In the ninth and final post in the series A Skeptical Look at Popular Diets, physician Randall Stafford examines the Mediterranean diet.
Understanding the roles of various microbes in the human microbiome is challenging, but statistics can help, Stanford researcher Susan Holmes explains.
Forty years ago, Michael Longaker was a guard on the championship winning Michigan State basketball team. Now, he is a Stanford surgeon.
In the new issue of Stanford Medicine magazine, writer Jody Berger profiled the global health residency program, but found more that she wanted to inlcude.
Steven Zhang shares his insights on Match Day, when medical students across the country learn which residency program they've been matched with.
Exercise and diet are the best way to control blood pressure. Ann Lindsay describes how physicians can convince their patients to make changes.
While different Asian groups vary in their risk for heart disease and stroke, all Asian groups are more likely to die early of a stroke than whites.
The seventh annual Big Data in Precision Health conference will be held May 22 and 23 on the Stanford campus; registration is now open.
The Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artifical Intelligence will advance AI research, education and more to improve the human condition.
Scientists have modified immune cells, imbuing them with the ability to not only detect, but reveal, the presence of a tumor.
Scientists studying cell death are working to understand how the body protects itself from disease and use that information to form better treatments.
All 85 Stanford graduating medical students matched to a residency this year, celebrating their accomplishments and looking forward to the future.
Stanford Medicine researchers presented preliminary findings of a study looking at the ability of smartwatches to detect symptoms of atrial fibrillation.
Researching the symptoms and severity of concussions will help researchers get a more detailed understanding of concussions.
Today is Match Day for medical students across the United States who will be finding out where they will serve as residents.
Free and fair elections and a democratic government are linked with decreases in adult mortality in developing countries, a new study has found.
