SUMC in the News (08/24/07)
Print media coverage
Forbes.com, 08/24/07
Obese children will miss more school days
A new study from the Center for Obesity Research and Education at Temple University in Philadelphia has found that school abesnteesim is higher among overweight kids. Thomas Robinson, associate professor of pediatrics and of medicine and director of the Center for Healthy Weight at Packard Children's, provides comment in this HealthDay article, which also appears on drKoop.com and in the Grand Junction Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colo.).
Bloomberg.com, 08/24/07
Philadelphia, Boston, Johns Hopkins top pediatric list
U.S. News and World Report has compiled its list of "America's Best Children's Hospitals." Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is listed here.
Broadcast media coverage
KCBS-AM, 08/23/07
Customers at a Jamba Juice in San Jose may have been exposed to Hepatitis A after a food handler tested positive for the disease. Gabe Garcia, professor of gastroenterology and hepatology, was interviewed during this segment.
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