Big data is opening up all kinds of doors in health and medicine. Genomics and other 'omics, wearable technologies, combining detailed patient datasets for precision …
Month: October 2015
The best of Stanford Medicine on Instagram
Here are some of our favorite recent photos on the @Stanford.Med Instagram page. Follow along to see more. Previously: Stanford Medicine is on Instagram
Inside job: Staphylococcus aureus gets critical assist from host-cell protein accomplice
Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that colonizes the skin (and, often, the noses) of about one in three people, mostly just hanging out without causing …
Decisions, decisions: The way we express a decision alters the outcome
Research in neuroscience, psychology, business and economics tells us that a plethora of influences can alter the decisions we make. The author explored some of these …
Stanford researchers investigate source of scarring
If you've ever had a piercing that you've let grow closed, you'll know that the healing process isn't perfect. There's almost always a little dimple …
The rocket men and their breathtaking invention
It’s a gadget straight out of Star Trek — a breath analyzer that may someday quickly and noninvasively detect everything from diabetes to cancers. In …
Tattoo ink may mimic cancer on PET-CT images, researchers warn
The hit new crime thriller "Blindspot" is about a mysterious woman, Jane Doe, who is covered in extensive full-body tattoos. If Jane Doe were a real …
It all comes down to truth: Stanford med student digs in on public-health campaigns
While interning in the World Health Organization’s media unit in Delhi this summer, Stanford medical student Michael Nedelman found himself contemplating a question many public …
Step by step: Study pinpoints brain connection required for performing serial tasks
A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step, as the Chinese philosopher Lao-Tse is reported to have said 2,600 years ago. People …
From medicine to the mat: Learning self defense
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 …
Is it time to compensate kidney donors?
A recent New York Times blog entry editorialized on the worldwide shortage of transplant kidneys, raising the question of whether it's time to compensate kidney …
Stanford image takes big honors at 2015 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition
Small things seldom get big press, but once a year the microscopic world takes front and center stage at Nikon's annual Small World Photomicrography Competition. …
61-year-old grandfather gets new heart valve at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
One little-known fact about children's hospitals: A number of their patients are not children. I wrote about one such patient recently, a 61-year-old San Jose …
Decisions, decisions: How our decision making changes with age
Research in neuroscience, psychology, business and economics tells us that a plethora of influences can alter the decisions we make. The author explored some of these …
Stanford addiction expert: “The country needs to spring into action” on heroin epidemic
What's underlying today's heroin epidemic and what can be done about it? That was the focus of the opening hour of KQED's Forum yesterday morning, and …
Sino-U.S. Symposium brings researchers to Stanford to discuss precision health, big data
Last week, more than 300 health researchers from China and the United States converged at Stanford for the ninth Sino-U.S. Symposium on Medicine in the 21st …