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A small electrical jolt to the right brain region at just the right time derails impulsive behavior
Just imagine if you could predict and prevent a burst of binge eating or alcohol intake, a heroin injection, a sudden bout of uncontrolled rage or …
Medical innovation seminar brings global perspective to annual health++ hackathon
The second annual health++ hackathon brought together more than 220 engineers, designers, health care professionals, and business experts to Stanford this fall for a weekend …
New approach for patients with brain trauma; participants needed
Currently, treatment options for people with brain injury from a trauma — such as a car crash, or bike accident — are limited. Some of …
Stanford-Google digital-scribe pilot study to be launched
Electronic health records stand out as an oft-cited source of stress that contributes to the worrisome prevalence of burnout in physicians. Now, Stanford family medicine …
Verily executive outlines future health care goals at Fogarty Lecture
The transition from health to illness remains little understood, but it is a critical component of efforts to begin predicting and preventing disease, the goal …
Simple device switches 2-D ultrasound to 3-D
Current imaging technologies like MRI, CT scans and ultrasound provide valuable views inside the body, but each has drawbacks. MRIs require patients to remain still …
Talking wearables and DNA sequencing with Stanford cardiologist Euan Ashley
A man was quietly sitting and watching TV one day when, in his doctor's words, he started to feel a bit funny. He glanced down …
Local knowledge key to building healthier communities
Your zip code is just a number meant to guide mail delivery, but studies show that it predicts your lifespan better than your genetic code. …
Using design thinking to cope with chronic illness
Design thinking may be able to help us disentangle one of the most perplexing complications in the prevention, management, and treatment of chronic disease: human …
“This shouldn’t be the case in 2017”: A call for more research on transgender health
There's a pressing need for more research into transgender health issues. That was the argument eloquently laid out at Stanford Medicine X talk this weekend by ePatient Charlie Blotner. As …
Dean Lloyd Minor shares leadership lessons at Medicine X
After graduating from medical school, Lloyd Minor, MD, now dean of School of Medicine, spent more than a decade honing his medical and research skills, …
Boosting physician wellness: Lessons from Stanford at Medicine X
In a small, informal workshop at Stanford Medicine X on Sunday afternoon, a group of medical students, doctors and others met to discuss one of …
Grief in the time of social media
When Alexis Roberts Keiner's 9-week-old son died unexpectedly at day care in 2012, “we had to choose very quickly what kind of bereaved family we …
Barriers in health care for people with disabilities: It’s not what you think
On the final day of Stanford Medicine X, Alice Wong, founder and project coordinator of the Disability Visibility Project, moderated the poignant, at times humorous, …
Now, that’s dogged research: Medicine X speaker shares a story of possibility
When Doug Lindsay, a 21-year-old college student, first began to feel sick, he received a diagnosis of mononucleosis and was told to stay home and …