At the Childx conference last week there was a great deal of optimism that stem cell and genetic therapies are about to have a huge impact …
Month: April 2015
Project aims to improve maternal and newborn health in sub-Saharan Africa
In sub-Saharan Africa, maternal and neonatal outcomes are some of the worst in the world. What would happen to those numbers if 1,000 new obstetrician/gynecologists …
Patients who have a good emotional fit with their doctors are more likely to follow their advice
Getting patients to trust - and take - their doctor's advice isn't always easy. In the United States alone, an estimated 40 percent of patients in …
Monitoring patients’ vital signs using a touch-free video system
When Rice University graduate student Mayank Kumar and colleagues visited Texas Children’s Hospital in 2013 they took note of the tangle of wires attached to …
Frenemies: Chronic cytomegalovirus infection boosts flu vaccination efficacy (IF you’re young)
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend." This phrase, or at least the thinking it embodies, is at least 2,400 years old. So, there …
Global health and precision medicine: Highlights from day two of Stanford’s Childx conference
"I do think it's possible to end preventable child death." Those were the powerful words spoken by Rajiv Shah, MD, the former administrator of USAID, during …
Cystic fibrosis patient on her 20+ years of care
When Lauren Catron was first diagnosed with a severe form cystic fibrosis, an inherited disease that makes mucous and sweat glands go haywire, her doctors …
Breast cancer survivors shown to benefit from quality-of-life interventions
How do you bounce back after breast cancer? As outlined in a recent Dartmouth press release, a quarter to a third of breast-cancer survivors have trouble …
Innovating for kids’ health: More from first day of Stanford’s Childx
"We are at the precipice of massive change in health care." That was the message from pediatrician Alan Greene, MD, speaking during a Thursday afternoon …
Exploring links between domestic violence, depression and reproductive health
It's no surprise that domestic violence has effects that ripple outward in a victim's life, beyond physical traces of abuse. Research into just what those …
“What we’re really talking about is changing the arc of children’s lives”: Stanford’s Childx kicks off
Stanford's Childx conference got off to a great start today. Shortly after Lloyd Minor, dean of the medical school, welcomed the attendees, keynote speaker Alan …
Stanford Health Policy Forum to focus on balancing benefits and costs of prescription opioids
Nationwide deaths from drug overdose have been steadily increasing since 1990 and are a leading cause of injury death. More than half of drug overdose …
When X+X = X: Stanford scientists shed light on X-inactivation
With apologies to some of my colleagues (cough, Margarita Gallardo, cough), I've never really enjoyed the Garfield comic strip. The rotund cartoon cat and his …
Defining a new way of thinking: Slower decisions could result in better medical devices
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 solution.) The fellows …
Taking the “molecular brakes” off learning
Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative researchers. When Carla Shatz, PhD, was a child, her grandmother …
Join us for two days of live tweeting from Childx
Today and tomorrow, we'll be live tweeting Stanford's inaugural Childx conference, which brings together some of the top voices in pediatric and maternal health. We'll be using @StanfordMed and …