As winter approaches it strips the honeyed glow of fall from the trees. In this period of transition, you can see the soon-to-be-winterized skeletons that …
Month: December 2013
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of December 1
The five most-read stories this week on Scope were: What are the consequences of sleep deprivation?: Brandon Peters, MD, an adjunct clinical faculty member at …
Designing behavior for better health
As director of the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, BJ Fogg, PhD, studies human behavior and designs ways to influence it, whether on the computer, on …
Exploring the use of yoga to improve the health and strength of bones
I’ve written before about research studies on yoga, as well as components of my yoga teacher-training program. Delighted to find connections between the two worlds, …
Will new guidelines lead to massive statin use?
As recently written about on Scope, new guidelines on statin use, and an accompanying risk-assessment calculator, have generated much conversation in the medical community. In a …
Post-typhoon Philippines: "It is all becoming real and sinking in"
As previously reported here, a group of Stanford physicians and medical responders are in the Philippines to provide care to survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, which …
Measles is disappearing from the Western hemisphere
Decades of measles and rubella vaccinations for U.S. children are paying off. A new Centers for Disease Control report published today in JAMA Pediatrics confirms …
Need coping tips this holiday season?
Our Ask Stanford Med series is taking a break until the New Year. But there's still opportunity to interact with a health expert this month …
Stanford conducts first U.S. implantation of deep-brain-stimulation device that monitors, records brain activity
Mark down October 30 and November 20, 2013, as medical mileposts. On Oct. 30, a Stanford surgical team led by neurosurgeon Jaimie Henderson, MD, implanted …
Rheumatoid arthritis patients fare better than 20 years ago, study reports
Some encouraging news about rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a systemic autoimmune disease that causes painful, swollen joints: A new study out of The Netherlands has shown that people …
50,000 Twitter followers – and counting
We're pleased to announce that we reached a Twitter milestone today: Our @SUMedicine feed now has 50,000 followers. We're grateful for your support, and we …
An in-depth look at fertility and cancer survivorship
The physical and emotional after-effects of cancer treatment - things like fatigue, pain and depression - have been well-documented. And because some treatments cause havoc …
Stanford-developed probe aids study of hearing
Stanford engineers and medical researchers have developed a tiny tool known as a force probe to study sensory cells in the ear, as Anthony Peng, …
Diagnosis: Electronic Medical Record myopia
A few years ago I had an appointment with a doctor who got so deeply absorbed in reading and updating my electronic medical record, there …
Speaking up about female sexual dysfunction
In case you haven't seen it, there's a terrific profile of gynecologist Leah Millheiser, MD, in today's San Francisco Chronicle. Millheiser directs Stanford's Female Sexual Medicine …
Photography and storytelling may help poor women with HIV cope with their illness
I can't tell you how many times I've heard a song, read a poem, or seen a photo that transformed my point of view. But …