How AI can improve end-of-life care
Stanford pilot program marries technology and compassion, artificial intelligence and palliative care, so doctors can help patients die on their own terms.
The “exposome” revealed: a barrage of bacteria, chemicals, microscopic animals and more
Scientists have measured the human “exposome,” or the particulates, chemicals, and microbes that individually swarm us all, in unprecedented detail.
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Are the health-benefit claims from intermittent fasting backed up by scientific evidence? John Trepanowski, postdoctoral research fellow at the Stanford Prevention Research Center,weighs in.
Sex biology redefined: Genes don’t indicate binary sexes
The scenario many of us learned in school is that two X chromosomes make someone female, and an X and a Y chromosome make someone male. These are simplistic ways of thinking about what is scientifically very complex.
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Stars of Stanford Medicine: Genetic counseling and compassion
In this Stars of Stanford Medicine Q&A, Kim Kinnear shares her perspective as a graduate student in genetic counseling.
A roadmap for the future of electronic health records
A new white paper from Stanford Medicine details obstacles and offers solutions for achieving the full potential of electronic health records.
Medicine is a team sport – and that’s exactly how it should be
In this piece Stanford medical student Nathaniel Fleming describes the teamwork involved in becoming a physician.
Stanford Medicine magazine reports on the future of Stanford’s medical school, hospitals and clinics
The new issue of Stanford Medicine explores how Stanford's health care entities crafted a shared vision that is playing out in research, education and care.
Stealth vaping fad hidden from parents, teachers
Stealth vaping fad fueled by JUUL, the most popular of the electronic cigarette devices, hooks teens on nicotine while hiding it from parents, teachers.