A research project on drug resistance in ovarian cancer earned a Fort Worth, Texas teen top honors in the first annual Google Science Fair. Scientific American, who partnered …
Month: July 2011
A multidisciplinary approach to GI pain
A new program at Stanford Hospital & Clinics is taking a multidisciplinary approach to help ease the pain of those suffering from a gastrointestinal disorder. …
British government urging toddlers to 'get physical'
In case you haven't heard, the British government - in an effort to combat childhood obesity - has just issued guidelines recommending that children under …
Four common myths about U.S. health care
An online article on common myths about medical care in the United States caught my attention today. Scientific American's Christine Gorman outlines four prevalent assumptions, including: Myth …
Stanford's med school training programs in full swing
From crunching bioinformatics data to shadowing physicians to creating 3D interactive anatomy models, high school and college students are developing new skills and expanding their knowledge …
The rise of the medical school Multi-Mini Interview
Instead of the traditional hour-long student interviews with a faculty member, Stanford and several other medical schools have adopted a new interview process known as …
No pain, no gain. Not!
I consider myself very lucky. I am not one of the more than 110 million Americans who experience chronic pain every year. In the past, …
Image of the Week: Ear hair cells derived from embryonic stem cells
This unusual image from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) Flickr photo stream depicts mouse embryonic stem cells that have matured into bundles of …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of July 3
The five most-read posts on Scope this week were: A beautiful blood clot: A colorized scanning electron micrograph of a blood clot. The image comes …
Community violence can increase risk of heart disease
People living in violent communities are at a higher risk for heart disease, according to an article in the California Report. The article, which lists …
A brief look at "caring" for engineered tissue
Here's a neat, short TED talk: Nina Tandon, PhD, offers a four-minute explanation of how tissue is cultured and how her lab "cares" for engineered …
Stanford filmmakers document life with a rare disease
On Wednesday, Stanford will host a free screening of a new documentary by filmmakers Maren Grainger-Monsen, MD, director of the Program of Bioethics and Film, …
Getting vaccinated for free
Speaking of vaccines, children aren't the only ones who need to protect their health by getting vaccinated. And though I had no idea this was …
College without booze: harder than it sounds
“Still Sociable at Stanford” wrote to Dear Abby last week asking for advice about a problem that usually isn’t mentioned in discussions of college drinking: …
How to save $83 billion? Vaccinate
Seth Mnookin writing for the PLoS blog The Panic Virus calls attention to a shocking conclusion in the current issue of the Journal of the …
Breast cancer's pink, girly ads may not resonate with viewers
Breast cancer research and awareness is a cause with a look - one that is currently pink, girly, and covered in ribbons. And thanks to the many breast cancer …