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New imaging technique could catch cancer early, Stanford study finds
Nanotechnology is the key to a new, noninvasive biomedical imaging technique that could detect early stages of cancer.

Print media coverage

HealthDay News, 08/18/08
New imaging technique could spot early cancers
Stanford researchers have found a new imaging technique could spot early cancers. Adam de la Zerda, a doctoral student in electrical engineering and lead author of the study, is quoted. De La Zerda also provides comment in a San Jose Mercury News piece, which appears in the Palo Alto Daily News and San Mateo County Times.

Seattle Times, 08/18/08
Buying trouble: Consumerism can be a compulsion
Lorrin Koran, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, emeritus, is quoted in this article on compulsive shopping disorder. The piece originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times.

Chicago Daily News, 08/18/08
In the long run, study finds older runners live longer
Regular running slows the effects of aging, according to a medical school study that tracked 500 older runners for more than 20 years. James Fries, emeritus professor of medicine and senior author of the study, is quoted here.

Manila Times (Philippines), 08/17/08
Kids face greater risks than their grandparents
This article discusses the debate over whether or not cell phones pose a cancer risk. Paul Fisher, associate professor of neurology and neurological sciences and of pediatrics, provides comment.

Broadcast media coverage

KTVU-TV, 08/18/08
This segment discussed the carbon nanotubes study. The study was also mentioned on KRXI-TV (Reno).

Day to Day (NPR), 08/15/08
Eliza Chakravarty, assistant professor of medicine, discussed the running/aging study during this segment.

CHMI-TV (Canada), 08/14/08
A drug commonly used in the developing world to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child persists in the breast milk and blood of the mothers, according to a new Stanford study.

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