SUMC in the News (10/01/07)

Print media coverage

New York Times, 10/01/07
Defendants see a case of diagnosing for dollars
This article discusses how some medical screening companies diagnose diseases solely for profit and not for any valid medical reason. David Weill, associate professor of medicine and director for lung and heart-lung transplants, is quoted.

HealthDay, 10/01/07
First puff can turn kids into smokers: Study
This article discusses a new study from the University of Massachusetts Medical School that found tobacco dependence may begin with the first cigarette. Joel Killen, professor of medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, provides comment.

Centre Daily Times (Centre, Pa.), 10/01/07
Doctors re-examine value of physicals (No online version available)
A new study questions the value of routine check-ups. Douglas Owens, professor of medicine, provides comment in this Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article.

New Zealand Press Association, 10/01/07
Crack health team to tackle Maori diabetes (No online version available)
A team of diabetes experts will be visiting New Zealand later this month. Gerald Reaven, professor of medicine, emeritus, is one of the participants and is referenced in this brief item.

Napa Valley Register, 09/30/07
Napa study seeks to compile reliable autism information
In an effort to provide information and reliable techniques to teachers and parents of children with autism spectrum disorder, the Napa County Office of Education is compiling a resource guide based on the findings of leading experts in the field. The article mentions that Stanford is collaborating on the project.

Nashua Telegraph (Nashua, N.H.), 09/30/07
Study: Familiar labels sway children's food preferences
Asked to sample two identical foods from McDonald's, children in a Stanford/Lucile Packard Children's Hospital study preferred the taste of the version branded with the restaurant's familiar "Golden Arches" to one extracted from unmarked paper packaging. The study was led by Thomas Robinson, associate professor of pediatrics and of medicine and director of the Center for Healthy Weight at Packard Children's, who is quoted in this Los Angeles Times article.

Auburn Citizen (Auburn, N.Y.), 09/28/07
Wilderness medicine explored at Cornell
Paul Auerbach, a clinical professor of surgery, provides comment in this Associated Press article on wilderness medicine, a fast-emerging medical specialty that covers conditions ranging from altitude-induced mountain sickness to deep-sea decompression.

Daily Astorian (Astoria, Ore.), 09/28/07
Moyamoya disease is commonly diagonosed in Asian children
Gary Steinberg, the Bernard and Ronni Lacroute-William Randolph Hearst Professor in Neurosurgery and Neurosciences, is referenced in this article on moyamoya disease.

Broadcast media coverage

KNTV-TV, 09/28/07
Samuel So was interviewed about the importance of Asian-Americans getting routinely screened for hepatitis B. So is the Lui Hac Minh Professor in the School of Medicine and director of the Asian Liver Center.