Last week, the Washington Post reported on a Florida law - now being challenged - that would prohibit doctors from talking with their patients about gun …
Month: December 2012
Making high-tech "maps" of cancer
Map making has long been the domain of explorers, cartographers and treasure buriers, but a Stanford cancer researcher has recently gotten into the act. Garry …
Study points to inflammation as cause of plaque buildup in heart vessels
New research into the causes of heart disease lends credence to the theory that inflammation, seen in plaque buildup in heart vessels, is a cause …
Craving a cigarette but trying to quit? A supportive text message might help
Last year, we reported on a study showing that text messaging can be an effective and economic anti-smoking tool. Today, NPR aired a segment on a …
Master regulator for skin development identified by Stanford researchers
You may be lucky enough to have perfect skin. But no matter how smooth and clear its surface (known as the epidermis) appears (or doesn't!), …
Meet the medical school’s new dean: Lloyd Minor
Lloyd Minor, MD, the former provost of Johns Hopkins University, officially became dean of the Stanford School of Medicine on December 1. A few days …
Image of the Week: Bacterial growth in multicolor
This image shows the cell wall of an actively growing bacteria. It comes from a recently published paper describing how a team of researchers added different …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of Nov. 25
The five most-read stories on Scope this week were: The stress of having too many Facebook friends: Stanford psychiatrist Elias Aboujaoude, MD, discusses new findings suggesting that the …