The landmark health-care reform package took effect 91 days ago - on March 23 - and the Obama administration now is trying to turn the …
Author: Jonathan Rabinovitz
Brainstorming on how FDA can promote device innovation
The United States is the world leader in creating lifesaving medical devices, but can we get even better at it? The U.S. Food and Drug …
FDA on Mylotarg: Too fast or too slow?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a release today about a cancer drug being withdrawn from the market that underscores the agency's troubles with …
It's over: No MMR vaccine-autism connection
The Web is buzzing with the news that the British medical journal, The Lancet, has completely retracted the 1998 paper that sparked widespread fears that …
Dalai Lama coming to Stanford in October
UPDATED JAN. 25, 2010: The Stanford University News Service earlier today posted its release, “Dalai Lama to make third visit to Stanford.” * * * …
Totally tubular
My first memory of pneumatic tubes is from the TV cartoon, The Jetsons, when Elroy and George would get whisked off, respectively, to school and …
Autism proceedings: End of Story
Advocacy groups can play a vital role in advancing treatment of a disease, but a small but vocal group of parents of children with autism …
Max and me: Crossing Montana with Senator Baucus
There are only a few days left before Congress adjourns for summer recess, and Baucus, a Democrat from Montana, is in a familiar position: trying …
Strong-arm tactic: Saving toddler's limb from amputation
When little Mark Blinder was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer, doctors at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital gave his parents three agonizing options: amputate the …
Veterans & families: Free mental health services
Stanford Hospital & Clinics has launched a program that offers free mental health services to Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and their families. Details are …
Is today's autism the same as yesterday's?
A flurry of stories being posted today, such as these by USA Today and the Associated Press, lay out the puzzle posed by new findings …
Don't it make your brown eyes green
A woman with dark-brown eyes has identical-twin green-eyed daughters. Their dad also has brown eyes, as did everyone else in the previous three generations, with …
Stimulating science
Federal stimulus funds are beginning to be distributed, and among the initial awards from the National Institutes of Health are 18 projects at Stanford, ranging …
Why this fear of vaccines?
An insightful post by John Trimmer on the site "Ars Technica" highlights a fascinating analysis in PLoS Biology about why many have come to believe …