As part of the Stanford Medicine Alumni Association's Alumni Day event, I recently moderated a panel discussion on "The digital medicine revolution." The talk featured three panelists with …
Month: April 2016
Take a nap: It’s good for your heart
Poor sleep is likely to make you feel grumpy and unfocused, but more importantly it puts you at risk for serious medical conditions such as …
Med School 101 returns to Stanford Medicine
Med School 101, the event that offers local teens a glimpse into the world of medical school, returns to Stanford School of Medicine today. The …
Avoiding first-time cesareans: Stanford-based center releases new guidelines
Cesarean births have risen dramatically in recent years, from 22 percent of all births across the country in 1996 to 33 percent in 2008. Although …
How your neighborhood can affect your health: A real-life experiment from Sweden
Imagine arriving in a new country, belongings on your back, and being randomly assigned to live in a neighborhood. Perhaps, using San Francisco Bay Area …
Why become a doctor? A personal story from a Stanford neurosurgeon
Why go into neurosurgery? Aspiring physicians could easily select another, less time-consuming specialty. In this recent Stanford Health Care video, that's exactly what Lawrence Shuer, MD …
A call to arms on aging: A conversation with Lesley Stahl and Laura Carstensen
Longer lives are among the greatest gifts humans have ever received, Stanford psychologist and aging expert Laura Carstensen, PhD, said Tuesday at the Stanford Health …
Tackling cancers of the immune system with customized “peptibodies”
You've probably heard a lot of buzz around the concept of "targeted" cancer therapy that kills only tumor cells while sparing healthy cells and tissue. …
Electroceutical pioneer tackling new challenge: Self-regulating dose measurements
When the latest treatments failed to defeat her father's cancer, electrical engineer Ada Poon, PhD, knew she wanted to do apply her skills to help …
One small step for medicine, one giant leap for medical students
If the first two years of medical school were a religion, then the textbook known as First Aid for USMLE Step 1 would be our …
Should we invest in HIV prevention for people who inject drugs?
People who inject drugs make up less than 1 percent of the U.S. adult population. But about 10 percent of new HIV infections in this …
Stanford Medicine’s Alumni Day, in pictures
Earlier this month, the School of Medicine opened its doors to past students for its annual Alumni Day. Among the event's highlights: educational talks on breakthroughs in …
Familial hypercholesterolemia: A genetic disease in need of early testing
New research shows that familial hypercholesterolemia -- a genetic condition that leads to high LDL cholesterol -- is commonly diagnosed late and patients often don't get adequate treatment. FH …
“I carry your heart”: Abraham Verghese on the doctor-patient relationship
Addressing a room full of cardiologists for the annual Simon Dack Lecture, writer and physician Abraham Verghese, MD, reflected on a love poem: e.e. cumming's …
Men’s typically taciturn Y chromosomes tell colorful tale of conquests, expansions
There's nothing more macho than a Y chromosome. It not only confers maleness on its recipient but is handed down from one generation to the next pretty much stubbornly unchanged. …
On Zika, gut bacteria and resilience in children: Highlights from the final day of the Childx conference
Stanford's Childx conference on Friday featured a lineup of presentations focused on microbes and early life, as well as on how children can thrive in …