Remember being drilled multiplication tables? Or taking a timed math exam? These have been common activities in school, but Stanford experts say they're not really helpful to kids …
Month: February 2015
Face blindness stems from differences in neurocircuitry
A recent Stanford News article stopped me in the first paragraph with its line, "One in 50 people can't recognize faces." That's a huge number of people, including, …
“The uncertainty was killing me”: A student’s tale of genetic testing for Huntington’s disease
Imagine you had a 50 percent chance of being diagnosed with a disease that progressively breaks down the nerve cells of your brain, and that …
Transparency in clinical trials: The importance of getting the whole picture
Last week, the Journal of the American Medical Association ran a Viewpoint article from Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health and Kathy Hudson, …
Factors driving prescription decisions for macular degeneration complex – and costly
For the last decade or so of her life, my grandma was basically blind. Her eyes, like those of many seniors, suffered from macular degeneration, …
Cells from patients diagnosed with schizophrenia may provide clues about the disease
As a medical student, Sergiu Pasca was frustrated when he learned about the treatments available for mental disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. "We can …
The power of social media: How one man uses it to help amputees get prosthetics
Stanford’s Medicine X is a catalyst for new ideas about the future of medicine and health care. This new series, called The Engaged Patient, provides a …