bacterial and viral infections have benefits.
Falkow is the Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill Professor in Cancer Research.
Watch for it
60 Minutes (CBS), 02/26/06
Correspondent Ed Bradley will report on the state of stem cell research
during the show, which airs on Sunday at 7 PM. Several Stanford researchers
were interviewed for the piece.
Print media coverage
Wall Street Journal, 02/24/06
Tricky FDA debate: should a risky drug be approved again? (no electronic
version available)
Annette Langer-Gould, a clinical instructor in neurology and neurological sciences,
is quoted in this article on Tysabri, an experimental multiple sclerosis drug.
Health24 (South Africa), 02/24/06
Time crucial against anthrax
After completing the most comprehensive review of anthrax cases ever conducted,
researchers at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System and Stanford
have found that the most effective anthrax treatment is rapid diagnosis and
initiation of antibiotic treatment within the first few days of symptoms. Jon-Erik
Holty, a fellow in pulmonary and critical-care medicine, is quoted here. A
similar article appears in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Sacramento Bee, 02/23/06
For
doctors, the debate goes beyond executions (registration required)
his article discusses the debate over physicians overseeing executions. David
Magnus, associate professor of pediatrics and director of the Stanford Center
for Biomedical Ethics, provides comment.
DailyIndia.com, 02/23/06
Medicine and hypnosis.
Hypnotherapy – healing emotionally and physically
from the inside out
David Spiegel, the Jack, Samuel and Lulu Willson Professor in Medicine, is quoted
in this article on hypnosis.
Broadcast media coverage
Today (NBC), 02/23/06
A large government study has found that two widely used nutritional supplements
are of little help to most people with arthritis. Paul Utz, assistant professor
of medicine, provided comment during this study. Similar segments were shown
on MSNBC, WETM-TV (Elmira, N.Y.), KECI-TV (Missoula, Mont.), WFLA-TV (Tampa,
Fla.) and WECT-TV (Wilmington, N.C.).
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