SUMC in the News (10/26/06)

Print media coverage

New Scientist, 10/28/06
Patient groups special: Swallowing the best advice?
This article discusses concerns over the increasingly cozy relationship between patient groups and pharmaceutical companies. Although Stanford isn't mentioned, this article may be of interest to readers.

Olympian (Olympia, Wash.), 10/26/06
Study explores possible addiction to web use
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 Newsday article. The study is also mentioned in the Bloomington Pantagraph (Bloomington, Ill.).

United Press International, 10/25/06
Analysis: U.S. slipping in stem cells?
This article discusses the legal restrictions on U.S. stem cell research and references a recent Stanford study that found that stem cell researchers in other countries are out-publishing U.S. scientists.

Black women higher hypertension mortality
This article discusses a Stanford study that found African-American women have the highest mortality rate for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. Kala Davis, medical fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and lead author, is quoted here.

Contra Costa Times, 10/25/06
Day care provider to stand trial on child abuse charges
A San Ramon day care provider must stand trial on charges of child abuse in connection with an infant girl who suffered a severe brain injury while in her care. Patrick Barnes, associate professor of radiology and expert defense witness, is quoted in this article, which also appears in the San Jose Mercury News.

Broadcast media coverage

KPIX-TV, 10/25/06
Christopher Scott, executive director of the Program on Stem Cells and Society in the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, was interviewed during this segment on the advertising war between supporters and opponents of stem cell research.

Kojo Nnamdi Show (NPR), 10/24/06
Elias Aboujaoude discussed the study on problematic internet use. The study was also mentioned on WTAP-TV (Parkersburg, W. Va.).
http://wamu.org/programs/kn/06/10/24.php#12057 (audio)

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