An interesting article in this month's issue of Discover spotlights the brain donation program at the Banner Sun Health Research Institute and discusses how donors …
Month: October 2012
Stanford establishes 'banking system' to help faculty balance their professional and personal lives
The Chronicle of Higher Education today highlights a new program at Stanford that was designed to help medical school faculty achieve a better work-life balance. …
Ask Stanford Med: Infectious disease specialist taking questions on seasonal influenza
Although the latest report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that seasonal influenza activity has so far been sporadic in the U.S., …
NIDA accepting proposals of mobile apps designed to help patients take their meds
Have an idea for a mobile device application that would increase patients’ compliance in taking prescribed medications? Now could be your chance to turn that …
Stanford visiting professor and founder of kidney-exchange program wins Nobel economics prize
Speaking of the Nobels, Alvin Roth, PhD, a Stanford alum and visiting professor who will become a full Stanford faculty member at the start of …
Memorable moments from Brian Kobilka's Nobel win captured on Storify
For those looking to re-live the excitement of Stanford's Brian Kobilka, MD, being named a co-recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, head over …
Free database of drugs associated with liver injury available from NIH
Drug-induced liver injury is the leading cause of acute liver failure in the United States, accounting for at least half of cases. The National Institutes …
Image of the Week: Nobel Laureate Brian Kobilka celebrates with colleagues and friends
On Wednesday, Brian Kobilka, MD, professor and chair of molecular and cellular physiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, and his mentor Robert Lefkowitz, MD, a Howard Hughes …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of Sept. 30
The five most-read stories on Scope this week were: Stanford’s Brian Kobilka wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: This week, Brian Kobilka, MD, professor and chair of …
Dance Your Dissertation: Vote for your favorite finalist
This week of Nobel Prize excitement is also the season of some other less-heralded scientific contests, including my personal favorite, the "Dance your PhD" contest …
Using cell phone data to track and fight malaria
Half of the world's population, some 3.3 billion people, are at risk for malaria. In an effort to reduce the spread of malaria, an international …
A downside of electronic health records: How 90 percent of Merced County, California patients became Albanian
Electronic medical records have become an essential backdrop to modern medical practice. Paper charts, not long ago the mainstay of health-care documentation, have become antediluvian. …
Exploring the effect of sleep loss on health
Due to yesterday's Nobel win, my colleagues and I woke up, and began working, at 3 AM - and I was reminded of how difficult …
Researchers identify the neural structures associated with poor reading skills
I'm a little late to this because of yesterday's Nobel announcement, but a new Stanford study shows that brain scans can distinguish the neural differences …
Stanford psychologist partners with ‘30 Rock’ actor on the ‘The Lutz Experiment’
Comedian John Lutz, who plays a sketch writer on the popular TV series "30 Rock," is often the fall guy for others' mischief and the target …
A busy morning for Nobel Laureate Brian Kobilka
Updated 2:26 PM: The university just posted a fun video from Kobilka's house this morning. My favorite part is when the still-stunned award winner said he didn't …