Tomorrow is the "big day" for conjoined twins Angelina and Angelica Sabuco. The San Jose, Calif. two-year-olds are being surgically separated tomorrow at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. …
Month: October 2011
Exposure to terrorism coverage on TV seems to impact women's mental health more than men's
Watching graphic images and disturbing content on TV affect men and women differently, according to findings recently published in the journal Anxiety, Stress & Coping. …
Familial BRCA mutation alone doesn't increase a woman's risk of breast cancer
Women who have a relative with breast cancer face an increased risk of contracting the disease. But what about those women who are related to a …
Can commuting by car or public transit negatively impact your health?
For many Americans, getting to and from work requires lengthy car, train or bus trips. Now new research (.pdf) out of Europe suggests people's daily commute …
Biotech start-up builds artful artificial limbs
Bespoke Innovations has gone out on a limb by building a new business around a bold idea – that prosthetic legs can communicate a message …
Image of the Week: "Heart cells"
As I reported in this week's issue of Inside Stanford Medicine, Scott Metzler, PhD, is a researcher who not only studies the early development of …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of Oct. 23
The five most-read posts on Scope this week were: Can yoga help women suffering from fibromyalgia?: A study recently published in the Journal of Pain Research shows …
Pumpkin Jobs: Stanford med student’s carving tricks – a real treat!
It's obvious why Amy Ladd, MD, professor of orthopaedic surgery, sees the potential in Raymond Tsai. The third-year medical student from Northridge, Calif., is a …
Report shows African-American, low-income children in California at highest risk of secondhand smoke
Although smoking rates in California have steadily declined since 1998, nearly 2.5 million children in the state are still at risk of secondhand smoke, according …
Show explores scientific questions surrounding 2001 anthrax attacks
Questions still remain regarding the 2001 anthrax attacks and subsequent scientific investigation, and a group of experts will weigh in on the issues on NPR's …
Study offers insights into how friendships help children manage stress
Friendships may serve as a buffer against the negative effects of social rejection and help children in managing their stress levels, according to a study …
Sugar – it's everywhere
I was a little bummed when I got diagnosed with gestational diabetes at the beginning of my second pregnancy. This is usually a time when a …
Study shows probiotic foods may alter metabolism, but can they boost your health?
These days it seems that every yogurt container on the grocery store shelf touts that it's chock-full of healthful probiotics, or "friendly bacteria." But since …
When it comes to health-care spending, U.S. is "on a different planet"
For some eye-popping facts on U.S. health-care spending compared to that of other nations, check out a post from Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, on The New …
TED Talk looks at "open-source" drug discovery
In this TED Talk, James Bradner, MD, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and an investigator at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, discusses the notion …
Software that models human movement debuts at tech museum
OpenSim, Stanford-developed software that uses physics and anatomy to create 3D simulations of human movement, is now on display at The Leonardo, a science and …