The Association of American Medical Colleges announced today that the number of minorities (.pdf, see page 2) entering medical school is on the rise. The …
Month: October 2010
Stanford to live webcast Dalai Lama events Oct. 14 & 15
Tickets for the Dalai Lama's public talks and a day-long conference this week are sold out. But there is still an opportunity for those without …
Women's health groups launch campaign for no-cost prescription birth control
Annual contraceptive costs for women can range from $60 to $600. Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) …
Publish or perish: Grad students facing tougher barriers
Being the first author on a paper in an esteemed journal is the objective for graduate students nationwide. Such an achievement opens the door to …
Is sponsorship of health content on the web unethical? Journalism professionals weigh in
Does is strike you as odd that WebMD's breastfeeding page is funded by Gerber Good Start? Or that Babble's equivalent was previously sponsored by Similac? …
Does the brain retire at retirement?
An intriguing article in today's New York Times asks: Do you lose it if you don't use it? Brain power that is. In recently published …
Bay Area hospitalist raps about ulcers
"Check Tha' Tissue" is one of a number of pretty entertaining rap videos by ZDoggMD, which he describes as an "an original joint about the …
More physicians choosing hospitals over private practice
Kaiser Health News and NPR are reporting today on an increase in physicians choosing to work in hospitals instead of going into private practice. According …
Abraham Verghese at Work: A New York Times profile
UPDATE - 10:30 AM: The profile is currently the most e-mailed story on the Times' website. *** Stanford's Abraham Verghese, MD, is featured as a …
Guatemalan syphilis study: NIH and CDC directors' commentary
Today the directors of the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a joint commentary on the 1946-48 US …
Improving quality of CT images for patients with metal implants
Physicians often use high-quality CT images for planning advanced forms of radiotherapy treatment for cancer patients. But if an individual has a metal object in …
Poll shows "overwhelming support" for embryonic stem cell research
In case you missed it, a poll released late last week shows that most Americans support research using embryonic stem cells. As reported by HealthDay …
Study: Too much TV, computer could hurt kids' mental health
New research hints that too much time in front of a television or computer could be bad for a child's mental health. During a U.K. …
Image of the Week: Cooper Medical College
In late September, Stanford dedicated the new Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge. The five-level, soaring red-roofed center is the medical school's first …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of Oct. 4
The five most-read posts on Scope this week were: Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Gov. Schwarzenegger urge Californians to be organ donors: At the ceremonial …
Food stamps and sodas: Stanford pediatrician weighs in
Earlier this week, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed a controversial modification to the food stamp program in his city: He wants to make …