SUMC in the News (10/10/06)
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With face-lifts, beauty is more than skin deep, Stanford study finds
Gravity and sagging skin aren't the only roadblocks to a perpetually youthful
face. Aging facial bones may be just as guilty of the telltale signs of
advancing years, according to new research from Stanford.
Print media coverage
Detroit News, 10/10/06
Weight-loss plans shrivel under weight of do-it-yourself diets
An increasing number of Americans are making up their own diet plans by trying
to eat less fat and cut calories. The work of Christopher Gardner, assistant
professor of medicine with the Stanford Prevention Research Center, is mentioned
in this article, which also appears in the Eagle Tribune (North Andover, Mass.).
Washington Post, 10/10/06
Report faults FDA on drug safety
Five experts who have advised the FDA on drug safety say that the agency does
not adequately protect the public from unsafe drugs. The group published a
critique yesterday in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Although Stanford isn't
referenced, this article may be of interest to readers.
San Jose Mercury News, 10/10/06
Hutchison: Another birthday? Better than the alternative
Robert Carlson, professor of medicine, provides comment in this piece on breast
cancer treatment.
MensNewsDaily.com, 10/08/06
Some good news
This blog entry discusses the work of recent Nobel Prize winners Andrew Fire,
professor of pathology and of genetics, and Roger Kornberg, the Mrs. George A.
Winzer Professor in Medicine. Both scientists are quoted.
San Francisco Chronicle, 10/08/06
'Hello?' 'You have won...'
This column references recent Nobel Prize winner Roger Kornberg. Kornberg's
picture is also included.
Capital Gazette (Annapolis, Md.), 10/08/06
Small Baltimore research center makes big breakthroughs
Andrew Fire is mentioned in this article on the Carnegie Institution Department
of Embryology.
Broadcast media coverage
WGHP-TV (Greensboro, N.C.), 10/09/06
Wallace Sampson, adjunct professor of medicine, emeritus, was interviewed for
this segment on alternative medicine.
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