An offshore bank at the center of two U.S. federal investigations recently curtailed financing commitments to two small American companies, regulatory filings show.
Stanford International Bank Ltd. of Antigua recently failed to provide some $16 million in funding to a small Florida telecommunications firm, while a small Alabama health-care firm said it was unable to complete a roughly $62 million merger after funding fell through. Stanford International Read the rest of this entry »

“The innovation of KPF’s
design is clear,” said Christopher Dawes,
President and CEO at Packard Children’s. “Not
only have they addressed our very critical capacity issues, but they’ve
also taken our reputation for child and family-friendly care to the next
level. It’s an environment that embraces
safety, comfort and privacy, all components in the extraordinary healing
journey we have built our Read the rest of this entry »

The public will get a close look today at the future of Stanford Hospitals and Clinics, where a proposed expansion will change the profile of the campus, boost traffic but also expand access to life-saving medical care.
At a press event Monday, the hospitals unveiled the dramatic design plans for the renovated medical center. Officials will meet with community members today.
Forced to turn away patients due to overcrowding, the two hospitals plan Read the rest of this entry »

The public will get a close look today at the future of Stanford Hospitals and Clinics, where a proposed expansion will change the profile of the campus, boost traffic but also expand access to life-saving medical care.
At a press event Monday, the hospitals unveiled the dramatic design plans for the renovated medical center. Officials will meet with community members today.
Forced to turn away patients due to overcrowding, the two hospitals plan Read the rest of this entry »

Paul Stanford Discusses Increasing Medical Marijuana Acceptance in U.S. (VIDEO)
Bonnie King Salem-News.com
How do the increasing number of states legalizing marijuana for medical use affect the rest of the country?
(SALEM, Ore.) – Medical Marijuana is now legal in 13 U.S. states. This ironic number is a demonstration of the growing popularity of laws that legalize and regulate the medicinal use of cannabis for sick people.
Along with Dr. Read the rest of this entry »

STANFORD — Architectural designs for the new Stanford Hospital and Clinics that were released today show a sheet of water cascading down a tiered landscape in the middle of the new medical structure, giving the building natural light and a soothing atmosphere.
At an afternoon reception models of the new hospital, and a proposed new wing of the adjacent Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital were shown, as well as larger images detailing what the Read the rest of this entry »

LONDON (AFP) — England pace bowler Ryan Sidebottom will have to prove his fitness before being given the chance to earn one million dollars (500,000 pounds) in the winner-takes-all Stanford Twenty20 clash in November.
The Nottinghamshire left-arm quick was added to the unchanged XI which wrapped up a 4-0 one-day series win at home to South Africa this month and the four other original squad members to form a 15-man party for the match against Read the rest of this entry »

Jill and Campbell MacInnes have also watched Tara embrace life, “trying
to reach out and do things,” said her father,
perhaps driven by “the realization that she’s
stared death in the face.” She’s
taken up salt water and freshwater fishing. She also got back in the
water. Her mother was a member and later coach of the Santa Clara
Aquamaids, a team which has won dozens of national titles and a handful Read the rest of this entry »

Microorganisms don’t get enough respect, says Stanley Falkow, cancer research professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
“They’re underappreciated,” he says. “People are constantly trying to kill them and eradicate them.”
It’s not so much that Falkow has sympathy for the tiny, sometimes deadly, bacteria he has spent his 50-year career researching — though he admits there may be a touch of that. Rather, he understands better Read the rest of this entry »

The public will get a close look today at the future of Stanford Hospitals and Clinics, where a proposed expansion will change the profile of the campus, boost traffic but also expand access to life-saving medical care.
At a press event Monday, the hospitals unveiled the dramatic design plans for the renovated medical center. Officials will meet with community members today.
Forced to turn away patients due to overcrowding, the two hospitals plan Read the rest of this entry »