Scientists are continuing to gain understanding of how cells transmitted from child to mother during pregnancy may influence a woman's health long after delivery. New …
Month: April 2010
Intervention program helps reduce pneumonia among surgery patients
Postoperative pneumonia is a common complication among surgery patients and can lead to increased hospital stays and health-care costs. (Not to mention, it's no fun …
Ethiopia to benefit from low-tech cervical cancer screening
We tend to think of Africa in terms of strange, exotic diseases, yet the common killers in the United States, such as cancer and heart …
Pulitzer Prize-winner Sheri Fink: the final hours at New Orleans Memorial
Pulitzer Prize-winner Sheri Fink is one of Stanford’s own. She received her MD and PhD in neuroscience from the School of Medicine. When I read …
Whole genome sequencing data vaults into clinic
There's a good reason why these two are smiling. Cardiologist Euan Ashley, MD, and bioengineer Stephen Quake, PhD, are two members of an extensive team …
Does this hospital gown make my skin look blue?
Using simple tools such as nude-colored patient gowns, hospital bedding or stickers could enhance a physician’s ability to detect cyanosis and other health-related skin color …
Stanford physician on what Cuba can teach the U.S. about medical education
In a blog post published today on Wired Science, Stanford physician Paul Drain, MD, MPH, discusses what the United States can learn from Cuba's medical …
Can training soldiers to meditate combat PTSD?
Meditation exercises could boost mental toughness in soldiers and help them better cope with the trauma of war, according to findings recently published in Emotion. …
FDA approves vaccine treatment for prostate cancer
Earlier in the week, I wrote about a cancer vaccine treatment that Stanford pathologist Edgar Engleman, MD, developed in the early 90s. As expected, the …
Stanford technique speeds up bone-healing process
Proteins called Wnts might be the key to speedy bone healing. That's according to Stanford researchers, who used the protein to re-grow broken bones in …
Can old wives' tales help predict baby's gender?
I'm a big fan of pregnancy-related old wives' tales - and a bigger fan of studies that try to determine their validity. I was thrilled …
Stumbling stem-cell policy regains footing
As I wrote last month and again just over a week ago, the Obama Administration tripped on a rake awhile back in an attempt to …
Primary care docs spend a lot of time outside exam rooms
What's keeping primary care physicians so busy? Philadelphia doctor Richard Baron, MD, aimed to answer that question by keeping track of all the things he …
Researchers map identical twins' genomes for cause of multiple sclerosis
A study on the genomes of identical female twins, one with multiple sclerosis (MS) and the other free of the disease, has yielded surprising results. …
Australia enacts world's first ban on branded cigarette packaging
The Australian Health Minister announced today that the country is banning advertising on cigarette packaging, in an effort to "reduce the attractiveness and potential of …
Report reveals disparities in well-being among racial and ethnic groups in U.S.
An entire century of human progress separates the worst-off from the best-off groups within the United States, according to a report released today from the …