Staying physically active during chemotherapy treatment can benefit patients' physical and mental health. But findings from an animal study show that exercising may also help …
Month: September 2014
Interdisciplinary campus panel to examine Ebola outbreak from all angles
Scientists have estimated that the West Africa Ebola epidemic will take another 12-18 months to control and will infect hundreds of thousands of more people …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of Sept. 14
The five most-read stories this week on Scope were: So my life will be shorter than I’d hoped – what should I do differently?: In …
Twenty-four percent of middle-aged and older Americans meet muscle-strengthening guidelines
Past research has shown that strength training can benefit older adults' health in numerous ways including arthritis relief, alleviating back pain, increasing bone density, improving …
New surgeons take time out for mental health
I spent a recent morning watching about 30 Stanford surgical residents take time off from their operating rooms to participate in a series of team-building …
Stanford Cancer Institute offers latest in cancer news, 140 characters at a time
The American Cancer Society’s 2014 annual report states that more than 1.6 million people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer in the coming …
Research investment needed now, say top scientists
Top scientists made the case for continued investment in basic science and engineering earlier this week by unveiling a new report, “Restoring the Foundation: The …
The life of a brain, captured by Stanford scientists
At last, Stanford psychologists have come up with an explanation for our 20s. Or at least my 20s. That period of time when I was …
Diabetes self-management program helps at-risk teens and their families make healthier choices
The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes among Americans ages 12 to 19 has grown from nine percent to 23 percent in less than a decade. …
Stanford to launch Wellness Living Laboratory
If you’re the kind of person who wears a heart monitor while jogging, tracks your sleep with an app or meditates to lengthen your lifespan, …
No one wants to talk about dying, but we all need to
"Dying in America is harder than it has to be." That's the headline of one of the stories published following the release of the Institute …
Discover the rhythms of life with a Stanford biologist
This is the second installment of our Biomed Bites series, a weekly feature that highlights some of Stanford's most compelling research and introduces readers to …
Expert panel discusses challenges of controlling Ebola in West Africa
The rapidly growing Ebola outbreak in West Africa is not only overwhelming the health systems of the countries involved, but the World Bank recently warned …
A computer kit could lead to better way to design synthetic molecules
Slipping something small into cells to regulate gene expression has long been a goal of biomedical researchers. And there have been many efforts to do …
In a human brain, knowing a face and naming it are separate worries
Viewed from the outside, the brain's two hemispheres look like mirror images of one another. But they're not. For example, two bilateral brain structures called …
Stanford bioengineer among Popular Science magazine’s “Brilliant 10”
Manu Prakash, PhD, a prolific inventor of low-cost scientific tools, has been named one of Popular Science magazine's "Brilliant 10" for 2014 - an award …