The five most-read stories this week on Scope were:
It’s time for innovation in how we pay for medical school: Joanne Conroy, MD, chief executive officer of Lahey Clinic & Medical Center in Burlington, Mass., discusses options to decrease undergraduate medical school debt. This post originally appeared on Wing of Zock.
Without exercise, Americans are growing more obese, according to Stanford researchers: Inactivity rather than overeating could be driving the surge in Americans’ obesity, according to a study by Stanford researchers that includes first author Uri Ladabaum, MD.
The behavioral consequences of overindulgence: Researchers from the Stanford Graduate School of Business have conducted a series of experiments on how overindulgence affects our pleasure in food. Their findings offer insights for both individuals that have trouble eating and drinking in moderation and those who are picky eaters.
Fewer than six degrees of separation: the small world of higher education: In this entry of the SMS Unplugged series, med student Hamsika Chandrasekar discusses the need to address diversity of undergraduate institutions in medical school.
Stanford patient on having her genome sequenced: “This is the right thing to do for our family”: Patient Julie Prillinger's genome was among the first to be sequenced through a pilot program of the new Clinical Genomics Service at Stanford Hospital & Clinics. The pilot phase of the service is limited to specific patient groups.
And still going strong – the most popular post from the past:
The mystery surrounding lung-transplant survival rates: A 2012 article in the San Francisco Chronicle offered a look at the challenges facing lung transplant patients and explored why a significant number don’t live beyond the five-year mark, despite improvements in survival rates.
