It may sound unusual, but knitting is one way to cope with difficult experiences, such as undergoing cancer treatment. Rhythmic and relaxing, knitting can sooth …
Month: January 2015
The bacteria that nearly killed my grandmother
SMS (“Stanford Medical School”) Unplugged is a forum for students to chronicle their experiences in medical school. The student-penned entries appear on Scope once a …
What needs to happen for wearable devices to improve people’s health?
"Wearable devices" are pieces of technology that are worn in clothes or accessories, and they often have biometric functionality - they can measure and record …
Stanford researchers deliver double punch to blood cancer
Acute myeloid leukemia is an aggressive and deadly cancer affecting cells that turn into our blood. Now, a study published in Nature Medicine shows that …
Advances in diagnosing and treating a painful and common jaw disorder
On New Years Eve, Australian rapper Iggy Azalea shared with her Twitter followers that she was diagnosed with a temporomandibular joint dysfunction (often referred to …
Boldly Me: Bay Area non-profit helps build self esteem in those who feel different
Boldly Me is the dream-come-true of founder Alanna Powell, who was diagnosed with Alopecia Universalis as a toddler and consequently spent the majority of her life completely …
Scope will return tomorrow
Our office is closed today in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Scope will resume publishing tomorrow. Photo by Zach Frailey
Eating for good blood: Tips for boosting iron levels and hemoglobin
Approximately 10 percent of potential blood donors are turned away because of low iron. Here, a Stanford Blood Center writer offers tips for boosting a person's count.
Approximately 10 percent of potential blood donors are turned away because of low iron. Here, a Stanford Blood Center writer offers tips for boosting a person's count.
Stanford biomedical community shows support for those affected by police violence
Scores of biomedical students, researchers, faculty and staff staged a "die-in" yesterday to protest excessive police violence against people of color. Clad in black "BlackLivesMatter" …
Health care in Haiti: “At risk of regressing”
As an undergraduate at Duke University, Maxwell Kligerman stumbled into an amazing scientific opportunity. He spent the summer of 2009 collecting data on the availability …
Screening for diseases doesn’t necessarily save lives, study shows
It seems like it should work: If everyone was tested for every disease, lives would be saved, right? These conditions would be spotted quickly, treated …
Helping those in academic medicine to both “work and live well”
One of the perks of working for a university is that I get, like a regular ol' student, a nice long winter break. I was off work …
Physician at forefront of Ebola fight: “Ultimate award” is what you get back from survivors
When Lassa fever, a cousin of Ebola, was afflicting hundreds of thousands of people in West Africa in the late 90s, Daniel Bausch, MD, MPH …
In human defenses against disease, environment beats heredity, study of twins shows
I'm one of those people who've paid to have their genomes analyzed for the purpose of getting a handle on susceptibility to this or that …
Stanford researcher tackles tricky problem: How does a cell become a fat cell?
Here's this week's Biomed Bites. Check each Thursday to meet more of Stanford’s most innovative biomedical researchers. Mary Teruel had no intention of becoming a biology …
Living loooooooonger: A conversation on longevity
As I age, I'm becoming more and more interested in how I can prolong a healthy life. I hope I have a long life but …