As 2012 comes to an end, we'd like to recap the top ten posts on Scope this year. Below are the stories you read most: Researchers create …
Month: December 2012
Top medical reads of 2012 from Stanford Medicine's editor
As the editor of Stanford Medicine, I think a lot about new research, new discoveries, new treatments. So it's no wonder I find stories of …
Stanford Medicine magazine's big reads of 2012
A list for lovers of medical writing and things Stanford: The 10 most popular Stanford Medicine magazine stories published in 2012 (as determined by pageviews on our …
Cancer drug shortage implicated in relapses among young Hodgkin lymphoma patients
A shortage of a cancer drug used to treat Hodgkin lymphoma has been linked to increased cancer relapses among children with this type of lymphoma, …
Top 10 1:2:1 podcasts for 2012
Every few weeks, Paul Costello, chief communications officer for the medical school, talks with innovators in modern medicine and health policy for our 1:2:1 podcast …
Happy Holidays from Scope
Happy Holidays from all of us at Scope! We're off celebrating, and from now until Jan. 7, Scope will be on a limited holiday publishing …
Image of the Week: Vintage Christmas cigarette advertisement
Tobacco companies began a campaign to manipulate throat doctors into helping calm the public's growing fears that smoking might be bad for their health in …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of Dec. 16
The five most-read stories on Scope this week were: It’s true: Grandma knows better than a molecular cancer epidemiologist: Ann Hsing, PhD, MPH, director of …
New drugs for systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis raise hope and questions
Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a chronic disease that takes a real toll on its young patients. In addition to painful, arthritic swelling and …
A look at social-media use among psoriasis patients
Past research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project showed that online resources, including advice from peers, are a significant source of health information …
Gun safety addressed by editorials in three JAMA journals
In the wake of last week's tragic school shooting in Connecticut, three Journal of the American Medical Association publications are running editorials today about gun …
Former professional ballet dancers find a thriving second career in science
An interesting feature story published yesterday in the Washington Post looks at professional dancers who hung up their pointe shoes and forged a career in …
A conversation about smart-device use among resident physicians
Smartphone ownership among U.S. health-care professionals has grown from 81 percent in 2010 to 91 percent in 2012. To gain a better understanding of how …
Living the gluten-free life
Eight months ago, I went gluten-free. People often ask me why and how I manage, especially with all the treats that present themselves during the …
'Tis the season for accidents and health hazards
As Andy Williams crooned, "It's the most wonderful time of the year." But it's also prime time for an increase in home accidents, heart attacks and …
Stanford neurosurgeon launches new open-source medical journal built on a crowdsourcing model
Stanford neurosurgeon John Adler, MD, has launched a new open-source medical journal that leverages crowdsourcing to make scientific research more readily available to the general …