While most of us know that sitting for prolonged periods of time can be detrimental to our health, sometimes, despite our best intentions, we're locked …
Month: September 2015
Tension helps heart cells develop normally, Stanford study shows
Tension might not be fun for us, but it looks like it’s critical for our hearts. So much so that without a little tension heart …
Measuring how military service affects women’s longevity and overall health
Despite the large numbers of women who serve in the military, there is a dearth of information about their postmenopausal health risks and how military …
Learning how to learn medicine
Stanford Medicine Unplugged (formerly SMS Unplugged) is a forum for students to chronicle their experiences in medical school. The student-penned entries appear on Scope once a …
NIH tries to reduce the gray in the grant pool
This 45-second animation vividly illustrates the funding crisis that young scientists face as they work to launch their research careers: For the last three decades, …
Why C. difficile-defanging mouse cure may work in people, too
I wrote a news release last week about a study just published in Science Translational Medicine. The study, despite it having been conducted in mice, …
Stanford Medicine X, in pictures
We've written extensively over the last six days about Stanford Medicine X and its sister conference, Stanford Medicine X | ED; you can see all the …
#NextGreatDiscovery: Exploring the important work of basic scientists
Today, Stanford is launching a digital series, called #NextGreatDiscovery, to share the stories of some of the scientists doing groundbreaking basic research here. Through photographs and short …
A discussion of intimacy and illness at Medicine X: “Embrace yourself and embrace your normal”
Medicine X is well known for shining a light on dark feelings and difficult-to-talk about topics, as well as being a safe place to hold …
A look at using smartphone apps for patient-centered research
The usefulness and power of mobile apps in research was one of the last topics at Medicine X yesterday. One of the panelists in the late-afternoon "Clinical …
From patient to entrepreneur: Three Medicine X panelists offer advice
"Who better than to solve our problems in health care than the people who live it and breathe it every day?" That was the rhetorical …
Engaging and empowering patients to strive for better health
Medicine X yesterday featured a series of talks on a topic that is near and dear to the heart of many conference attendees: Empowering and engaging …
At Medicine X, designers offer their take on why patient-centered design is top priority
As a Medicine X veteran, I'm used to hearing patients talk about the importance of putting patients' needs first. But yesterday afternoon, I got to hear about …
Peter Bach on drug pricing: “A system so broken even a child could manipulate it”
The U.S. medical system is like a New England toll road: It's designed to extract tolls from patients all along their health-care journeys, with a …
At Medicine X, talking about owning one’s data and about patient-tailored health care
Health care that's tailored to you and taking ownership of your health data were the themes of the morning yesterday at Medicine X. Lloyd B. Minor, MD, dean …
Living long and living well: A conversation on longevity at Medicine X
There were big-time laughs, and the expected misty eye or two, at today’s Medicine X session on aging and longevity. Natrice Rese, a retired personal …