This Wednesday, the Cantor Art Museum is launching a first-of-its-kind exhibit, “Inside Rodin’s Hands: Art, Technology, and Surgery.” This unique exhibit uses 21st Century technology …
Author: MA Malone
Teen girls become orthopaedic surgeons for a day
There was a time when high-school girls were taught how to use a needle and thread to make and mend their clothes. On Saturday, in …
Whiz Kids: Investigating healing mechanisms in the oral mucosa
Over the past week I've been showing off projects from Stanford's Clinical Anatomy Research Scholars, a program that brought 15 interns to campus this summer to do research …
Whiz Kids: Developing a program for "young anatomists"
As regular readers have seen over the last week, I've been highlighting projects from the the Clinical Anatomy Research Scholars (CARS) program at Stanford. That …
Whiz Kids: Research looks at handling pediatric crises effectively
Over several previous posts, I've highlighted projects from the the Clinical Anatomy Research Scholars (CARS) program at Stanford. If you haven't seen my earlier entries, …
Whiz Kids: Creating an iBook about the heart
In earlier Scope posts, I've shown off projects from the the Clinical Anatomy Research Scholars (CARS) program at Stanford. CARS allowed 15 interns to come …
Whiz Kids: Using haptics for surgical simulation
In an earlier post, I highlighted one very impressive augmented-reality project from the the Clinical Anatomy Research Scholars (CARS) program at Stanford. Through CARS, 15 …
Whiz Kids: Teaching anatomy with augmented reality
As part of the Clinical Anatomy Research Scholars (CARS) program at Stanford, 15 lucky interns came to campus this summer to conduct research alongside professors …
Tennis, anyone? New York Times examines tennis for the blind
There are three reasons why I love this time of year: the French Open wraps up on Sunday, followed by Wimbledon at the end of …
An afternoon with bedheads and Deadheads
Yes, it might seem like sleep researcher William Dement, MD, PhD, and the late Jerry Garcia would make very strange bedfellows. But, that wasn’t the case at a Stanford event …
Pumpkin Jobs: Stanford med student’s carving tricks – a real treat!
It's obvious why Amy Ladd, MD, professor of orthopaedic surgery, sees the potential in Raymond Tsai. The third-year medical student from Northridge, Calif., is a …
Move over, Vesalius
Over the last couple of years I've been dazzled by the anatomical imagery that's come out of the School of Medicine. From the pristine photos …
Video from Stanford's longevity roundtable now available
Over the next three decades, the number of people older than 65 in the United States will double from 40 million to 80 million. The …
Video fly-thru of Stanford's pneumatic tubes
Pneumatic tube systems: I don't pretend to fully understand how they work, but I've always thought they were pretty cool. There's something about the now-you-see-it, …
MythBusters looks at pain myths with Stanford doctor on April 28
On April 28 MythBusters takes a crack at two pain myths: whether women handle pain better than men and whether redheads are more susceptible to …
Programmed to fear spiders?
Oh, yes, I know all about arachnophobia. As a little sister, I was a prime target for two older brother's unmerciful teasing. They had me …