Firearm violence as a public health problem was the focus of a recent Stanford Medicine forum. Physicians should conduct more research on gun violence and advocate for gun safety with patients, presenters said.
Stanford’s third Childx conference, at the School of Medicine April 12 and 13, will bring together experts from many fields to discuss challenges in child health.
Reaping stem cells’ full therapeutic benefits requires a detailed understanding of the complex relationships between the cells and their environments -- whether in a lab dish or a patient’s body.
A new technique gives doctors an early view of which pediatric leukemia patients will relapse, and may point the way toward better cancer drugs.
Active-duty servicewomen face an increased risk of having a premature baby if they give birth soon after returning from deployment.
After Aditi Polamreddy's brain tumor was removed, she needed physical and occupational therapy to keep her brain from forgetting one side of her body.
Stanford's Mary Leonard has devoted her research career to understanding how chronic diseases weaken children's bones, and what we can do about it.
The team showed that a better attitude toward math was linked to better function of an important brain memory center while the kids did math problems.
Heart problems are the leading cause of death in pregnant women and new moms. A new set of guidelines will help doctors spot heart disease in these women.
People with food allergies can be gradually desensitized to foods that trigger reactions, clinical trials at Stanford’s Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research have shown.
A reflection on the accomplishments of Raymond Hintz, who founded Stanford’s Division Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes.
For decades, physicians have known that pregnant women with diabetes face a higher risk than non-diabetic women of giving birth to a baby with a …
Joshua Geller used to be very worried about food. Geller, now 14, has severe food allergies. Until recently, he couldn't safely eat even the tiniest …
Recently, I met a mother facing a complex set of challenges. Patricia Gutierrez is a single mom raising three children in San Mateo County, just …
On Nov. 30, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate its new building. Slated to welcome its first patients on December …
When Cadence May was born in 2012, her parents noticed a swollen area on her right forearm. At first, doctors in the May family's hometown …
