It's time to look back at this month's five-most read stories on Scope. They were: Eating for good blood: Tips for boosting iron levels and hemoglobin: …
Month: June 2015
Exposure to nature helps quash depression – so enjoy the great outdoors
Walking is good for your health. But walking somewhere natural is even better, according to a new Stanford-led study. Study participants who walked in a …
Female high-school athletes suffer more overuse injuries than their male counterparts
When I was younger, the prevailing parenting advice regarding athletics and children was to identify a sport your child would enjoy early on and have …
Parents turn to data after son is diagnosed with ultra-rare disease
Keynote talks and presentations from the 2015 Big Data in Biomedicine conference at Stanford are now available on the Stanford YouTube channel. To continue the …
Physician-monk leads Stanford doctors in meditation
After he finished his recent Grand Rounds talk here at the medical school, and before he opened the room to questions, physician Barry Kerzin, MD, asked the audience of doctors, …
CRISPR marches forward: Stanford scientists optimize use in human blood cells
The CRISPR news just keeps coming. As we've described here before, CRISPR is a breakthrough way of editing the genome of many organisms, including humans …
Stanford Football team physician shares tips for staying healthy while working out
Last month, more than 750 people gathered on the Stanford Medicine campus for the annual Health Matters event. There, Jason Dragoo, MD, team physician for …
Stanford team develops technique to magnetically levitate single cells
Remember the levitating frog? That feat — the levitation of a live frog using a powerful magnet — was awarded the 2000 Ig Nobel Prize. …
From petri dish to patient: Studying, treating – and trying to cure – less common cancers
In 2015, more than 1.5 million Americans were diagnosed with cancer. Around forty percent of those new diagnoses were in three types of cancer -- …
After Haiyan: Stanford med student makes film about post-typhoon Philippines
Multi-talented Stanford Medicine student Michael Nedelman has been featured on Scope before for his filmmaking and storytelling abilities. His new film, "After Haiyan: Health narratives in the aftermath …
Drought causes spike in HIV infections in Africa
Here in California, the drought is plenty serious. Shortages mean short showers, brown lawns, empty reservoirs and fallow fields. But in sub-Saharan Africa, drought spreads …
Nobel Laureate Michael Levitt explains why “biology is information rich” at Big Data in Biomedicine
Keynote talks and presentations from the 2015 Big Data in Biomedicine conference at Stanford are now available on the Stanford YouTube channel. To continue the …
On King v. Burwell and the survival of the Affordable Care Act (and an unexpected birthday present)
Today is my birthday – and the Supreme Court (or, at least, two-thirds of it) just gave me, most people who follow health policy, and …
Study: Treatment plans for kidney failure should consider cause and circumstances of disease
One size seldom fits all, so it's not surprising that one treatment regimen may not suit all patients with the same condition. Now, a new …
Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act with a 6-3 vote
Updated 4:07 PM: "Obamacare lives to fight another day," writes David Studdert, ScD, a core faculty member at CHP/PCOR and an expert in health law, in a …
Stanford-India Biodesign co-founder: “You can become a millionaire, but also make a difference”
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 …