The Medicine 2.0 Congress starts today with an opening keynote speech from Graduate School of Business Professor Jennifer Aaker, PhD. The international conference is being held …
Month: September 2011
Stressed? There’s an app for that
Everyone gets stressed – whether it’s a looming work deadline, getting cut off in traffic, or having technical problems (the IT department just the spent …
Live tweeting Stanford Summit @ Medicine 2.0 keynotes
The Stanford Summit @ Medicine 2.0 kicks off this morning with a keynote speech from Stanford physician and best-selling author Abraham Verhgese, MD. Verhgese's talk …
How a med school dean became part of Anna Deavere Smith's hit play
Back in 2009, my colleague Paul Costello spoke with playwright Anna Deavere Smith about her then-new play, "Let Me Down Easy," which pays homage to the …
Researchers analyze family's whole genome sequences, predict members' inherited health risks
After suffering two pulmonary embolisms in 2003, Cupertino, Calif. resident John West began to wonder if he had passed any blood clotting risks to his …
Lung cancer rates declining in the U.S.
Some good news out of the CDC today: The rates of lung cancer among men in the United States decreased in 35 states between 1999 …
This is your 4-year-old on cartoons
In case you missed it, research out this week in the journal Pediatrics examined the short-term effects of fast-paced TV programs on 4-year-olds' executive function …
Helping the uninsured sign up for health insurance
As you may have heard, a new nonprofit group launched yesterday to help get Americans - specifically those who, beginning in 2014, will be eligible for coverage …
Autism in Africa?
Autism has sometimes been described as a disease of industrialized high-technology societies. If that’s truly the case, it could have serious implications for our understanding …
A push to keep minors away from tanning beds
Are indoor tanning beds contributing to increasing rates of melanoma? Some experts and policy-makers believe so, and California State Senator Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) held a press conference in …
The importance of patient-doctor end-of-life discussions
How important is it for physicians to let terminally ill patients know when the end is near? Booster Shots today reports on a Journal of Clinical …
Stanford study furthers understanding of reading disorders
Odds are you haven't put too much thought into it, but a small region of your ventral occipitotemporal cortex is activating like mad as you …
Stanford researchers, clinicians and academics gather for Obesity Summit 2
Yesterday's Obesity Summit 2 brought together researchers, clinicians and academics from all over the Stanford campus to share their perspectives on the challenges and approaches …
Mammoth effort: Scientists turn to Ice Age species to develop artificial blood for humans
Woolly mammoths, which initially evolved in warm climates where African and Asian elephants now live, migrated to the cold regions of Eurasia in the Pleistocene …
More on grieving in the age of social media
Last week, in light of the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, my colleague Michelle Brandt wrote a Q&A with Elias Aboujaoude, MD, about grieving …
How to cope with an "invisible illness"
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one in two Americans suffers from at least one chronic disease that affects their daily …