SUMC in the News (10/24/06)
Print media coverage
Wall Street Journal, 10/24/06
Excessive Internet use has features in common with some addictions (No online version available)
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 featured in this Q&A.
New York Times, 10/24/06
Man unable to remember is reunited with fiancée
David Spiegel provides comment in this article on a Washington man suffering from a rare psychiatric disorder. Spiegel is the Jack, Samuel and Lulu Willson Professor in Medicine.
San Jose Mercury News, 10/24/06
Doctors' arguments bolster Prop. 85
This letter to the editor comments on a recent opinion piece written by Harvey Cohen, the Arline and Pete Harman Professor for the Chair of the Department of Pediatrics and chief-of-staff at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, and Jonathan Berek, professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In the piece, the two physicians spoke out against Proposition 85, a Nov. ballot initiative that would require a physician to notify the parent or legal guardian of a pregnant girl before performing an abortion.
East Bay Daily News, 10/24/06
Lawyers administer aid to poor
A group of East Bay lawyers is hoping to make permanent a pilot program with doctors to offer patients free legal help. This article mentions that Packard has had such a program.
ABCNews.com, 10/23/06
Possible new cure for tennis elbow
A simple therapy involving blood platelets could offer a new cure for chronic cases of elbow tendinitis - or "tennis elbow" - according to new research. Lead author Allan Mishra, a member of the adjunct clinical faculty, is quoted in a Reuters Health article; United Press International also covered the story.
United Press International, 10/23/06
Preventing osteoporosis begins early
According to Laura Bachrach, prevention, early diagnosis and treatment can address the prevalence and debilitating effects of osteoporosis. Bachrach is a professor of pediatrics with Packard.
Broadcast media coverage
MSNBC News Live, 10/22/06
This segment discussed the Stanford study on problematic Internet use. Similar segments aired on TV stations throughout the country, including ones in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Sacramento and Vancouver.
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