Author Rebecca Skloot and Henrietta Lacks family members discuss the importance of telling the human stories behind medical science
In the shadow of recent reports of chemical attacks in Syria, coordinators of Stanford's fledgling refugee project are working to help people in war-torn countries who are displaced and homeless.
In one of the largest observational studies on fitness and heart disease, researchers examined found that people with higher levels of grip strength, physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness had reduced risks of heart attacks and stroke.
Abdominal aortic aneurysms may be caused by the overexpression of a "don't eat me" protein that blocks the disposal of dead and dying cells.
Several severely depressed patients were helped by a new, experimental form of transcranial magnetic stimulation developed by Stanford Medicine researchers.
Fifty years after the first adult heart transplant in the U.S., the event featured doctors who've contributed to the development of heart transplantation.
Jan. 6, 1968 marks the 50-year anniversary of the first human heart transplant in the United States, which happened here at Stanford.
Five new categories of mental illness that cut across the current more broad diagnoses of anxiety and depression have been identified by researchers in a …
High blood pressure is now defined as a reading of 130 over 80, down from 140 over 90, increasing the number of Americans who have high blood pressure.
Worrying actually helps alleviate the negative effects on memory and cognitive processing caused by depression and anxiety in older adults, according to a new study …
More than a decade ago, when my dad needed heart valve replacement surgery, he faced a difficult decision that he discussed at length with his …
For many patients with stable heart disease who would normally be treated with medication alone, inserting a vessel-opening stent into narrowed heart vessels could be …
Leanne Williams, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford, envisions a time when a clinician can order a brain scan to help with …
Putting patients with dementia into the hospital, unless absolutely necessary, can do more harm than good, according to an editorial recently published in the Journal …
Since I write about the opioid epidemic — what many are calling the worst drug epidemic in United States history — I’ve taken note of …
Monday was a big day for the 116 new students in Stanford’s biosciences PhD programs. It was the the first day of coursework, and students …
