SUMC in the News (11/16/06)
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KNTV-TV, 11/16/06
A new elective course, "Medicine and horses: A communications model for the doctor-patient relationship," is geared toward making medical students more conscious of how they come across when interacting with others. The segment will during the 11pm broadcast.
Press release
Medical diversity programs face death knell, Stanford officials warn
A federal program that aims to boost the number of minority medical students and
physicians faces its demise unless Congress acts to restore federal funding
later this fall. Without the money, dozens of institutions across the country -
including the Stanford University School of Medicine - could be forced to shut
down their Center of Excellence programs.
Print media coverage
Hamilton Spectator (Canada), 11/16/06
Caught in the web: is it possible to be addicted to the Internet?
This article discusses the problem of Internet addiction. A similar story is in
the Waterloo Record (Canada). Both articles reference Elias Aboujaoude, clinical assistant professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and director of Stanford's Impulse Control Disorders Clinic, as a source.
San Francisco Business Times, 11/15/06
Stanford gets $20M gift for cancer stem cell studies
The medical school is one of six institutes to receive a $20 million gift from
the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Fund to establish a new world-class research
enterprise to study cancer stem cells, which are believed to be at the heart of
most cancers. This story also ran in the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. The Oakland Tribune, Palo Alto Daily News and San Mateo County Times prepared stories which quote Irving Weissman, the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor for Clinical Investigation and director of the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine; Michael Clarke, the Karel H. and Avice N. Beekhuis Professor in Cancer Biology, is also mentioned. Similar stories appear in the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle of Higher Education, Genetic Engineering News and United Press International.
United Press International, 11/15/06
Ped med: Doctors fight vaccine-autism fear
This article discusses how many doctors get frustrated with autism-related
claims that unjustly give vaccines a bad rap. Charles Prober, professor of
pediatrics, microbiology and immunology and associate chair of the Department of
Pediatrics, is quoted.
Reuters Health (U.K.), 11/15/06
BMI and waist size predict pre-diabetic state
This article discusses a new Stanford study that found both body mass index and
waist circumference appear to be useful in predicting cardiovascular risk and
metabolic abnormalities in people who are insulin resistant. Gerald Reaven,
professor of medicine, emeritus and lead author, is quoted.
Broadcast media coverage
KTVU-TV, 11/15/06
This segment discussed how Stanford received a $20 million gift from the Ludwig
Fund. A similar segment also aired on KRXI-TV (Reno).
KNTV-TV, 11/15/06
This segment discussed the possibility of using functional magnetic resonance
imaging (fMRI) to detect lies. Hank Greely, with the Stanford Center for
Biomedical Ethics, was interviewed.
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