SUMC in the News (10/10/07)
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Cancer survivors needed for Stanford study of lymph disorder
A team of researchers here is studying the effectiveness of anti-inflammatory drugs on lymphedema patients.
Print media coverage
San Jose Mercury News, 10/10/07
Scientists craft tool to explore secrets of vision
University of California-Santa Cruz physicists have built a tool that studies how the eye processes the busy world around it. Stanford is mentioned in this article.
FDA more cautious than compassionate
This online column agues that FDA regulators are too cautious when it comes to approving drugs for fatal diseases, especially cancer. Richard Miller, a member of the adjunct clinical faculty, agrees.
Denver Post, 10/10/07
Frozen eggs give birth to hope
Lynn Westphal, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, provides comment in this article on female cancer patients who have their eggs frozen for future use.
Ventura County Star (Ventura County, Calif.), 10/10/07
Protecting our children from secondhand smoke
State Senator Jenny Oropeza has introduced a bill that would prohibit a person from smoking in a vehicle with a minor present. In this column, she mentions Stanford research on secondhand smoke.
Stanford Daily, 10/10/07
Fertilization technique for older women
An in vitro fertilization technique that can avoid multiple births appears to be effective for women older than 35, according to researchers here. Amin Milki, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of Stanford's IVF program, is quoted in this article.
ABCNews.com, 10/09/07
Can Nobel herald boost for stem cells?
This article discusses researchers' hope that the Nobel prize recently awarded to scientists for a critical gene manipulation technique could jump-start political progress in stem cell research. Helen Blau, the Donald E. and Delia B. Baxter Professor and director of the Baxter Laboratory for Genetic Pharmacology, provides comment here.
Broadcast media coverage
KNTV-TV, 10/09/07
Sam Most, associate professor of otolaryngology and chief of facial plastic surgery, led a study on the effectiveness of two over-the-counter wrinkle creams. He discussed his findings - that the products had no ability to reduce wrinkles - during this segment.
60 Minutes (CBS), 10/07/07
Hank Greely, with the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, was featured in this segment on the hopes and limitations of genealogy.
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