Researchers here warned today that one of the most widely trusted sources of data on global health could be mistaken, leaving countries ill-prepared to deal …
Author: Keith Rozendal
New study advocates exercise to improve prostate cancer outcomes
Many of the more than 2.2 million men struck with prostate cancer in the U.S. may perk up - and get up to move around …
Every second matters for stroke survival, recovery
A very lucky stroke survivor tells his story in this month's Stanford Health Notes and in the video above. Minutes after slumping over, paralyzed in …
The mind maps the visual world with minimal means
A study of human vision published today shows that our perception of the world around us may rest on what amounts to a sketch. The …
Ethics for medical students and researchers overseas: A talk by Michele Barry
Many medical schools now offer classes and programs with overseas field experiences or international internships - and demand for global health education appears to be …
The democratic, digital future of healthcare
Imagine a time when you teleconference with doctors, fill prescriptions at pharmaceutical kiosks, swallow pills embedded with computer chips that transmit health metrics to your …
Peeking in on FutureMed @ Singularity U
For those unable to attend the FutureMed program this week at Singularity University, you can catch daily recaps and in-depth pieces about key medical tech …
Can the defense industry help improve health care?
Why is the military technology company Lockheed Martin presenting at a health-care conference? To answer that perplexing question, I dropped in on the Healthcare Innovation …
New discovery suggest tumor suppression can be had without killing healthy cells
When a cancerous tumor takes hold in a patient, the cure can seem worse than the disease. Patients suffer nausea, hair loss and suppressed immunity …
Disease-fighting psychology
Despite the powers of the immune system to fight disease, there's no better defense than not getting sick in the first place, right? Washing our …
Simple, cheap measures can prevent most needless deaths worldwide
When it comes to global public health, there's plenty of news supporting optimists and pessimists alike. But the balance tips towards hope, said Donald Shriber, …
A packed Stanford agenda on global health issues
This week brings to Stanford a packed slate of events that focus on the changes sweeping medicine and healthcare across the globe. Last night Donald …
Kids sickened by pollution in the U.S. cost $76.6 billion annually
The good news: Childhood lead poisoning cases have been cut enormously. The bad news: Preventable lead poisoning robs America of $50.9 billion in lost economic …
How Abraham Verghese writes
The crowd that packed the sweltering geology lecture hall last night came to hear the wisdom and word-craft of Stanford physician and bestselling writer Abraham …
New device identifies immune cells at an unprecedented level of detail, inside and out
A new technology developed with the help of Stanford immunologist Garry Nolan, PhD, could help accelerate cancer and immune system research. The instrument improves upon …
Turn down the volume: How noise can harm your health
Approximately 38 million Americans suffer from impaired hearing and it's estimated that dangerous levels of noise in the workplace will result in one in four …