When Leanne Williams, PhD, started her career as a young psychotherapist just out of university, she was convinced that by understanding the psychology of human …
Category: Precision Health
Homing in on pancreatic cancer targets, Stanford researchers identify new culprit
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is one of the most lethal human cancers; despite intense efforts, there's just no real effective way to treat it in most …
Finding the heart of precision health
When I first started working at Stanford Medicine last July, my new bosses explained that part of the reason I was hired was that they …
Genetic research now integrated into Stanford’s MyHeart Counts app
Stanford Medicine and 23andMe, the personal genetics company, have collaborated to add a new module for Stanford's free MyHeart Counts app. The 23andMe module allows MyHeart Counts users who …
Federal government releases National Pain Strategy
The federal government’s Department of Health and Human Services today released a National Pain Strategy (link to .pdf) that makes a series of recommendations for improving …
Big data holds great promise for medicine – but what about for the patient-doctor relationship?
Big data is opening up all kinds of doors in health and medicine. Genomics and other 'omics, wearable technologies, combining detailed patient datasets for precision …
Sino-U.S. Symposium brings researchers to Stanford to discuss precision health, big data
Last week, more than 300 health researchers from China and the United States converged at Stanford for the ninth Sino-U.S. Symposium on Medicine in the 21st …
Peeking into the genome of a deadly cancer pinpoints possible new treatment
Small cell lung cancer is one of the most deadly kinds of cancers. Typically this aggressive disease is diagnosed fairly late in its course, and the …
Ovarian cancer biomarkers may enable personalized treatment, say Stanford scientists
Updated 7-15-13: Several changes were made for clarification. *** The concept of "divide and conquer" can apply as much to cancer therapies as to warfare. …
Ask Stanford Med: Genetics chair answers your questions on genomics and personalized medicine
Thank you for submitting your questions on genomics, personalized medicine and our recent "omics" study. I hope my responses help you better understand the significance …