SUMC in the News (09/12/07)
Print media coverage
San Francisco Chronicle, 09/12/07
More Americans at work in retirement years - especially in Bay Area
This article discusses new data showing that Americans are postponing retirement and working longer. Jay Bhattacharya, assistant professor of medicine, points out that one factor allowing workers to stay in the labor force is that people are remaining in better health as they age.
Wilmington News Journal (Wilmington, Del.), 09/12/07
Addicted to shopping? How to get help
This article on out-of-control shopping mentions a Stanford study on the subject.
Palo Alto Weekly, 09/12/07
Health notes/Stanford Health Fair
The Stanford Prevention Research Center is holding a free public health screening and recruitment fair on Saturday.
Health notes/At your arthritic fingertips
Through a series of studies spanning 20 years, medical school researchers have developed a program that enables people with arthritis to learn about and manage the condition. The program, Healthier Living with Arthritis, will now be offered to the public as a six-week online course through Foothill Community College.
Epilepsy: once "mystical," now a curable condition
This Stanford Health Library piece discusses epilepsy and available resources for patients and family members.
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=6380
Forbes.com, 09/11/07
Lowering blood protein won't help kidney patients
New research shows that lowering blood levels of an inflammation-linked protein called homocysteine won't help people with serious kidney disease live any longer. The work was led by Rex Jamison, professor of medicine, emeritus.
CBCNews.com (Canada), 09/10/07
Beaming up cancer: New molecular probe illuminates tumor cells
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, is quoted here. A similar article appears on Palo Alto Online News; that one quotes Bogyo and Galia Blum, a postdoctoral scholar.
Broadcast media coverage
KNTV-TV, 09/11/07
Paul Brown, with the Department of Surgery, is developing 3-D databases of human anatomy. The work was discussed during this segment.
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