SUMC in the News (11/01/07)
Press release
Stanford researchers start voluntary program to screen athletes for heart problems
Researchers at the medical school have begun a voluntary program to conduct advanced routine heart testing of all the university’s student athletes.
Print media coverage
Stanford Daily, 11/01/07
Heart test required for athletes
This article discusses how student athletes are being tested for heart problems at Stanford. Euan Ashley, assistant professor of cardiology and director of the Stanford Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, is quoted. Victor Froelicher, professor of cardiology and sports medicine at the Palo Alto-VA, provides comment in an article that appears on Palo Alto Online News.
Broadcast media coverage
The View from The Bay (KGO-TV), 10/31/07
Dana Weintraub, clinical instructor of pediatrics, gave some Halloween safety tips for trick-or-treaters during this segment.
KTVU-TV, 10/31/07
The annual Trick or Treat Trail was held at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital yesterday.
WIVB-TV (Buffalo, N.Y.), 10/31/07
Parents are concerned with a graphic video game called Manhunt 2. Thomas Robinson, the Irving Schulman, M.D. Endowed Professor in Child Health, was featured in this segment, which also aired on WLKY-TV (Louisville, Ky.) and WROC-TV (Rochester, N.Y.).
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