Having a premature baby is scary and stressful, even when the infant is cared for in a top-quality neonatal intensive care unit. Parents often develop anxiety, …
Month: September 2013
Frontiers in the fight against ovarian cancer
Women battling ovarian cancer, one of the toughest malignancies known, heard some encouraging news recently from a Stanford researcher on the forefront of new treatments. …
Reframing reactions could reduce symptoms of social anxiety disorder, Stanford study shows
What if the brain could be taught to participate in its own healing? In a recent study from the Clinically Applied Affective Neuroscience project of Stanford's …
Stanford expert: Students shouldn’t sacrifice sleep
I admit it. I'm absolutely horrible at getting to bed at a reasonable hour, and sleep is the first thing to go when my schedule …
When brain’s trash collectors fall down on the job, neurodegeneration risk picks up
The brain's very own immune cells, called microglia, are both cops and trash collectors. They continuously police the brain, making sure everything is running smoothly. …
A Q&A with breastfeeding expert Susan Crowe
Breastfeeding provides numerous health benefits for mother and baby, but the mechanics of getting started can prove challenging for both parties. What's more, continuing through …
Medicine X's "What if health care…" seeks tweets
Later this month at Medicine X, thinkers and doers will convene at Stanford to catalyze new ideas about the future of medicine and health care. …
A discussion of the confusion surrounding "natural" foods
If you've ever wondered how an organic food item differs from a natural food item, you've got good company. This weekend in the San Francisco Chronicle, …
How police officers are tackling drug overdose
Drug overdose is now the most common cause of accidental death in the United States, primarily because of the vastly increased availability of pharmaceutical-grade opioids …
Joyride: Brief post-antibiotic sugar spike gives pathogens a lift
Let's be clear: Antibiotics are a modern miracle. They're also ancient history: During ancient times, moldy bread was traditionally used in Greece and Serbia to …
Labor Day break
In honor of the holiday, those of us at Scope won't be laboring today. We'll resume our normal publishing schedule tomorrow.
Image of the Week: Ready for some football – and protected from the sun
Above is a shot of just a few of the Cardinal football fans who applied temporary tattoos - and plenty of sunscreen - from the SUNSPORT booth at …