SUMC in the News (12/12/08)
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Bay Area People with Rosy Chu (KTVU-TV), 12/13/08
Katrina Karkazis, a medical anthropologist at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics (SCBE), is the author of a new book, Fixing Sex: Intersex, Medical Authority and Lived Experience. During this segment, Karkazis will discuss the conflicts and struggles around treating intersex conditions. The program airs tomorrow on KTVU at 6:30 a.m.
Print media coverage
San Francisco Business Times, 12/11/08
State awards $1.5M for medical training in Calif.
Stanford is is among 13 colleges and universities that will share a $1.5 million grant by the state to enhance family nurse practitioner and physician assistant training programs.
Internet/ New media coverage
Forbes.com, 12/11/08
FDA advisers back new female condom
A potentially less-costly version of Female Health Co's condom for women won unanimous backing from a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel yesterday. Paula Hillard, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, provides comment in this Reuters article, which also appears on ScientificAmerican.com.
WebMD.com, 12/11/08
Brain-boosting drugs FAQ: What you must know
This article discusses some key things you need to know about "cognitive enhancement" - the use of brain-stimulating drugs and devices by healthy people. Hank Greely, with the SCBE, was one of seven co-authors who published a commentary about brain-boosting drugs in the journal Nature and is mentioned here.
Broadcast media coverage
KNTV-TV, 12/11/08
A panel of federal drug experts voted Thursday that two drugs - Serevent and Foradil - should be banned from use in the treatment of asthma. Shelley Salpeter, clinical professor of medicine, was interviewed during this segment.
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