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SUMC in the News (08/20/08)

Print media coverage

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 08/20/08
Experts agree: run long, live long
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. A brief item also appeared in yesterday's Washington Post.

Palo Alto Weekly, 08/20/08
Palo Alto, Stanford heading for housing clash
This article discusses concerns over the medical center's expansion plans. Shelley Hebert, executive director of public affairs at Stanford Hospital & Clinics, is quoted.

Thanh Dien Daily (Vietnam), 08/20/08
Vietnamese scientists discovery boosts stem cell technology
This article discusses the work of Phan Toan Thang, a stem cell researcher at National University of Singapore. It mentions that he has collaborated with scientists here.

Sacramento Bee, 08/19/08
To make treatment safer, Sacramento scientist studies stem cells' dark side
A UC Davis researcher has been granted $2 million to study what could go wrong in eventual stem cell treatments. The article mentions a recent Stanford study on embryonic stem cells and quotes senior author Joseph Wu, assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine and of radiology.

Peoria Morning Star (Peoria, Ill.), 08/19/08
Teen shows his gigantic heart
The article tells the story of a 14-year-old Illinois boy with moyamoya disease. He is coming to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, where Gary Steinberg, the Bernard and Ronni Lacroute-William Randolph Hearst Professor in Neurosurgery and Neurosciences, will perform surgery.

Internet/New media coverage

MSN.com, 08/19/08
Mathematical model helps predict cancer tumor size
Stanford researchers have developed a mathematical model to find blood biomarkers that can help estimate the size of cancer tumors. Radiologist Amelie Lutz and Sanjiv Sam Gambhir, professor of radiology and senior author, are quoted in this HealthDay News article. The piece also appears on WashingtonPost.com.

ScienceNews.org, 08/19/08
Dopamine fends off ZZZZZ's
A new study shows that dopamine, a feel-good brain chemical, helps keep sleep-deprived people awake. Emmanuel Mignot, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, provides comment here.

Broadcast media coverage

KGO-AM, 08/18/08
The state Supreme Court has ruled that California doctors who have religious objections to gays and lesbians must nevertheless treat them the same as any other patient or find a colleague who will do so. Hank Greely, with the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, was interviewed during this segment.