It's been a long time coming, but pivotal elements of the federal health overhaul law will finally take effect next year. That's good news for …
Month: August 2010
Stanford nutrition experts discuss top cancer-preventing foods
When it comes to selecting foods with strong cancer-prevention properties, soy, onions, broccoli, tomatoes and blueberries top the list, according to Stanford cardiologist John …
Intense, rapid sun tanning may increase skin cancer risk
As the end of summer appears on the horizon, resist the urge to spend the remaining days baking in the sun trying to get a …
Bryan Vartabedian ponders iPads in medical schools
Very thoughtful post from Bryan Vartabedian, MD, on how iPads in medical school may change medical education: How will iPad change the way medical students …
Image of the Week: West Nile Virus
We're in the heart of mosquito season, which means heightened concern over West Nile Virus as it continued to crop up across the country this …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of Aug. 2
The five most-read posts on Scope this week were: Yea or nay on California's prop to legalize weed?: Stanford drug policy expert Keith Humphreys, PhD, …
Prescription drugs and direct-to-consumer advertising
UPDATE 08-06-10: Part two of Ishmeal Bradley's series was published today on Clinical Correlations. In this segment, he discusses how direct-to-consumer advertising shapes physician prescribing …
UCI medical students will also receive iPads
It seems Stanford medical and Master of Medicine students won't be the only ones receiving shiny new iPads this year. First-year medical students at the …
Risk of hepatitis C infection grows with each tattoo
Lifestyles change; boyfriends come and go; skin sags. Tattoos hang around. That permanence, I've always assumed, is the only real downside of body art. I've …
Stanford Women's Health Forum videos online
Presentations from the Stanford Women's Health Forum held in May are now available on the Web. NBC News chief medical editor Nancy Snyderman, MD, opened …
Stanford scientists replicate newts’ regenerative ability in mammals
Numerous media outlets are reporting today on new studies, including one from Stanford's Helen Blau, PhD, that may help advance the field of regenerative medicine. …
The science of performing – or not – under pressure
Some of us are cool under pressure; most of us are not. Hence the term choking, aka screwing up when the stakes are high, aka …
Tensions high in debate over safety of home births
Home birth has been much in the news this summer, especially following the July publication of a study concluding the practice triples the risk of …
Stanford's Hank Greely responds to reporter's DNA dilemma
This week, Newsweek reporter Mary Carmichael has been soliciting legal, academic and industry experts' advise in a quest to decide if she will take a …
A response to reader comments about Proposition 19
On Tuesday, Paul Costello posted an entry discussing our recent interview about Proposition 19, and a number of readers left comments. I wanted to respond …
Might "healing prayer" actually heal?
Prayer can be unimaginably beautiful - or just really, really awkward, a la Ben Stiller's dinner grace in the film Meet the Parents: "We thank …