In spite of looser regulations around the sale of unpasteurized milk, it's still unsafe to drink. That's the message from Stanford pediatric infectious disease expert …
Month: March 2015
“From volume to value:” Stanford expert to discuss Medicare reform in free webinar
Big changes are ahead for Medicare, the largest payer in the U.S. health-care system. By 2018, Medicare aims to tie at least half of all payments …
Patient tells how social media helped her overcome the “shame” of her eating disorder
Many of us turn to our friends and families for encouragement when times are tough. So it's no wonder that social media sites have also …
Tend and befriend — helping you helps me
Helping others helps you. That's not new news -- perhaps you've heard it from your mother or your priest or your great-uncle Joe for your …
Harnessing mobile health technologies to transform human health
An estimated seven in ten U.S. adults say they track at least one health indicator, and 21 percent of this group use some form of …
Sleep = one of the keys to Golden State Warriors’ success
All-Star shooting guard Klay Thompson loves to take three pointers, and he's good at it - he's second in the league in made threes this …
Surgeon offers his perspective on balancing life and work
Many of us strive to balance our life and work so we can be successful, happy and healthy. Yet, for people with unpredictable work schedules, …
Writing a “very specific sentence” is critical for good biodesign
This post is part of the Biodesign's Jugaad series following a group of Stanford Biodesign fellows from India. (Jugaad is a Hindi word that means an inexpensive, innovative …
Researchers identify genetic basis for rosacea
Rosacea causes skin on the face to redden and can result in acne-like bumps, but it isn't just an aesthetic problem. Some rosacea patients experience …
Common skin cancer evades treatment via specific mutations
Basal cell carcinoma is the most common type of skin cancer. It is also one of the most treatable. But people with advanced cases of …
Raising the age for tobacco access would benefit health, says new Institute of Medicine report
Today, the Institute of Medicine released a new report evaluating the public health effects of reducing teenagers' access to cigarettes and other tobacco products. Right …
Circuit breaker: One Stanford scientist and his quest to control epileptic seizures
Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. John Huguenard, PhD, was wooed by the magic …
MyHeart Counts app debuts with a splash
At Stanford Medicine, we've been anticipating the debut of MyHeart Counts, an iPhone app and cardiovascular research study, for some time. The researchers told us it …
Stanford neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi, who touched countless lives with his writing, dies at 37
Neurosurgeon and writer Paul Kalanithi, MD, passed away on Monday. A death is almost always sad, but for me this one is indescribably so - though if he were alive he …
Drugs for bugs: Industry seeks small molecules to target, tweak and tune up our gut microbes
My first encounter with microbiologist Justin Sonnenburg, PhD, came when I was researching "Caution: Do Not Debug," an article I wrote five years ago for …
To keep edibles away from kids, marijuana policies must be “fully baked”
Depending on your position, legal marijuana might raise images of stoners on every street corner or of users enjoying a private puff in their backyards. …