SUMC in the News (09/20/07)
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Chronicle of Higher Education, 09/21/07
Medical boom continues despite less U.S. money
Although federal support for biomedical science has shrunk in the last four years, medical schools are still making plans to increase their research space. A study on this issue was conducted by David Korn, former medical school dean.
Associated Press, 09/20/07
Vaccine protects against virus strains
Jonathan Berek, professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, provides comment in this article on new data on the effectiveness of Gardasil, a cervical cancer vaccine. The piece appears in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel and on the websites of numerous newspapers, including the New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle.
Wall Street Journal, 09/20/07
This is your brain on the job/Neuroscientists are findings that business leaders really may think differently (No online version available)
A growing number of researchers are using powerful diagnostic tools to look inside the brain and gain business insights. This article mentions that researchers at Stanford and other institutions have used functional magnetic resonance imaging to identify parts of the brain that influence buying decisions.
SiliconValley.com, 09/20/07
New group to help fight eating disorders
The Eating Disorders Resource Center, a new local non-profit group, is hosting a public forum on Mon. night. The event is co-sponsored by Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.
Columbia Journalism Review, 09/19/07
What's healthy? Don't ask scientists, or the press either
A recent New York Times Magazine piece focused on the limitations of observational studies and the fact that these studies provide fodder for much of the health news that appears in the media. This article discusses those issues and quotes Julie Parsonnet, the George DeForest Barnett Professor in Medicine.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 09/19/07
Former Stanford professor gives fortune to university
James Doty, a former Stanford neurosurgeon, has donated $5.4 million to the medical school. He is quoted in this online article.
San Francisco Business Times, 09/19/07
Six California hospitals, three in Bay Area, make Leapfrog top hospitals list
Forty-one U.S. hospitals, including Stanford, have been named to the Leapfrog Group's list of top hospitals, which is based on a national hospital safety and quality survey.
Asian News International, 09/19/07
Rapid prenatal test for Down syndrome developed (No online version available)
Researchers here have developed a method that might help give the results of pre-natal tests within just a few hours instead of two weeks, thus making the early detection of Down syndrome and other birth defects possible. Stephen Quake, professor of bioengineering, and graduate student H. Christina Fan are quoted in this article.
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