Jeffersonians in the News

Recent Print Coverage

• Lawrence Parish, MD, Dermatology, discussed various types of spider bites and how to treat them in the September's Glamour magazine (circulation 2,000,000).
  
  
• David B. Nash, MD, Health Policy and Clinical Outcomes, commented on legislation passed in Massachusetts that will allow consumers to have access to the disciplinary records of their doctors through the Internet in the Los Angeles Times (circulation 1,058,498) on August 2 and in the Wall Street Journal (circulation 749,547) on July 30.
  
  
• Thorir Bjornsson, MD, PhD, Clinical Pharmacology, commented on a U.S. News & World Report study showing that many pharmacies fail to warn consumers against the dangers of mixing prescription drugs in the New York Times (circulation 1,170,869) on August 20 and the August 19 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (circulation 250,204).
  
  
• Sleep disorders specialist Sharon Schutte, MD, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, discussed the steps you can take against chronic insomnia in September's Weight Watchers magazine (circulation 1,000,000).
  
  
• Rheumatologist Balu Athreya, MD, discussed how rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus wax and wane with menstrual rhythms in the August 5 Boston Globe (circulation 500,887).
  
  
• Bruce Smith, MD, Microbiology and Immunology, described a new vaccine designed to fight rheumatoid arthritis that is being studied in clinical trials in the Sun (circulation 426,904).
  
  
• Virus expert Hilary Koprowski, MD, commented on the possible role viruses may have in the development of mental illness in the August 6 Akron Beacon Journal (circulation 158,422).

Recent Television and Radio Coverage

• Barry Goldstein, MD, PhD, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, and Pamela Watson, RN, PhD, Rehabilitation Medicine, discussed the national Diabetes Prevention Program, which is looking into whether a series of different treatments can actually prevent diabetes in people who are at high risk, nationally on WFLX-TV (FOX in West Palm Beach) on August 11, KABB-TV (FOX in San Antonio) on August 20 and KBAK-TV (ABC in Bakersfield) on August 22.
  
  
• Dermatologist Eric Bernstein, MD, discussed tips on sun dangers, self-tanners and keeping your skin healthy on WCAU-TV (Ch. 10) on August 10 and 12 and demonstrated how lasers can be used to remove tattoos on Good Day Philadelphia a morning news program appearing on WTXF-TV (Ch. 29) on August 19.
  
  
• Ken Certa, MD, Director of the Crisis Center, commented on the hazardous effects of liquid ecstasy and GHB, two recreational drugs, on "Good Day Philadelphia," a morning news program on WTXF-TV (Ch. 29) on August 13.
  
  
• Urologist Stephen Strup, MD, commented on new medications available to treat enlarged prostate on WTXF-TV (Ch. 29) on August 21.