November 7, 2007

Public Affairs: WSU School of Medicine in the news; Call for story ideas

WSU School of Medicine in the news
Dr. David Rosenberg will be featured in a documentary that will air nationally in 84 of 121 public broadcasting markets in May, National Mental Health Month. The documentary, "No Ordinary Joe," is about teenage depression and focuses on the life of Joe Laurencelle, who was diagnosed with bipolar depression at 22 and committed suicide at 26.

Dr. Michael Diamond, WSU associate chair of obstetrics and gynecology, was quoted in a Miami Herald story about a testosterone patch designed to raise the libidos of women whose natural hormone levels are low.

Dr. Joseph Bander, professor of internal medicine, was quoted in a Michigan Front Page story about sepsis being ranked by the Centers for Disease Control as the 10th leading killer in the United States.

Dr. Randall Benson, WSU assistant professor of neurology, continues to appear in several stories in newspapers across the country about his work with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, a breakthrough treatment for strokes. The Associated Press story most recently appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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