When I saw that an event called "Medicine Around the World: Healing from a Global Perspective" was taking place on campus, I thought it would be …
Month: July 2015
Animal study hints at potential treatment for skin-picking disorder
A condition known as skin-picking disorder may sound obscure but it’s one of the more common mental health disorders and can have devastating effects on …
“This is probably one of the last major diseases we know nothing about”: A look at CFS
Chronic fatigue syndrome affects between 836,000 to 2.5 million people in the United States, and 25 percent of them are confined to their bed. Earlier …
On growing up with chronic illness: “I’ve never felt like I had ownership over my body”
We've partnered with Inspire, a company that builds and manages online support communities for patients and caregivers, to launch a patient-focused series here on Scope. …
Peeking into the genome of a deadly cancer pinpoints possible new treatment
Small cell lung cancer is one of the most deadly kinds of cancers. Typically this aggressive disease is diagnosed fairly late in its course, and the …
Stanford doctors unraveling mysterious childhood psychiatric disease
A story in Sunday's Wall Street Journal highlights Stanford's leadership in treating a mystifying disease in which a child suddenly develops intense psychiatric problems, often …
Health aid may be allocated efficiently, but not always optimally
Foreign aid to the public-health sectors of developing countries often appears to be allocated backwards: The global burden of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes or …
Stanford doctor-author brings historic figure Jonas Salk to life
Stanford professor emerita Charlotte Jacobs, MD, spent the past decade with the ghost of polio vaccine creator Jonas Salk, MD, the subject of her second …
How can we get men to take better care of themselves?
First, I tried asking. Sprinkling little reminders, jokingly throughout the day. Then I started lecturing. Now, more than a month into my get-my-husband-to-the-dentist campaign, I've …
A Stanford dietician talks food sensitivities
Ever wondered what the difference between a food allergy and a food sensitivity is? Neha Shah, MPH, RD, CNSC, a registered dietician at the Stanford …
Stanford med student chronicles his experience working in rural Kenya
Growing up in Kakamega, a rural county in western Kenya, medical technologies and services were extremely limited for Luqman Hodgkinson, PhD. Now a first-year Stanford …
Medicare to pay for end-of-life conversations with patients
Remember "death panels?" In the summer of 2009, in the midst of the debate about the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, a small item in …
A day in the life of your body, in video
Most of us give little thought to the daily inner workings of our bodies. We're more focused on the tasks of getting ourselves, and the …
Adventurous eaters more likely to be healthy, new study shows
Are you willing to sample chocolate-covered silkworm pupae? What about blood sausage or, for the vegetarians among us, some shoo-fly pie (one of my personal favorites)? …
Stanford expert on new treatment guidelines for teens’ eating disorders
Eating disorders often begin in the teenage years, but, surprisingly, the medical community long lacked a teen-specific set of guidelines for treating these serious illnesses. …
A look back at one of Stanford’s first kidney donors
Much of medical science writing involves reporting on the next potentially lifesaving treatment. But sometimes it’s rewarding to look back. The recent death of one …