Two earlier posts looked at physicians who took care of patients at 30,000 feet. Here's a new twist: What happens when there isn't a doctor …
Month: November 2010
Avoiding illness during air travel
For those of you embarking on holiday travel, WebMD has offered some tips for avoiding airport germs and keeping healthy in the air. And Clinical …
Mind your matter: Researcher makes the case for protecting kids' heads
If you've ever experienced the urge to (permanently) encase your adventurous child's head in a helmet, don't fret - you're not alone. In this TED …
Stanford librarian travels to South Asia to enhance access to medical IT resources
As part of an effort to extend Stanford's expertise in library science and medical education to underserved areas, Stanford clinical librarian Lauren Maggio traveled to …
Jet-lagged hamsters flunk IQ test
A recent story in Science News describes a serious case of the stupids inflicted on Syrian hamsters by UC Berkeley researchers studying the effects of …
NIH funds development of painless vaccine patch
Immunizing vast amounts of people without the need for trained medical personnel would, obviously, be incredibly helpful to health officials responding to pandemics or trying …
My pet tumor – Stanford researchers grow 3D tumor in lab from normal cells
Studying how tumors grow and spread in laboratory animals is tricky, expensive and time consuming. Now Stanford researcher Paul Khavari, MD, PhD, has discovered how …
A closer look at Stanford's free clinics
My open enrollment period at work ended last week. A yearly routine, it's easy to forget how lucky I am to be able to make …
Study shows daily dialysis may boost patients' heart function, physical health
Increasing the frequency of weekly dialysis sessions for patients with kidney failure could improve their cardiovascular health and quality of life, according to findings published …
E. coli bacteria become sudoku masters
Now I've heard it all: E. coli can turn gears, blink, compute and, apparently, solve a sudoku puzzle. Medgadget reports: A team from the University …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of Nov. 15
The five most-read posts on Scope this week were: FDA's warning over alcoholic energy drinks is progress, but not perfection: On Wednesday, the FDA issued …
Stanford researchers examine microbial communities of the mouth
You may not think about it often, but your mouth is a neighborhood of sorts: every surface is alive with microorganisms that are moving, competing, …
That "9 to 5" may be hazardous to your health
As if sleep interruptions weren't bad enough, now women also have to worry about their jobs taking a toll on their heart health. New findings …
Stanford professor dispels "too young for cancer" myth
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States and, as many of us know from supporting friends and family coping with …
Will access to AIDS drugs in Africa continue?
I remember the first time I saw a woman in Africa die of AIDS. Susan Andukais, just 36, was entombed on the only bed in …
Working moms get less sleep than dads
In news that likely won't surprise all those bleary-eyed working moms out there, a University of Michigan study has found that mothers employed outside the …