In the context of pharmaceutical companies, Steve Woodruff discusses the tradeoffs of a personalized Twitter feed versus a homogenized feed on KevinMD: As more and …
Month: March 2010
Medpedia Project adds health and medical videos
The Medpedia Project has expanded its offerings to include hundreds of medical and health videos from a number of sources including the Center for Disease …
Is there more to orange juice than Vitamin C?
From a nutrition perspective, orange juice has long been considered the King of Vitamin C. But the popular breakfast drink may also be a defense …
EPA to study environmental and health effects of BPA
More bad news for Bisphenol-A (BPA): yesterday the Environmental Protection Agency labeled BPA as a "chemical of concern" and announced a number of actions to …
Happy Doctors' Day
Today is Doctors' Day, a day honoring physicians of all specialties. According to the American Society of Anesthesiologists, however, Doctors' Day also has a special …
Algae-fueled garbage-patch cleanup
The current Stanford Magazine tipped me off to an appealing effort to clean up the oceans, especially the swirling masses of plastic, which threaten wildlife …
Stress, will-power top reasons why Americans fail to adopt healthy habits
If you're struggling to keep your New Year's resolution to exercise more, eat healthier, quit smoking or lose weight, you're not alone. An online poll …
Improving medical device regulation in the United States
In a recent New England Journal of Medicine article, Stanford health economist Alan Garber, MD, PhD, examines the shortcomings of the Food and Drug Administration …
Federal court rules patents for breast cancer genes are invalid
Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Robert W. Sweet of New York ruled that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office should never have granted the patents on …
A pesky tropical rash
Year: 1980 Setting: Beach in Martinique Position: Tropical diseases specialist, Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Paris It is my first summer holiday after joining the tropical diseases department …
Neurosurgical operation broadcasted live in high-definition 3D
Given all of the news coverage about the U.S. health-care reform bill dominating the media last week, it's probably no surprise that I, and perhaps …
Researchers developing "dipstick" test for parasite infections
Health-care workers in developing countries may one day be able to use a simple test comprised of a chemical dye and blacklight to determine if …
Two different types of MS, one big step toward personalized medicine
Larry Steinman, MD, is so committed to multiple-sclerosis research that every time he Googles something his laptop mysteriously inserts the term "multiple sclerosis" into the …
Image of the Week: Italian anatomical waxwork
This week's image comes from the Italian anatomical waxworks set on the Stanford Medicine Flickr photo stream. The sculpture itself was created by Clemente Susini …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of March 22
The five most-read posts on Scope this week were: Health-care reform reactions at Stanford: Stanford economists and School of Medicine Dean Philip A. Pizzo, MD, …
Nature News content now available for free
According to a release from Nature today, all Nature News content is now accessible via the Web for free: All content hosted on the Nature …