Back in June, the School of Medicine announced a new course that offered medical and graduate students the opportunity to have their personal genotyping done …
Month: September 2010
Stanford researchers examine parasitic diseases using satellite data
Stanford geographers examining how and why humans alter their environment are gaining new insights into the relationship between land, humans and disease-carrying parasites such as …
The big C
I just returned from a Labor Day holiday trip to Chicago for a cousin's wedding. It was a wonderful weekend with extended family sprinkled in …
Request for stay of stem cell injunction denied
The Nature blog The Great Beyond is reporting that the U.S. District Court judge who issued an injunction against the use of federal funding for …
Social media brings up questions, ethical unknowns for doctors
As more and more physicians embrace social media - Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and the like - more and more (unaswered) questions arise about how best …
Lack of sleep can increase a young child's obesity risk
Here's yet another reason to ensure your toddler or preschooler gets a good amount of sleep: A new study shows that inadequate nighttime sleep …
Some unlikely sources for antibiotics
John Rennie has written an absolutely fascinating entry on his blog The Gleaming Retort (which is part of the new PLoS Blogs network) about the …
Scope will return tomorrow
We are off today in honor of Labor Day. We will return to regular publication tomorrow.
Image of the week: brass corset, 19th century
The corset is infamous as an instrument of fashion and oppression. But the metal versions, like the one shown in the image above, are thought …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of Aug. 30
The five most-read posts on Scope this week were: Working at the White House: a tremendous honor that's tremendously bad for your health: Keith Humphreys, …
AAMC urges Congress to reinstate federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research
In a full-page ad appearing today in the Washington Post, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) called on Congress to pass legislation ensuring continued …
Low-cost, high-speed filter purifies water using electrified nanostructures
Stanford engineers have developed a water filter that uses a conductive "nano-coated" cotton to purify water more than 80,000 times faster than existing filters. The …
Associated Press looks at iPad use at Stanford's medical school
This AP video looks at how iPads are being used in the classroom. Students at Stanford's School of Medicine are shown using their iPads, which …
No surprise here: Anger and stress are bad for your health
I admit it: I'm a bit of a stress case. So much so, in fact, that my mom frequently reminds me that I shouldn't get …
Report shows prescription drug use in America increased 10% in the last decade
Prescription drug use is on the rise in the United States, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data …
Cancer stem cell researchers are feeling the need for speed
Stanford researchers just announced that by using a new antibody against a cell protein called CD47, along with an existing anti-cancer antibody, they were able to cure well over half of the mice that had been given a human leukemia called non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
Stanford researchers just announced that by using a new antibody against a cell protein called CD47, along with an existing anti-cancer antibody, they were able to cure well over half of the mice that had been given a human leukemia called non-Hodgkins lymphoma.