SUMC in the News (12/03/07)
Print media coverage
Pittsburgh Tribune Review, 12/03/07
Music has power to improve health
Using brain images of people listening to short symphonies, a Stanford research team showed that music engages the areas of the brain involved with paying attention, making predictions and updating the event in memory.
San Jose Mercury News, 12/02/07
Despite progress elsewhere, AIDS still ravages sub-Saharan Africa
In this piece, Ruthann Richter discusses the prevalence of HIV and AIDS in the sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 76 percent of all AIDS deaths occur. Richter is director of media relations in the Office of Communication & Public Affairs.
China Post, 12/02/07
Taiwan, Stanford forge ties in business talent training
Taiwan signed an agreement with the School of Medicine for a cooperative program under which Taiwan will get assistance in training personnel in high value added therapeutic and medical equipment industries. Dean Philip Pizzo signed the agreement on Friday.
Allentown Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.), 12/01/07
Slim down or pay up, employers are saying
Some employers are penalizing workers who are overweight or don't meet health guidelines in order to hold down medical costs. A 2005 Stanford study on obese workers is referenced in this article.
Hobart Mercury (Australia), 12/01/07
Mice made young again in a fortnight (No online version available)
Howard Chang is quoted in this Agence France Presse article on the recent Stanford study on skin aging in mice.
CBSNews.com, 11/28/07
Are CT scans worth the cancer risk?
This article discusses a recent study that warns CT scans may cause 2% of all U.S. cancers in the coming decades. Michael Brant-Zawadzki, adjunct clinical professor in radiology, provides comment here.
Broadcast media coverage
WMC-TV (Memphis), 12/02/07
Researchers at Stanford have reversed the effects of aging on the skin of mice, at least for a short period, by blocking the action of a single critical protein. Howard Chang, assistant professor of dermatology and study lead author, was interviewed during this segment. Similar segments also aired on TV stations in Boston; Columbus, Ohio; Houston and Los Angeles.
Saturday Today (NBC), 12/01/07
Paul Brown, with the Department of Surgery, is developing 3-D databases of human anatomy.
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