Millions of people worldwide suffer from a mysterious and often debilitating condition known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) that causes them to feel so tired …
Category: Diseases + conditions
Future treatments for diabetic neuropathy may focus on supporting cell regeneration
A recent John Hopkins study indicating new potential treatments for diabetic neuropathy is encouraging given that neuropathy can be treated by measures as extreme as amputation of affected …
New Stanford center to address inefficient health care delivery
Stanford is creating the Clinical Excellence Research Center, which aims to train the next generation of health-care innovators to develop new ways to lower the …
Diabetes prevention program trains youth in chronic disease self-management
As mentioned earlier this week, physicians at the Stanford Center for Education in Family and Community Medicine are working to reduce diabetes rates in the …
Rules for living with a chronic illness
I missed this earlier in the month, but a recent KevinMD column links to a nice list of ways to live well with a chronic …
Stanford Diabetes Coaches Class selected as 2011 Healthy Living Innovation Awards finalist
A Stanford-developed program aimed at empowering teens to help curb the growing problem of diabetes in the United States has been selected as a finalist …
Studies document risky use of powerful clotting drug
What happens when physicians latch onto a "wonder" drug for uses that are distinctly different from its original purpose? Stanford researchers today showcase a clear …
Survey shows patients with rare diseases and their caregivers are avid Internet users
An earlier report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found searching for health information is the third-most-popular activity on the web. Now new …
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 …
Learning to live with being sick
What is it like to live with a chronic illness and spend a decade house-bound and often bed-bound? How to Be Sick author Toni Bernhard, …
Hepatitis B: The threat against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Although routine vaccines have curtailed hepatitis B, more than one million people in the United States are living with the chronic disease, and roughly half …
Free self-management program offered to people with chronic illness
A free, online self-management course is being offered to people with chronic health conditions living in California and six other states. The National Council of …
Intense, rapid sun tanning may increase skin cancer risk
As the end of summer appears on the horizon, resist the urge to spend the remaining days baking in the sun trying to get a …
Lawmaker proposes Medi-Cal coverage of Stanford chronic-disease program
Chronic disease such as athritis and diabetes affects millions of Americans, including half of all Californians, and is responsible for more than 75 percent of …
Study shows men may be more resistant to mouth wrinkles
Sorry, ladies. When it comes to preventing laugh lines, crinkles in the upper lip, or a sagging jawline, we may be genetically handicapped, according to …
Fighting diabetes in fat mice
Twin brothers working in labs 2,260 miles apart are part of a team of scientists who found a simple way to reverse the effects of …