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Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
New research shows, however, that one popular drug works no better than a placebo at maintaining pregnancy after the initial bout of preterm labor is halted, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. The new trial is the first-ever placebo-controlled test of nifedipine, a muscle relaxant originally...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Pediatrics / Children's Health NewsHoliday Health Tips From Packard Children's HospitalHappy holidays mean happy eating. And lots of it. But what can parents do when their kids are offered one yummy treat after another? And what about keeping kids active and limiting screen time during bad weather? Internationally-known researcher and pediatrician Thomas Robinson, MD, MPH, director of the center...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
PALO ALTO, Calif. /PRNewswire/ -- Happy holidays mean happy eating. And lots of it. But what can parents do when their kids are offered one yummy treat after another? And what about keeping kids active and limiting screen time during bad weather? Internationally-known researcher and pediatrician Thomas Robinson, MD, MPH, director of the center for healthy weight at Lucile Packard Children's...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital today presented their vision for the future of medicine in Palo Alto.
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital today presented their vision for the future of medicine in Palo Alto.
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 20/10/2008
STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital today presented their vision for the future of medicine in Palo Alto. The special
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
NEW YORK, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruth Ann Harnisch, a leader in coaching-related philanthropy, will join the Board of Trustees of the International Coach Federation Foundation for a three-year term beginning January 1, 2009.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
... early 2009.
-- The Harnisch Foundation, in conjunction with the W.K. Kellogg
Foundation, David & Lucile Packard Foundation and James Irvine
Foundation, funded The Coaching and Philanthropy project run by Compass
Point Non Profit Services. This project grew out of the recognition
that the fields of coaching and philanthropy have much to contribute to
one another, and applies...
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Medindia Health News (Free subscription) | 30/11/2008
Medication use should be minimized in pregnancy unless it's clearly indicated, said Dr. Deirdre Lyell, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Stanford University School of Medicine, and the study's lead author. Working in collaboration with researchers from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Lyell recruited 71 women who had been successfully...
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Medindia Health News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
When a pregnant woman goes into early labor, her obstetrician may give her drugs to quiet the woman's uterus and prevent premature birth. New research shows, however, that Nfedipine works no better than a placebo at maintaining pregnancy after the initial bout of preterm labor is halted, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and...
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Physorg (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
New research shows, however, that one popular drug works no better than a placebo at maintaining pregnancy after the initial bout of preterm labor is halted, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. The new trial is the first-ever placebo-controlled test of nifedipine, a muscle relaxant originally...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... bout of preterm labor is halted, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. The new trial is the first-ever placebo-controlled test of nifedipine, a muscle relaxant originally developed to lower blood pressure, and its effect on premature delivery with prolonged treatment. "Medication use...
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Science Daily (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
New research shows, however, that one popular drug works no better than a placebo at maintaining pregnancy after the initial bout of preterm labor is halted, say scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. The new trial is the first-ever placebo-controlled test of nifedipine, a muscle relaxant originally...
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... now Keynote Speakers Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro is the Population Program Director at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. This former General Secretary of the World YWCA will speak about women's roles in the establishing peace and achieving the U.N. Millennium Development Goals. The Rev. Dr. William Lesher is the chair of the Board of Trustees of the Parliament of the World's Religions....
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Instead, over the past 41 years, Cordes has made it her life's work to care for premature babies, also known as preemies, carefully assisting them - and their anxious parents - through their most critical stage in life. Cordes, a nurse, is a pioneer of sorts, having gone to work for the first neonatal intensive-care unit at Stanford Hospital in 1967, and then continuing at the nationally renowned Lucile...
