During his three-day visit to India, President Barack Obama issued a joint statement with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praising the "highly successful collaboration" that …
Month: January 2015
Infectious disease expert discusses concerns about undervaccination and California’s measles outbreak
Stanford's Yvonne Maldonado, MD, who heads up Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford infectious disease team, weighed in on California's measles outbreak last week on KQED's …
Study shows evidence-based care eliminates racial disparity in colon-cancer survival rates
For the past two decades, the National Cancer Institute has documented that African-American patients have consistently had lower survival rates in colon cancer when compared …
To protect teens’ health, marijuana should not be legalized, says American Academy of Pediatrics
Today, the country's most prominent group of pediatricians issued a policy statement that opposes marijuana legalization and advocates for policies to help minimize the drug's …
A medical invention that brings tears to your eyes
More than 20 million Americans suffer from dry eye, a painful condition where a person's lacrimal glands don't create enough tears to lubricate the surface …
Intel’s Rosalind Hudnell kicks off Dean’s Lecture Series on diversity
In 1971, just three years after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., ninth-grader Lloyd B. Minor was bussed from his white Little Rock, Arkansas …
Neurosciences get the limelight at Davos
Four faculty from the Stanford Neurosciences Institute have been in Davos for the past few days attending the World Economic Forum along with world leaders …
What’s it like to be an internal medicine resident at Stanford?
“I remember being in your shoes,” Ronald Witteles, MD, said to prospective residents during a recent Google+ Hangout sponsored by the Stanford Internal Medicine Residency program. …
Nobel laureate Randy Schekman on the importance of scientists clearly communicating about their work
I consider myself a professional nerd (my background is in chemistry and neuroscience) and have attended many academic talks during my life. I’ll be honest: …
Cocooning newborns against pertussis
At my last prenatal visit, I got a booster shot for whooping cough (sometimes called pertussis). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends women get …
Stanford researchers to study effectiveness of yoga-based wellness program at local schools
Managing stress and making healthy choices is a daily struggle for many of us. But what if way back in elementary school we had learned …
Study finds gaps in referring California’s tiniest babies to follow-up care
When very fragile babies go home from the hospital after birth, they often require special follow-up care. But a new Stanford study has found that …
The medical community and complicity: Our role in the Eric Garner case
Last week, more than one hundred Stanford graduate and medical students gathered to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and remember the lives of Mike Brown …
Beam me up! Detecting disease with non-invasive technology
Here's this week's Biomed Bites, a feature appearing each Thursday that introduces readers to Stanford's most innovative biomedical researchers. Star Trek fans rejoice! Stanford radiologist Sam …
Grandparents update their baby skills at children’s hospital
The past century has been flooded with trends and new information surrounding pregnancy, birth, and infant care. From doctors Spock, Lamaze, and Bradley in the …
Introducing the Scope magazine on Flipboard
Are you a Flipboard user? The mobile app allows readers to collect content from the web and view it in a beautiful magazine-style format. We …