Lisa Medoff, a learning strategies specialist at Stanford Medicine, discusses some of the challenges facing medical students.
Month: October 2018
Understanding the forces that cause sports concussions
Stanford researchers are using specially equipped mouth guards to measure how concussion happens during head impacts in high school football players.
Bad Blood in Silicon Valley: A conversation with John Carreyrou
A conversation with reporter-journalist John Carreyrou on his bestselling book about the company Theranos.
“I will not become a Robot Doctor”: A medical student vows to practice compassion
A first-year medical student talks about how she plans to maintain her sense of compassion during medical training.
Stanford researchers find that small molecule may help treat enzyme deficiency
Stanford researchers have identified a small molecule that may help curb some of the symptoms of a genetic deficiency in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.
Behind the scenes of a lifesaving heart surgery
When 12-year-old Lizneidy Serratos was airlifted to the Bay Area in early August, her heart was pumping so weakly that she could not walk or eat.
Patient advocate uses MRI scans to create art and spark conversations about life with illness
Patient advocate Elizabeth Jameson prints works of art from MRI scans of her own brain to foster dialogue about life with illness.
Visible and valued: Stanford Medicine’s first-ever LGBTQ+ Forum
At the first-ever LGBTQ+ forum, Stanford Medicine celebrated its LGBTQ+ members as a seen, treasured, and essential part of its community.
Connecting the dots of Alzheimer’s disease
Stanford engineer Ellen Kuhl is using computer modeling to provide insight into the progress of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.
“Without Dr. Shumway doing his miracle work, three generations would not be here”: A Stanford heart transplant patient’s story
A Stanford Health Care video tells the story of grateful transplant patient Yolanda.
Raising visibility for people and students with chronic illness and disability
"Medical students are uniquely positioned to open the door to this discussion about disability and chronic illness," argues Stanford med student Claire Rhee.
The talk: Younger brain cancer patients provide a model for patient empowerment
A new generation of brain cancer patients are working to improve care and connect and support patients using social media and advocacy.
A look at the cigarette epidemic in China
A new book by Stanford researchersexamines China’s cigarette industry to understand the root causes of our global cigarette epidemic.
CRISPR technology turns skin cells into brain cells with high efficiency
Scientists use a tweaked version of CRISPR gene editing to turn skin cells into neurons, and simultaneously identify neuron-specific genes.
New take on CRISPR allows scientists to transport DNA to new locations
A new variation of gene-editing technology CRISPR allows scientists to reorganize DNA in a cell's nucleus in three dimensions, altering cell function.
Understanding AFib: Blood thinners simplified
In the latest installment in the series Understanding AFib, Randall Stafford explains the different types of blood thinners.