Earlier this month, tongues across the country wagged over Miami Heat star LeBron James' less-than-impressive outing in the NBA Finals. Now, weeks later, results of …
Month: June 2011
Future of Children's Health in California forum posted online
Last week, California Secretary of Health and Human Services Diana Dooley participated in a Stanford Health Policy Forum event to discuss the future of children’s …
A pioneer of modern-day neonatology
The current issue of the Stanford Medicine Newsletter includes an inspirational story on the career of neonatologist Philip Sunshine, MD. Arriving at Stanford in 1957, …
Will redesigning food labels help consumers revamp their eating habits?
A movement is underway to simplify food labels and, hopefully, make it easier for consumers to eat healthier. A year ago, the U.S. Food and …
Unsung brain-cell population implicated in variety of autism
Like the late Rodney Dangerfield, and as I once wrote in Stanford Medicine, glial cells "don't get no respect." Combined, the three glial cell types …
Honorary mad scientists build semi-functional brain
In a straight-out-of-sci-fi experiment, University of Florida researchers grew neurons on a computer chip - and the neurons started to think. That is to say, …
Long-term love may dull pain, study shows
Getting a loved one to kiss your booboo might actually make it feel better, recent research suggests. Research by scientists including Stanford pain expert Sean …
TED talk emphasizes the value of patient-to-patient communication
Dave deBronkart wouldn't have been alive to give this inspirational TED talk if it weren't for the Internet. After being diagnosed with a rare form …
Stem cell researchers challenge clinics' questionable practices
Regenerative medicine such as stem cell therapy has cast a ray of hope into many patients' lives. Stem cell clinics, however, do not always offer …
Is frequent snacking to blame for Americans’ growing waistlines?
Much has been discussed about how modern society's sedentary lifestyle is contributing to the obesity epidemic in the United States. But new research suggests our …
Stanford-led study on Medtronic bone product dominates the headlines
An extensive review of the data on a commonly used spinal fusion product, which found the Medtronic product causes vastly more complications than reported in …
Relieving Pain in America: A new report from the Institute of Medicine
The past couple of days have been hard. Struggling with work deadlines, I was also trying to comfort my sobbing six-year-old son as he suffered …
Health officials hope to combat food poisoning with humorous PSAs
Summer is here, and (per tradition) people are celebrating by handling raw hamburger meat and eating outdoors. It's appropriate, then, that the USDA’s Food Safety and …
Stanford orthopedist reveals problems with Medtronic spinal fusion product
During the course of this past year, Stanford orthopedist Eugene Carragee, MD, and his colleagues have done an extensive review of the data on a …
Study offers new insights into link between oral hygiene and heart health
If you've been a bit lax lately about daily flossing and brushing, here's some motivation to spend more time polishing your pearly whites. New research …
The mystery of pruney fingers: Solved?
Okay, okay, I know this is isn't exactly health-related - but after drying off the small, pruney fingers of my freshly bathed daughters about a thousand times, …