SUMC in the News (10/23/07)

Print media coverage

New York Times, 10/23/07
From faithful dogs and difficult fish, insight into narcolepsy
The work of Emmanuel Mignot, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is featured in this piece. William Dement, the Lowell W. and Josephine Q. Berry Professor, and Seiji Nishino, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, are also mentioned.

An active, purposeful machine that comes out at night to play
New findings suggest that sleep plays a crucial role in flagging and storing important memories. William Dement provides comment.

San Francisco Chronicle, 10/23/07
Lack of sleep linked to emotional imbalance, imaging study suggests
Researchers from UC Berkeley are the first to use MRI technology to show exactly what areas of the brain are affected by sleep deprivation. Rafael Pelayo, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment in this article.

MSNBC.com, 10/23/07
Cancer vaccine may prevent more HPV types
New data shows a vaccine against the virus that causes cervical cancer partially blocks infection by 10 strains of the virus on top of the four types the vaccine targets. Jonathan Berek, professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, is quoted in this Associated Press piece.

Straits Times (Singapore), 10/23/07
Bid to find new drugs against TB using genomics (No online version available)
A two-day symposium on tackling drug-resistant tuberculosis is being held in Singapore. Gary Schoolnik, professor of medicine and of microbiology and immunology, is quoted here.

Arizona Republic, 10/23/07
Treating depression magnetically
This article discusses the use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to treat depression. Bret Schneider, a consulting assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and of neurosurgery, is quoted.

Palo Alto Daily News, 10/23/07
Sudoku sensation
This article profiles Thomas Snyder, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Bioengineering, who won the first national Sudoku championship on Saturday. The story also appears in the Burlingame Daily News, Redwood City Daily News and San Jose Mercury News.

Stanford Daily, 10/23/07
New web site promotes healthy living
The BeWell@Stanford initiative is a program designed to bring together campus fitness outreach under one umbrella and create a culture of wellness for the Stanford community. This article mentions that the School of Medicine is associated with the initiative.

San Jose Mercury News, 10/22/07
Study: More women with breast cancer choosing dual mastectomy
In a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, researchers from the University of Minnesota report that the rate of double mastectomy in women with single-breast cancer rose 150 percent in six years - even though the aggressive treatment doesn't necessarily improve survival rates. Frederick Dirbas, assistant professor of surgery, is quoted in this article.

iVillage.com, 10/22/07
Blood test catches secret smokers
A blood carbon monoxide detector can be used to determine whether someone is a smoker. Joel Killen, professor of medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, provides comment in this HealthDay story