SUMC in the News (10/11/06)
Press release
Tech tonics: Stanford medicine explores the world of medical devices
The fall issue of Stanford Medicine, the medical school's magazine, contains a
special report on medical devices. The magazine is available online at http://stanmed.stanford.edu/.
Print media coverage
Seattle Post Intelligencer, 10/11/06
Lingering over some good news
This opinion piece discusses the work of recent Nobel Prize winner Roger
Kornberg, the Mrs. George A. Winzer Professor in Medicine. It also references
Andrew Fire, professor of pathology and of genetics, who last week won the Nobel
Prize in Medicine; and quotes Kornberg's father, Arthur, the Emma Pfeiffer
Merner Professor of Biochemistry, Emeritus. Roger Kornberg's work is also
featured in a Manila Times (Philippines) article.
Boston Herald, 10/11/06
UMass gets word out: Nobel winner star of ad campaign
The University of Massachusetts is attempting to capitalize on its new Nobel
Prize winner by launching a media campaign touting the prestigious award and the
school's growing research initiatives. Craig Mello shared the Nobel Prize in
Medicine with Andrew Fire, who is also referenced in articles in the Fairfax
County Times (Fairfax, Va.) and Fauquier Times-Democrat (Fauquier, Va.).
San Jose Mercury News, 10/11/06
Oh, baby! Fancy new eats for the highchair set
Elizabeth Shepard, clinical associate professor of pediatrics with Lucile
Packard Children's Hospital, is quoted in this article on upscale baby food.
Stanford out to raise record-busting dollars
University officials have unveiled a fundraising drive to generate $4.3 billion
over the next five years. Although the medical school isn't referenced, this
article may be of interest to readers.
HealthDay, 10/11/06
Health tip: if your child is vomiting
Packard experts provide tips here on what should be done if a child is vomiting.
Stanford Daily, 10/11/06
Compulsive buying not just for women
A Stanford study has found that nearly as many men as women experience
compulsive buying disorder, a condition marked by binge buying and subsequent
financial hardship. Lead author Lorrin Koran, emeritus professor of psychiatry
and behavioral sciences, is quoted here.
New man in the Haas
Gabriel Garcia, professor of medicine and associate dean for medical school
admissions, recently assumed the position of faculty director of the Haas Center
for Public Service.
Yale Daily News, 10/11/06
Stem cells at Yale
This article discuses the work of Haifan Lin, director of the Yale medical
school's new stem cell program. Stanford is referenced.
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.), 10/10/06
The heart tires but the beat goes on
Euan Ashley, assistant professor of cardiology, and his colleagues have found
that contrary to generally held beliefs, the heart does tire with exercise.
Their findings were based on a study of athletes in the ultra-endurance
Adrenalin Rush race in the Scottish Highlands.
TheScientist.com, 10/10/06
WARF stem cell patents challenged
At the request of a coalition of non-profit groups, the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office is reexamining patents covering primate embryonic stem cells,
as well as stem-cell culturing techniques, held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research
Foundation. Many scientists believe that a narrowing or invalidation of the
patents could speed up research. Although Stanford isn't referenced, this
article may be of interest to readers.
Broadcast media coverage
CBC (Canada), 10/10/06
This segment discussed the Stanford study on compulsive buying.
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