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• Symposium, Patient Reunion Will Help Mark 40 Years of Pioneering Work in Heart Transplantation at Stanford

  - 2008-10-15

  STANFORD, Calif. -- The afternoon Elizabeth Craze was born 26 years ago, her parents held their breath. "She is perfect," the doctor told them. But within four months, Elizabeth, like the four siblings before her, would be diagnosed with heart failure. Three had already died in infancy. The...

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• Satellite Healthcare, Providers of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Disease Services, Honors Founder With Endowed Chair at Stanford University School of Medicine

  - 2008-10-06

  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Satellite Healthcare, one of the nation's first and largest providers of kidney dialysis services and kidney disease therapies, has honored its founder, Norman S. Coplon, MD, with an endowed chair at Stanford University School of Medicine. The Norman S. Coplon/Satellite Healthcare Professorship in Medicine was...

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• Asian-White Couples Face Distinct Pregnancy Risks, Stanford/Packard Study Finds

  - 2008-10-01

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Pregnant women who are part of an Asian-white couple face an increased risk of gestational diabetes as compared with couples in which both partners are white, according to a new study from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the Stanford University School of Medicine. The researchers also...

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• 2008 Olympic Soccer Gold Medalist To Join Stanford Soccer Star in Donating Blood

  - 2008-09-29

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Olympic gold medal winner Nicole Barnhart from the U.S. women's soccer team and Stanford University soccer star Erica Holland will donate blood Oct. 3 at the Stanford Blood Center's Hillview Donor Center at 3373 Hillview Avenue in Palo Alto. They will also be available from 10:30 a.m....

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• STANFORD NEWS: Stanford Management Company Report Issued

  - 2008-09-23

  STANFORD, Calif. -- The Stanford University Merged Pool MP generated a 6.2 percent investment return for the 12 months ended June 30, 2008, according to the Stanford Management Company SMC. The MP is Stanford's primary investment pool and includes most of the university's endowment and expendable funds, as well as...

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• Creative Thinking Nets Stanford Researchers Two NIH Pioneer Awards, Three New Innovator Awards

  - 2008-09-22

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Two scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine who've sussed out ways to see what's usually hidden are winners of this year's NIH Director's Pioneer Awards--the National Institutes of Health's most prestigious award for creative thinkers. Secrets held within a living being's brain and a...

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• New Approach, Old Drug Show Promise Against Hepatitis C, Stanford Research Shows

  - 2008-08-31

  STANFORD, Calif. -- The fight against the liver disease hepatitis C has been at something of an impasse for years, with more than 150 million people currently infected, and traditional antiviral treatments causing nasty side effects and often falling short of a cure. Using a novel technique, medical and engineering...

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• Stanford Medical School Severely Restricts Industry Funding of Continuing Education for Physicians

  - 2008-08-26

  STANFORD, Calif. -- The Stanford University School of Medicine will no longer accept support from pharmaceutical or device companies for specific programs in continuing medical education, as industry-directed funding may compromise the integrity of these education programs for practicing physicians, officials said. The action on CME builds on a...

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• Early Trigger for Type-1 Diabetes Found in Mice, Stanford Scientists Report

  - 2008-08-26

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine are shedding light on how type-1 diabetes begins. Doctors have known the disease is caused by an autoimmune attack on the pancreas, but the exact trigger of the attack has been unclear. Now, a new study in mice...

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• Stanford University to triple size of office park in Redwood City

  - 2008-07-31

  As it runs out of space in Palo Alto, Stanford University is planning to plant more roots in Redwood City in the form of 1.5 million square feet of new office space. The university wants to build a dozen administrative offices and five parking garages at the...

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