SUMC in the News (10/23/06)
Print media coverage
Washington Post, 10/23/06
Search for transplant organs becomes a web-free-for all
This article discusses how an increasing number of patients needing transplants
are turning to the web to find potential donors. David Magnus, director of the
Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, is quoted.
San Francisco Chronicle, 10/23/06
How to avoid tainted produce
In light of the recent food poisoning outbreak from E.coli-contaminated spinach,
Spyros Andreopoulos, director emeritus of the Office of Communication & Public Affairs, calls for increased use of food irradiation technology.
Fremont Argus, 10/23/06
Study explores internet addiction study: Many users need to feed web addiction
In a first-of-its-kind, telephone-based study, Stanford researchers found that
more than one out of eight Americans exhibited at least one possible sign of
problematic Internet use. Lead author Elias Aboujaoude, clinical assistant
professor in psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of Stanford's
Impulse Control Disorders Clinic, is quoted in this San Jose Mercury News
article, which also appears in the Bradenton Herald (Bradenton, Fla.).
Aboujaoude is also quoted in HealthDay article and a WebMD.com article, which
appears on FOXNews.com.
Menlo Park Alamanac, 10/23/06
Teen health van marks 10th anniversary
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital's Teen Health Van - a mobile clinic that
provides free, comprehensive primary health care services to homeless and
uninsured adolescents - just celebrated its 10th anniversary. Seth Ammerman,
clinical associate professor of pediatrics, is quoted in this article.
San Jose Mercury News, 10/22/06
Off-label drug marketing: missing the mark
This article discusses how many pharmaceutical companies are being criticized
for promoting drugs for off-label purposes. The work of Randall Stafford,
associate professor of medicine with the Stanford Prevention Research Center, is
referenced here.
Applicants for research grants should be identified
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has received more than 200
proposals for $24 million in grants that will be awarded to 30 recipients in
January. This editorial argues that the institute should publicly disclose the
names of the research grant applicants. Although Stanford isn't referenced, this
piece may be of interest to readers.
Contra Costa Times, 10/22/06
Transplant survivor cherishing gift 21 years later
This Seattle Times article tells the story of a patient who received a rare type
of heart-lung transplant 21 years ago. Bruce Reitz, the Norman E. Shumway
Professor, provides comment here.
San Jose Mercury News, 10/21/06
Stanford student will be directing Nigerian project
This article discusses how a third-year Stanford law student is directing a
project that will build a 200-bed hospital in a Nigerian village. Although the
medical school isn't referenced, this article may be of interest to readers.
Broadcast media coverage
Today Show Weekend Edition (NBC), 10/21/06
This segment discussed the Stanford study on problematic Internet use.
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