Stanford Report, March 8, 2006

Media Monitor

"Taking medication is the same as killing the messenger." —Rachel Manber, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, on how people who routinely lean on medication to get themselves to sleep are only making their situations more complicated. San Francisco Chronicle, March 1. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/03/01/BUGLTHFG8O50.DTL

"I do not want to see this drug taken away from us." —Alfred Lane, MD, professor of dermatology and of pediatrics, commenting on the strict new prescribing rules for the acne drug Accutane and its generic counterparts. San Jose Mercury News, March 1. http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/13988404.htm

"Many of them don't have a clue." —Thomas Robinson, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, on the importance of educating parents to monitor what their kids are watching on TV. Associated Press, Feb. 28. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-03-02-stroke-treatment_x.htm

"That's a far cry from being back to normal." —Jeff Teraoka, MD, clinical associate professor of orthopedic surgery, commenting on new research that shows an aggressive type of physical therapy can help stroke patients regain use of their weak arm. Teraoka, who directs the rehabilitation unit, cautions patients not to think the approach will help them get back the physical and mental abilities they had prior to their stroke. Associated Press, March 2. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11602458