SUMC in the News (09/11/07)
Print media coverage
Detroit News, 09/11/07
Help your kids get back into the school groove
This article, which originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times, provides tips on easing your child's transition back to class. Kyle Hinman, clinical instructor of child and adolescent psychiatry and child development, provides comment.
Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Mo.), 09/10/07
At hearing, experts disagree on need for new abortion clinic rules in Missouri
A federal judge heard testimony yesterday in a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood and a doctor from the St. Louis area. The law challenged by the suit would require abortion clinics to meet state building, staffing, and health standards. Paul Blumenthal, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, was among the experts who testified and is quoted in this article.
San Luis Obisbo Tribune, 09/09/07
Transplant surgeon gets local support
A San Francisco transplant surgeon has been charged with prescribing overdoses of medication to speed up the death of a man at a San Luis Obispo hospital and harvest his organs. Stanford is referenced in this article.
The Union (Grass Valley, Calif.), 08/28/07
Women with breast cancer connect
The Northern Sierra Rural Health Network, which works to improve the quality of women with breast cancer, is collaborating with the School of Medicine to research the benefits of support groups for breast cancer patients in rural communities. Cheryl Koopman, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is helping lead the effort.
Broadcast media coverage
KQED-FM, 09/10/07
Stanford researchers have developed a molecular probe that sets aglow tumor cells within living animals. Their goal is to use the probe to improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other diseases. Matthew Bogyo, assistant professor of pathology and of microbiology and immunology, was interviewed during this segment. Bogyo also discussed the study on KGO-AM.
KNTV-TV, 09/10/07
Recent medical school graduate and first-year intern Joshua Spanogle has written a second medical thriller, Flawless, which hit bookstores last month. His book was mentioned during this segment.
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