The five most-read stories this week on Scope were:
Role reversal: How I went from med student to ED patient in under two minutes: In the latest installment of our SMS Unplugged series, second-year medical student Hamsika Chandrasekar shares her recent experience as both a trainee and patient in the emergency department.
Stanford Rhodes Scholar heading to Oxford to study ways "the brain can go awry": Undergraduate Emily Witt is one of two Stanford students selected to receive the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to study abroad at Oxford next year. In this Q&A, Witt discusses her work and future plans.
Stanford alumni aim to redesign the breast pump: This post features the work of three Stanford graduates who are designing and building a breast pump that is discreet, intuitive, and supportive of mothers.
Blocking a receptor on brain’s immune cells counters Alzheimer’s in mice: In a new study led by Stanford neuroscientist Kati Andreasson, MD, blocking the action of a single molecule situated on the surfaces of certain brain cells was shown to reverse memory loss and a bunch of other Alzheimer’s-like features in experimental mice.
How I've survived survivor’s guilt: In this first-person piece, part of our Inspire patient series, a cancer survivor shares that she's torn between being grateful that she is doing well and feeling anguished over knowing that other cancer patients haven't made it.
And still going strong – the most popular post from the past:
Researchers explain how “cooling glove” can improve exercise recovery and performance: The “cooling glove,” a device that helps people cool themselves quickly by using their hand to dissipate heat, was created more than a decade ago by Stanford biologists Dennis Grahn and Craig Heller, PhD. This video demonstrates the device and explains how it can be used to dramatically improve exercise recovery and performance.
