Say you’re a medical researcher. You slave over a project for months, even years, and you’re thrilled when a stellar journal agrees to publish it. …
Month: September 2014
Exploring how the Affordable Care Act has affected number of young adults visiting the ER
One of the earliest - and most popular - parts of the Affordable Care Act allowed young adults to stay on their parents insurance until …
Study shows benefits of breathing meditation among veterans with PTSD
Earlier this year, Emma Seppala, PhD, associate director of Stanford’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education and a research psychologist at the the …
Re-analyses of clinical trial results rare, but necessary, say Stanford researchers
The results of large clinical trials are used to make important clinical decisions. But the raw data on which these results are based are rarely …
Stanford Medicine X: From an "annual meeting to a global movement"
As Medicine X came to a close Sunday, ePatient and American Idol participant Marvin Calderon Jr. gave a special vocal performance that moved audience members …
The risks of tinkering with dangerous pathogens
In an effort to understand new and rare infectious diseases, researchers often use recombinant DNA technology to create novel strains in the lab. In 2012, …
Medicine X explores the relationship between mental and physical health: "I don’t usually talk about this"
This year, Medicine X examined the relationship between physical and emotional well-being with three breakout panels. Psychologists and ePatients came together in two of the sessions to …
A nurse puts heart into her work at Adult Congenital Heart Program
A few decades ago, if a child was diagnosed a serious heart defect it was essentially a death sentence, but thanks to recent advances in …
Skin cancer linked to UV-caused mutation in new oncogene, say Stanford researchers
A link between the UV rays in sunshine and the development of skin cancer is nothing new. We've all (hopefully) known about the damage sun …
Gene-sequencing rare tumors – and what it means for cancer research and treatment
Sequencing the genes of cancer patients' tumors has the potential to surmount frustrating problems for those who work with rare cancers. Doctors who see patients …
At Medicine X, four innovators talk teaching digital literacy and professionalism in medical school
One of my favorite talks yesterday at Stanford's Medicine X was "Fostering Digital Citizenship in Medical School," where four esteemed panelists talked about the innovative programs …
What makes a good doctor – and can data help us find one?
While much conversation at Medicine X focused around the doctor-patient relationship, ProPublica reporter Charles Ornstein posed to conference attendees this morning a more fundamental question: …
Medicine X aims to "fill the gaps" in medical education
When conference director Larry Chu, MD, took the stage this morning to welcome attendees to Day Two of Medicine X, few people knew he had big …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of Aug. 31
The five most-read stories this week on Scope were: Breast cancer patients are getting more bilateral mastectomies – but not any survival benefit: The first-ever …
Relationships the theme of the day at Stanford's Medicine X
Medicine X began today with a theatrical bang as quotes from past speakers filled the main presentation hall and flashed across on the stage against an …
First Health 4 America fellows celebrate completion
What brings together an Alaskan native, a yoga teacher, two lawyers, a drug developer, a pediatrician, a former Peace Corps volunteer and ten others? The …