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SUMC in the News (08/15/08)

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Aug. 21 memorial set for neurosurgeon John Borchers
A memorial service will be held Aug. 21 for D. John Borchers III, MD, clinical instructor in neurosurgery, who died Aug. 8 when the Cessna 172 he was piloting crashed on a mountainside near Incline Village, Nev. Also on this site is a guestbook where colleagues and others can post comments and remembrances of Borchers.

Print media coverage

Palo Alto Weekly, 08/15/08
Neurosurgeon remembered as 'hero' to his children
Colleague John Adler, the Dorothy and Thye King Chan Professor in Neurosurgery, is quoted in this piece on D. John Borchers.

San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal, 08/14/08
Stanford scientist gets $3.1M stem cell funding
A fifth young scientist from the School of Medicine has received funding from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine through its efforts to foster the next generation of stem cell researchers. Ching-Pin Chang, assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine, was awarded $3.1 million over a five-year period for his proposal to investigate the role of stem cells in the restenosis, or narrowing, of coronary arteries enlarged by angioplasty.

Palo Alto Daily News, 08/14/08
New heart research center to get $3.8M
Stanford and Kaiser Permanente have won a $3.89 million, four-year grant to establish a Northern California heart research center to help define 'optimal' care in cardiovascular medicine. The Stanford-Kaiser collaboration will be led by Mark Hlatky, professor of health research and policy and of cardiovascular medicine, who is quoted in this article.

Internet/New media coverage

ScientificAmerican.com, 08/14/08
Perceived bias tied to lower cancer screening rates
Researchers here have found minority men and women who believe their health providers are biased against them are less likely to be screened for breast and colon cancers. The study was led by LaVera Crawley, assistant professor of pediatrics at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, who is quoted in this Reuters Health article.

LosAngelesTimes.com, 08/13/08
Booster shots/Runners live longer
This blog entry discusses the recent Stanford study that found regular running slows the effects of aging.

Broadcast media coverage

KNTV-TV, 08/14/08
This segment discussed the Stanford program that offers Healing Touch therapy to breast cancer patients. A clinical trial is being held at Stanford to find out if it can reduce the debilitating effects of chemotherapy on patients.