SUMC in the News ( 09/22/08)
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Creative thinking nets Stanford researchers two NIH Pioneer awards, three new innovator awards
Two School of Medicine researchers have earned 2008 NIH Director's Pioneer Awards, and three others have received New Innovator Awards.
Print media coverage
Los Angeles Times, 09/22/08
Keeping tabs on blood pressure at home
This article discusses how three medical organizations - the American Heart Association, the American Society of Hypertension and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association - recently issued a call to action for the 73 million Americans with hypertension, urging them to monitor their blood pressure at home. Nancy Miller, associate director of cardiac rehabilitation at Stanford, is quoted.
Boston Globe, 09/22/08
Does running increase the risk of knee injury or osteoarthritis?
James Fries, emeritus professor of medicine is featured in this piece on whether or not running raises the risk of knee osteoarthritis or other disabilities.
San Francisco Chronicle, 09/22/08
State Prop. 3 would fund children's hospitals
This article discusses Proposition 3, which would authorize $980 million in bonds - to be repaid from the state's general fund - to allow the hospitals to expand, improve facilities and purchase medical equipment. Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is one of the three hospitals in the Bay Area that would benefit from the measure. Sherri Sager, chief government relations officer at LPCH, is quoted.
Stanford Daily, 09/22/08
Blood bus cruises campus
This article discusses how the Stanford Blood Center celebrated the launch of a new bloodmobile on Saturday. The sumcbus will help meet the growing demand for blood at local hospitals. Ed Engleman, medical director of the Blood Center, and Susan Morris, recruiting manager, provide comment in this article.
San Jose Mercury News, 09/21/08
Stanford athletes undergo extensive heart screening
Hundreds of student-athletes underwent extensive heart checks at Stanford on Sunday in an effort to prevent sudden cardiac death, the leading killer of young American athletes. Victor Froelicher, professor of medicine, provides comment in this article.
Asian News International, 09/20/08
Type 1 diabetes may be the outcome of good genes behaving badly (No online version available)
Researchers here have discovered that type 1 diabetes may not be due to bad genes but rather to good genes behaving badly. C. Garrison Fathman, professor of medicine and lead author, is quoted in this article.
New York Daily News, 09/19/08
Do methadone prescriptions do more harm than help?
Keith Humphreys, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, is quoted in this Q&A on methadone prescriptions.
Internet/New media coverage
Palo Alto Online News, 09/22/08
Stanford scientists win NIH Pioneer awards
Researchers from Stanford are the recipients of two NIH Pioneer awards and three new innovator awards.
Broadcast media coverage
WNBC-TV (New York), 09/22/08
Doctors at Stanford screened student athletes on Sunday for conditions that could lead to sudden cardiac death.
WRC-TV (Washington, DC), 09/19/08
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.
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