Running au naturel could feel freeing or painful, and runners and sports medicine specialists argue both ways about going bare…foot. As previously reported on Scope, …
Month: September 2013
In animal study, cancer drug appears helpful for diabetes
Two just-published studies (here and here) provide new insights on diabetes and show how a cancer drug was used to treat the disorder in animal models. …
Being a mom and a doctor: One blogger shares her struggles
Late last week, in a candid guest post over on Mothers in Medicine, obstetrician/mom "KC" described her struggles with being away from her young son and shared that the "feelings of …
Important metabolic defect identified in immune cells of rheumatoid arthritis patients
Autoimmunity is a biological betrayal. Your immune system is there to defend you against outsiders (to wit: viral, bacterial, fungal or protozoan pathogens) and to …
Image of the Week: A playful take on the human respiratory system
If you’ve ever studied, or taught, how the human body works, you may have noticed that the easier a human anatomy diagram is to understand, …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of September 8
The five most-read stories on Scope this week were: NICU trauma intervention shown to benefit mothers of preemies: Researchers from Stanford and Lucile Packard Children's …
A flowchart for debating scientific studies?
Nerd alert: I love flowcharts. They can be used to learn the structure of an organization, find a solution to a problem, or determine if …
Internet's role in providing basic human necessities
In an opinion piece today for Reuters, Michele Barry, MD, senior associate dean for global health and director of the Center for Innovation in Global …
Cigarettes' harm that smoke alarms can't detect
Beyond the hazards of smoking or even inhaling second-hand smoke, residue from cigarette smoke lingering on fabrics and skin causes a quiet, yet pervasive, danger. …
Medicine as art's muse
A new method of painting conservation shows one way that medicine has inspired the art world. Scientists and conservators from several European universities and art institutions assessed the …
Identifying disparities in palliative care among cancer and non-cancer patients
Earlier this month, the New York Times reported on financial and ethical considerations for entering a hospital's palliative care unit, which serves people with chronic illnesses near …
Gel polish: What risks lie beneath painted beauty?
The desire for beautiful nails has fueled an entire industry of nail salons and inspired new trends in nail care. In my work with the Cancer …
Checking up on patient experiences with ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is known to be the deadliest gynecologic cancer. But are women - and their specialist providers - getting the message about early diagnosis …
The key to speed? Inside a cell, it's trigger waves
Think of what you see in this video as a message going viral, only it's spreading not in cyberspace but in cytoplasm. The video shows …
Is it possible to control one's emotions?
Here's a question I've asked myself about a hundred times since becoming a parent (usually when engulfed by the cries or screams of an unhappy …
Down syndrome due to faulty stem cell regulation?
Down syndrome as a stem cell disease? It sounds like an unlikely mash-up of two hot-button research topics. But a study from the laboratory of …