Pinpointing the genes that may be responsible for increasing the risk of heart attack has proved to be much harder than initially hoped. In a …
Author: Tracie White
Rheumatoid arthritis patients not getting necessary medication
Many patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a crippling disease that eats away at the joints and causes pain and swelling, aren’t getting the low-cost medication they …
Haiti, a year after the quake
At Hospital Albert Schweitzer (where I traveled last February to write about the hospital's struggle to care for the wounded in the quake's aftermath), the …
New approach to screening prospective medical students
This year, the School of Medicine has dramatically altered its medical student interview process: Instead of an interview with a faculty member, the school has …
New tool for heart disease saves both lives and money
Increased use of a new interventional cardiology tool that can help patients avoid needless artery-opening stents has been found to not only save lives but …
Love blocks pain, Stanford study shows
Intense, passionate feelings of love can block pain in ways similar to painkillers or illicit drugs like cocaine, according to a Stanford study published online …
Study shows new treatment for heart disease can save lives
In yet another advancement in the expanding field of minimally invasive therapeutic treatments, a study published online in the New England Journal of Medicine today …
Geography may determine kidney failure treatment level
Where you live determines the type of care you get if you have kidney failure, according to a study to be published tomorrow in the …
Epigenetics: the hoops genes jump through
When I was thrown willy-nilly into the cutting-edge world of genetic science and assigned to write a press release about the epigenetics of hypertrophy of …
Blood test reduces biopsies in heart-transplant patients
In what could be a major shift in the management of heart-transplant patients, a Stanford study published online in the New England Journal of Medicine …
Haiti day 4: Life after the quake
On a workbench in the backroom at the new rehabilitation facility is a brown plastic foot, about a woman's size 6, with a carefully carved …
Haiti: In pictures
This is David Charles, one of just a dozen Haitian physical therapists in the entire country. David works at Hospital Albert Schweitzer. He trained in …
Haiti day 3: Amputees
Bel Jean still hopes to be a priest. But there is a problem. "You need two arms to elevate the mass," explains the 29-year-old, raising …
Haiti day 2: At the hospital
I can bear the adult patients with amputated limbs, red and raw stumps oozing, waiting stoically on cots spilling out into the hallways. The toes …
Haiti day 1: Arrival
I took American Airlines flight #18 from JFK airport to Port-au-Prince on Feb. 24, only the second such commercial flight to land in post-earthquake Haiti …
Stanford students present monologues on mental health
A Stanford student activist group that caught national attention for its work highlighting mental health issues for college students will perform at a Café Scientifique …