The life of a scientist can be filled with pressure - pressure to publish, pressure to obtain funding, pressure to support the people in his …
Month: August 2013
Clues about kidney disease from an unexpected direction
Karlene Cimprich, PhD, is a Stanford professor who normally studies how cells keep their strands of DNA in proper working order. Her newly published research …
Q&A with Stanford undergrads biking for kids with cancer
As previously written about on Scope, Stanford juniors Chris Min and Nick Abram have embarked on a 60-day cross-country bicycle trip this summer to raise …
Image of the Week: Oligodendrocyte
This alien-like image is all in your head. Really. It's an oligodendrocyte - a specialized brain cell that secretes a coating that protects the nerve …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of August 19
The five most-read stories on Scope this week were: Humor as a mate selection strategy for women?: A Stanford-led study suggests that humor may play an …
Touchable journalism technology helps to teach medicine
A recent piece on GigaOM spotlights an interactive journalism technique developed by former journalist David Sarno. His start-up Lighthaus uses gaming methods to take storytelling beyond …
Can dogs help diabetic owners monitor glycemic levels?
Animals in the workforce, including lawn-mowing goats and therapy cats, help humans in a number of ways, and dogs, especially, have long assisted their owners …
A lesson on the (slow) pace of medical research
Like Jeffrey Yu, high-schooler Ariel Lowrey has spent her summer doing research in a Stanford lab. Her biggest lesson while working here? As she shares on the California Institute for …
A doctor’s perspective on treating young patients like your own children
In a sweet and insightful blog post on KevinMD, ethicist and critical care physician Robert Truog, MD explores a common but loaded question from parents of …
Third down and ommm: How an NFL team uses yoga and other tools to enhance players' well-being
With so much negative news about the health and well-being of professional football players (concussions, long-term brain injuries, and the like), it's refreshing to read about something …
Study shows women with gestational diabetes at increased risk for obstructive sleep apnea
Come morning, an extra hour of sleep can seem to make the sun rise ("sprinkle it with dew..."). Likewise, squandering an hour awake in the …
Being a doctor and always being "on"
Living in a big city, the chances that I'll ever run into one of my doctors is slim (though I did once see my PA in the dollar section of Target), …
Study finds less time worked not always linked to happiness
D'oh! A paper (subscription required) published online in the Journal of Happiness found that reduction of working hours by external factors did not necessarily lead …
Four particularly unwelcome brain-snacking parasites
Viewing this short list of brain-eating parasites might make you want to bleach your food and bathe in boiling water, but the pictures are really …
Stanford Medicine X hosts Google+ Hangout tonight
Tune in this evening to the Stanford Medicine X blog to join a Google+ Hangout with Roni Zeiger, MD and Britt Johnson. They'll discuss expert …
The "transformative experience" of working in a Stanford stem-cell lab
This summer we've been sharing the experiences of high-school students in the Stanford Institutes of Medicine Summer Research Program. Yesterday, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, which …