This Thanksgiving, give thanks to the millions of microbes roaming around in your gut. As you lean back from the table, your tummy content, they'll …
Month: November 2017
16 Days of Activism campaign aims to end violence against women and girls
Violence against women and girls is one of the most common and tolerated violations of human rights in existence today. To raise awareness of …
Medicine from the bench: Lessons from a mental health court
I recently completed my psychiatry rotation at the Palo Alto VA. It was a fantastic experience filled with interesting moments. For example, one patient pleasantly …
In Capitol Hill meeting, Stanford researchers present alternatives to insurance cutbacks
High-quality health care tends to be expensive, but if you ask Brian Brady, MD; Nicholas Bott, PsyD; and Vicky Woo, MD, they'll tell you it doesn't …
Actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson champion cancer survivors at Stanford event
Nine years ago, former Stanford oncologist Ellie Guardino, MD, PhD, was putting on a gown to prepare for an event when she reached back to …
Privilege? What’s that got to do with diversity?
For our ongoing 1:2:1 podcast series on diversity, Portraits of Stanford Medicine, I recently spoke with Alan Ceaser, PhD, a postdoc research fellow in the …
Stanford-Google digital-scribe pilot study to be launched
Electronic health records stand out as an oft-cited source of stress that contributes to the worrisome prevalence of burnout in physicians. Now, Stanford family medicine …
What about secondhand marijuana smoke? Stanford Medicine expert weighs in
In 1995, California became the first state in the country to enact laws protecting people from exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke in public spaces. Those …
Microtia team embraces 3-D printing to improve ear surgeries
To rebuild ears of children affected by microtia, a rare congenital ear deformity, Stanford physician-researchers have turned to 3-D printing. One in 5,000 children is born …
New target for CAR T cell leukemia therapy “gives hope” to researchers at Stanford, NCI
Last August, a new leukemia therapy called CAR T-cells burst onto the national stage when it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration to …
Stanford Medicine magazine puts spotlight on pediatric care
As a mother, pediatric care is personal for me. I’m likely not alone in saying that pediatricians were crucial partners for me and my husband …
Personalized Health Conference cultivates international, interdisciplinary collaborations
“Every one of us has a passion to improve human health,” said Lloyd Minor, MD, dean of Stanford’s medical school, as he welcomed participants to …
Verily executive outlines future health care goals at Fogarty Lecture
The transition from health to illness remains little understood, but it is a critical component of efforts to begin predicting and preventing disease, the goal …
New database expected to strengthen prematurity research
A new online tool will make it easier for researchers to share many types of data from scientific studies of premature birth. The recently launched …
Nanoparticles help track human heart muscle cells in mice in Stanford study
This beautiful image shows human heart muscle cells called cardiomyocytes that have been derived from embryonic stem cells and then reintroduced into the beating heart …
High-value oncology practices include “support for the patient journey”
Earlier this week I wrote about a landmark paper in the Annals of Family Medicine in which Stanford researchers, led by health care policy expert Arnold …