Stanford Medicine magazine’s big reads of 2011

Looking for more really good things to read? If you’re interested in medical stories, I bet you’ll find something in this list: The 10 most popular Stanford Medicine magazine stories published in 2011 (as determined by online page views).

1. When are you dead? – Resurgent form of organ transplantation raises a new question – by John Sanford
2. The woman who fell to Earth – A love story – by Ruthann Richter
3. Gender X – The battle over boy or girl – by Dianne Klein
4. The case of the disappearing liver disease – Uncovering an ordinary antibiotic’s secret power – by Erin Digitale
5. Bioethics at midlife – The dilemmas facing a field in flux – by Susan Ipaktchian
6. Peddling hope – Unproven stem cell treatments for sale in a country near you – by Krista Conger
7. Make your own cancer diagnostic test – It’s easier than you think – by Rosanne Spector
8. The unexpected – Cancer during pregnancy – by Erin Digitale
9. A kid again – After cancer takes its toll – by Erin Digitale
10. Khmer Rouge on trial – Can serving justice cure PTSD? – by Tracie White

Previously: Cancer’s next stage: A report from Stanford Medicine magazine, Surviving survival: The new Stanford Medicine magazine is out and New Stanford Medicine magazine explores bioethics