Food allergies affect one in every 13 American kids, yet when a child is diagnosed, modern medicine can't do much to help. As parents of …
Month: March 2013
Researchers mine Internet search data to identify unreported side effects of drugs
Nearly 60 percent of American adults turn to the Internet in search of health information. Now investigators at Stanford and Microsoft Research have joined forces to …
Medical students create online newspaper to promote the voice of physicians-in-training
There's an interesting guest post on the SA Incubator blog about a publication created by medical students for medical students. In the piece, Ajay Major …
A call to advance research on women's health issues
An article in the San Francisco Chronicle today discusses the need to include more females in scientific research and mentions efforts being taken at Stanford …
Advice on managing migraines
Those who regularly suffer migraines and headaches know that there is no one-size-fits-all remedy for the pain. Headache disorders are complex conditions that require a …
Stanford pediatric AIDS expert: Was the baby really cured?
In the last few days, there has been much talk about the baby born with HIV who was reportedly cured of the disease – only …
Can playing video games boost older adults' mental health?
Convincing my grandparents to join me in a game of Wii bowling or try their hand at playing Mario Kart would be a long shot, …
Using video and a white board to describe complicated research
Describing complicated medical research in an easy-to-understand way isn't the easiest thing in the world to do. It seems to come naturally to some people, though …
Genetics may influence financial risk-taking
Research recently published in PLOS ONE suggests that genetics may be a primary factor in shaping individuals' financial decisions. In the paper, Brian Knutson, PhD, …
Exploring the role of extracellular RNA communication in human disease
DNA may be the main building blocks of the body, but researches are starting to discover that RNA, which transports genetic information within a specific …
Ask Stanford Med: Director of Stanford Headache Clinic taking questions on headache disorders
Headaches are the most common form of pain. The condition affects an estimated 60 million Americans and accounts for $30 billion in lost worker productivity. …
Image of the Week: Leprosy bacteria and interferon-beta
A University of California, Los Angeles study published online this week in Science offers clues about how various bacteria masquerade as viruses and, as a …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of Feb. 24
The five most-read stories on Scope this week were: New evidence for a direct sugar-to-diabetes link: Results of a large epidemiological study suggest sugar may …
What does the sugar-diabetes finding mean for Type 1 diabetes?
As media coverage of the new research on sugar exposure and diabetes has expanded, a few readers have asked me why our coverage did not …
How mindfulness-based therapies can improve attention and health
There's a thought-provoking feature story in the latest issue of Scientific American about the growing body of scientific evidence showing that mindfulness training lowers psychological …