SUMC in the News (10/22/07)

Print media coverage

Huntsville Times (Huntsville, Ala.), 10/22/07
Biotech prospects draw a crowd
This article discusses the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology in Alabama, which plans to open next month. Rick Myers, the Stanford W. Ascherman, M.D., F.A.C.S. Professor in Genetics and director of the Human Genome Center, will head the institute.

Winnipeg Free Press (Canada), 10/22/07
Positive outlook no help in cancer survival (No online version available)
This article discusses a study from the University of Pennsylvania that found a positive, emotional outlook doesn't make people with cancer live longer. The work of David Spiegel, the Jack, Lulu and Sam Willson Professor in Medicine, is referenced.

Oakland Tribune, 10/21/07
Stanford helps launch liver cancer outreach program
Last week, Stanford's Asian Liver Center and the American Cancer Society California Chinese Unit unveiled a new outreach program aimed at increasing early liver cancer detection rates in the local Asian population. Samuel So, the Lui Hac Minh Professor in the School of Medicine and director of the center, is quoted in this article.

Study finds fish suffer insomnia
A Stanford study shows that zebrafish can have a genetic mutation linked to sleep problems. Emmanuel Mignot, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and senior research associate Philippe Mourrain are quoted in this article, which also appears in the Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, Ky.). The study is also mentioned in the Indianapolis Star and the Muskogee Phoenix (Muskogee, Okla.).

San Jose Mercury News, 10/21/07
Health care system needs major changes
Support is growing for a shift from the traditional employer-based financing to publicly subsidized individual health insurance. The work of Alain Enthoven, a senior fellow at the Center for Health Policy/Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, is referenced in this column.

iVillage.com, 10/21/07
Health tip: Minimize scarring after a burn
This HealthDay item offers health tips from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital on minimizing scarring after a burn.

Southern Pines Pilot (N.C.), 10/21/07
Classic beauty: Carmen Anderson brings Nu Skin to area
Stanford's Department of Dermatology is mentioned in this article on Nu Skin skincare products.

Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/21/07
Penn launches its biggest fund drive
The University of Pennsylvania recently announced a $3.5 billion fund-raising campaign, joining Stanford and several other universities already well into multibillion-dollar campaigns. Although the medical school isn't referenced, this article may be of interest to readers.

Washington Post, 10/20/07
Fall time change could be boon for sleep
Clete Kushida, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of the Stanford Center for Human Sleep Research, provides comment in this article on the upcoming fall time change and the importance of using that extra hour to make a small payment on your sleep debt. This HealthDay article also appears on USNews.com and Yahoo.com.

Ottawa Citizen (Canada), 10/20/07
Cutting the carbs
This article discusses low-carb diets. Christopher Gardner, assistant professor of medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, provides comment.

Reuters, 10/20/07
Sudoku players hold first national championship
Thomas Snyder, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Bioengineering, won the first national Sudoku championship on Saturday.

Palo Alto Online, 10/20/07
William Ross
This article profiles attorney William Ross, a candidate running for Palo Alto City Council. The medical center's expansion is one of the issues mentioned.

Oakland Tribune, 10/19/07
Study: Kids' health care lacking
Children only get about half the recommended treatment for common medical problems such as asthma and obesity, potentially leading them toward an unhealthy adulthood, according to researchers at University of Washington-Seattle. Paul Wise, the Richard E. Behrman Professor in Child Health and Professor, provides comment in this article, which originally appeared in the San Jose Mercury News.

Broadcast media coverage

WCBS-AM (New York), 10/21/07
Stanford scientists have developed a test that is about 90 percent accurate in distinguishing the blood of people with Alzheimer’s from the blood of those without the disease.

WINS-AM (New York), 10/21/07
This segment discussed the zebrafish study on insomnia.

Science Friday (NPR), 10/19/07
Tony Wyss-Coray, associate professor of neurology and neurological sciences, discussed his Alzheimer's test during this program.

The second hour of the program focused on medical research and the interaction between pharmaceutical companies and academics and doctors. Although Stanford wasn't included, this discussion may be of interest to readers.