Today's Stanford Report has a lengthy profile of well-known psychiatrist David Spiegel, MD. The piece chronicles Spiegel's path from a young Harvard doctor who came …
Month: November 2010
A very detailed look at a very famous brain
Esquire recently published a long piece on Henry Molaison, an amnesic patient studied for decades before dying in 2008, whose brain is being sectioned and …
Newly approved drug appears to provide more cost-effective stroke prevention than warfarin
The blood-thinner warfarin isn't the most universally loved medication in the world. The drug, which is commonly prescribed to people with certain heart conditions, can …
Obesity prevention in high-risk kids – challenging but worth it
Amid skyrocketing rates of childhood obesity and dire predictions for its consequences (this generation could be the first to experience an overall decline in life …
Questions about the government's position on gene patents
Last week, the federal government said genes should not be eligible for patent protection because they are part of nature. I'm a couple of days …
Stanford legal expert discusses promise and pitfalls of genetic testing
In case you missed it, Stanford's Hank Greely, JD, was a guest last week on NPR's Science Friday. The topic? Genetic testing. With the cost …
Another birth control revolution? New health law could provide free contraceptives to women
The Associated Press reports this morning on the possibility of what it calls "another birth control revolution:" free contraception for women in the United States. …