Last week I introduced you to my colleague Sara Wykes. Sara, a smoker for 30 years, has taken the first step toward finding out what …
Author: Liat Kobza
Former long-term smoker shares her lung cancer screening journey – part I
By the time I started working with Sara Wykes, a brilliant writer at Stanford Hospital (and a Scope contributor), she had already been cigarette-free for 15 …
Stanford lung cancer experts address new screening guidelines
Nearly 50 years after the first Surgeon General warnings linking smoking to cancer appeared on cigarettes packages, millions of Americans have managed to break the …
Family ties: One sister saves another with live liver donation
Organ transplantation is never simple, particularly when the procedure involves a living donor, and even more so when the transplant is being done on the liver. …
Erectile dysfunction: What it may mean for your heart
Many men are astonished to learn that heart health and sexual function are closely related. And Stanford's Michael Eisenberg, MD, wants men to know that …
Nursing: The need to make a difference
Everyone knows that nurses are the backbone of a hospital, but we wanted to hear directly from them what being a nurse really means. In …
Stanford Hospital & Clinics wishes you Happy Holidays and a healthy New Year
This holiday season, Stanford Hospital & Clinics wanted to capture the diverse group of people who make a difference in patients' lives every day. Enjoy the video …
To screen or not to screen? When it comes to prostate and breast cancers, that's still the question
Mixed signals abound surrounding screenings for prostate and breast cancers. Should we only screen patients in high-risk populations? At what age should screenings begin, and …
What's 1,454 feet tall, glows pink and sounds like country music?
This year, breast cancer awareness has a new voice. While commercial recognition of the disease continues with pink Coca-Cola bottles and pink laces on …