Young at heart. He has a heart of gold. She's a heartbreaker. So often we used the word "heart" to define who we are or …
Month: April 2017
Precision education: Tailoring medical training to support future doctors
Since she was a little girl, Cyrena Gawuga, PhD, wanted to be a doctor. But struggles with lupus and bipolar disorder forced her to drop out …
On the intersection of pain and beauty: One patient’s journey
“The pain passes, but the beauty remains” ― Pierre-Auguste Renoir Jennifer Walker doesn't want to be defined by her disease. So much more than a patient …
A healing song and symbolic feather to close the first day of Medicine X |ED
Everyone rose to their feet and a hush came over the crowd as Erik Brodt, MD, wrapped up his closing keynote speech to end the …
An activist mom on being inspired by “a force of nature”
When your little boy is diagnosed with a progressive and fatal disease that he can't understand, let alone pronounce, you become an advocate in a …
In agreement: Neha Sangwan on the importance of clear communication
Here's the scenario, Neha Sangwan, MD, a medical and personal communications consultant, told a rapt Medicine X | ED audience Saturday afternoon. She was addressing the …
Working together in health care: Why it’s hard and what works
A large group of care providers often swirls around each patient. There's a primary doctor and nurses and specialists of all sorts — MDs like radiologists …
On learning, the patient’s voice and the power of stories: Stanford’s Medicine X | ED begins
Excitement was in the air this morning as Stanford's Medicine X | ED conference began. The event focuses on new and innovative ways to look …
Medicine X | ED happening this weekend
We've been talking here for weeks about Medicine X | ED, and it's finally happening: This weekend, a wide range of stakeholders will gather on campus …
Award-winning project takes on threat of multidrug-resistant bacteria
The moment of insight that leads to new drug discoveries and therapies can come from just about anywhere. For Stanford students Christian Choe, Maria Filsinger Interrante and Zachary …
Stanford researchers use color-coding to pinpoint locations of gut-bacterial strains
In a mouse study published today in Cell, Stanford microbiologist Justin Sonnenburg, PhD, and his colleagues have been able to simultaneously visualize multiple bacterial strains in lab …
Minimizing risk in health technology innovation: A checklist
The process of medical device innovation is quite complex. First, innovators must pick the right problem to solve, not an easy task. Then, they have to …
A Stanford expert in the science of learning turns his attention to medical education
Dan Schwartz, PhD, found himself unconvinced after a recent visit to his general practitioner. In for a bad wheel, he’d been given a simple diagnosis: …
Miniature heart pump for babies to be tested across the country
For years, the pump technology available to help babies and small children with heart failure has lagged behind what's available for adults. But a multi-site …
California bill aims for later school start times to protect teens’ health
Odds are that you’re feeling tired when you read this. More than one in three American adults don’t get enough sleep on a regular basis, …
Protein in human umbilical cord blood propels old mice’s sputtering memory to new highs
Human umbilical cord blood can rejuvenate learning and memory in older mice, according to a study led by Stanford neuroscientists Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD, and Joe Castellano, …