Yesterday afternoon at the Medicine X conference here, artist-in-residence Regina Holliday captivated attendees with her heartfelt and empowering presentation on patient engagement. A widow and …
Month: September 2012
Image of the Week: Michael Graves discusses redesigning the hospital room
This image comes from the Medicine X conference Flickr photostream and shows renowned architect and designer Michael Graves delivering his keynote address, "People First: Redesigning …
Live tweeting Esther Dyson's Medicine X keynote
The Medicine X core conference continues today on the Stanford campus and opens with a keynote speech from Esther Dyson, CEO of EDVenture Holdings and a long-time …
When it comes to your genetic data, 23andMe’s Anne Wojcicki says: Just own it
Anne Wojcicki is nothing if not passionate. During a talk this morning at Stanford's Medicine X conference, the CEO and co-founder of personal-genetics company 23andMe outlined …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of Sept. 23
The five most-read stories on Scope this week were: No day on the beach: A colon cancer survivor’s story: Inspire contributor and colon cancer survivor …
Live tweeting Michael Graves' Medicine X keynote
The Medicine X core conference starts today on the Stanford campus with an opening keynote speech from renowned architect and designer Michael Graves. This morning, we'll …
Susannah Fox talks skinny jeans and self-tracking at Stanford Medicine X kick-off
The Medicine X conference began today at Stanford, and during the opening keynote Susannah Fox, associate director of digital strategy at the Pew Internet & American Life Project, shared …
No, really, the kid *should* see this
I'm always on the lookout for ways to get my three kids interested in science--any kind of science. My 13-year-old daughter has a penchant for …
Documentary about childhood brain tumor research airs in San Francisco
A heads-up for those in the Bay Area: This Sunday, Sept. 30, at 12:30 p.m. local time, San Francisco TV station KICU TV 36 will …
New thinking on schizophrenia, it's the mind, body and social experience
There's a fascinating take on schizophrenia in the Wilson Quarterly that upends the strictly genetic model. New thinking on severe mental illness contends it's much …
New public brain-scan database opens autism research frontiers
Scientists have a valuable new tool for studying autism: a public database of more than 1,000 brain scans. The scans, which were collected across the …
Stanford Medicine X conference opens today
The first-ever Medicine X conference kicks off at Stanford this morning with a keynote address from Susannah Fox, associate director of digital strategy at the Pew …
A conversation on managing chronic disease
Today in a Q&A on BeWell @Stanford, Kate Lorig, DrPH, director of Stanford’s Patient Education Research Center, discusses the self management of chronic health conditions. …
Former San Francisco 49er Steve Young aiming to create musical therapy program for children
As a San Francisco sports fan, it would be hard for me not to love NFL Hall of Famer Steve Young. Along with having a Super Bowl …
One physician's take on the lack of female doctors in leadership roles
In case you haven't been over to Well today, writer-physician Danielle Ofri sounds off there on the dearth of women in the upper ranks of medicine. …
Ask Stanford Med: Answers to your questions on prostate cancer and the latest research
In recognition of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, Eila Skinner, MD, chair of the urology department at Stanford, took questions via the @SUMedicine Twitter feed and Scope …