SUMC in the News (10/16/08)
Press release
Symposium, patient reunion will help mark 40 years of pioneering work in heart transplantation at Stanford
Forty years ago, the late Norman Shumway and a team of doctors performed the first successful heart transplant in the United States at Stanford Hospital. Transplant survivors and scientific experts in the field of transplantation will travel to Stanford Oct. 24 for a symposium titled “Looking to the Future: 40 Years of Heart and Lung Transplantation at Stanford University” to commemorate the event.
Print media coverage
The Independent (U.K.), 10/16/08
What's really in children's food
This article discusses companies' efforts to make their food products more appealing to children. It mentions a medical school study showing that kids prefer the taste of products with familiar characters on the packaging.
New Scientist, 10/16/08
Time to wake up to the facts about sleep
A 1913 Stanford study is referenced in this article on sleep deprivation.
Internet/New media coverage
Examiner.com, 10/15/08
Can recession save your life?
This brief news item discusses the impact of economic recessions on people's health. Grant Miller, assistant professor of medicine, is referenced.
KaiserNetwork.org, 10/14/08
Stanford Medicine
The fall issue of 'Stanford Medicine' takes an in-depth look at politics and health care, and the likelihood of reform under the next presidential administration. The magazine is mentioned in this online report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Broadcast media coverage
WXYZ-TV (Detroit), 10/15/08
This segment discussed Michigan's Proposition 2, a ballot initiative that would reverse a ban on embryonic stem cell research. It mentioned that California's stem cell institute funds research at Stanford and labs throughout the state.
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