A 6-year-old girl in kindergarten at a charter school serving mostly black and Hispanic students was struggling, according to an October 2015 story in the …
Month: April 2016
The importance of grandparenting: A conversation with veteran journalist Lesley Stahl
In the 1930s, a person living in the United States could expect to live to roughly 60 years of age. Now the average lifespan is …
X-rays probe structure of potential cancer drug
Here are two things I hadn’t necessarily thought go together: drug development and X-ray beams. But it turns out the two are closely connected. I recently …
Quest for sleep unites Arianna Huffington, Andre Iguodala and Stanford students
Quick quiz: What's the topic of discussion when you bring together a media entrepreneur, a NBA basketball player and a narcolepsy expert? Answer: Sleep! Or …
Countdown to Childx: Global health expert Peter Singer talks about saving kids’ brains
Next week's Childx conference will feature a keynote address by Peter Singer, MD, chief executive officer of Grand Challenges Canada. The organization, which is supported …
What med students learn when their teachers disagree
The question, asked to me by a new first-year medical student, seemed simple enough: “There are a lot of different types of reflex hammers out …
Stanford Medicine to join $250 million Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
The field of cancer immunotherapy, which uses the body's own defenses — the immune system — to battle tumor cells is at an "inflection point," …
International drinking guidelines lack consistency, Stanford researchers find
Figuring out how much alcohol is safe to drink can be confusing even if you're not already a bit tipsy. Not only do you need to …
Stanford study sheds light on wealth, zip code and lifespan
We all know that for optimum health we should exercise, eat a healthy diet, get plenty of sleep and not smoke. What we hear less …
How can crude oil aid brain imaging?
What happens when two Nobel Laureates get talking? They hatch a crazy plan to take teeny tiny diamonds from crude oil and – presto change-o …
Google Glass may help kids with autism recognize emotions
Many children with autism struggle to form friendships, in part because they have difficulty with social skills such as recognizing facial expressions. Now, a Stanford …
Book tackles the bioethics of “designer” babies
As fertility research advances far beyond the mere mixing of eggs and sperm in a dish, the scenarios envisioned in Hank Greely's new book, The End …
Smokers struggle to find jobs
Smoking is an expensive habit. Smokers die a decade sooner than nonsmokers and suffer from a variety of afflictions, such as lung cancer, at higher …
Battling the scourge of blisters: Stanford study shows paper tape can help
As a novice hiker, I went shopping for hiking boots recently and got immediately overwhelmed, not only by the multitude of options for footwear, but …
Essentially erasing an essential tremor
When I think of tremors, I picture an older man struggling to write, his fingers quivering. But for Brad Ackerman, an industrial designer shown at …
Connecting with others is good for your health
Just about everyone I know feels overwhelmed with an endless ‘to do’ list of work assignments, chores, errands and appointments. By the end of the …