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Assessing our nation’s control of blood pressure: A Q&A
Physician Shreya Shah discusses the controversies, problems and solutions to improve care for patients with high blood pressure in the United States.
To prevent an antibiotic from causing hearing loss, researchers team up to design new drugs
Stanford scientists used discoveries in the lab to design new versions of a widely used antibiotic to prevent the side effect of hearing loss.
Two unlikely patients with a transplant in common
They were two patients who couldn’t have been more different: one was a baby boy less than a year old, the other a retired physician. They even had vastly different medical conditions. Yet both needed the same life-saving remedy: a liver transplant.
A look at Stanford’s personalized, team-based approach to diabetes
This video highlights Stanford Health Care's team-based approach to diabetes care. Patient Hazel shares her experience helping to design a treatment plan.
What everyone should know about HPV
During a recent talk, Lisa Goldthwaite, a clinical assistant professor at Stanford, told the truths of HPV, sharing practical insights and lessons that are important to everyone's health.
Toxin, infection, or genes? A mysterious kidney disease strikes men in Sri Lanka
A kidney disease of unknown origin is sickening many men in Sri Lanka. Stanford researcher Shuchi Anand is working to understand it and to improve care.
Third-hand smoke increases asthma severity in mice
Exposure to 'third-hand smoke' — that is, the chemicals left behind on household surfaces after smoke has dissipated — increases the severity of asthma symptoms in mice. Stanford researchers are working to learn how this happens, and whether it might be possible to protect people with asthma from this exposure.
Stanford team tests sleep monitoring for asthma patients
Ask a child with asthma how easily he or she can breathe, and you won’t get an objective answer. But where Q&A fails, technology can take over, according to a team of Stanford researchers who are developing a way to predict asthma attacks in advance.
Think your job is killing you? You might be right, Stanford business professor explains
Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer discusses in his new book, "Dying for a Paycheck," how stress from work is a major health problem.
Breaking down diabetes: New controversy on blood sugar lowering
In this final installment of the "Breaking down diabetes" series, physician-researcher Randall Stafford weighs in on a debate about blood sugar levels that relates to drug prices.
Expanding hepatitis C testing to all adults is cost-effective and improves health, new study shows
Even adults who are not considered "high-risk" should be tested to reduce deaths and improve cure rates, new Stanford Health Policy research suggests.
A look at cervical cancer prevention and screening
Douglas Lowy, deputy director of the National Cancer Institute, recently spoke at Stanford Medicine.
Exercise elevates blood signature difference between people with, without chronic fatigue syndrome
A new study suggests that a blood test following exercise may be a good way to differentiate between people who have ME/CFS and people who don't.
Too high: Current blood pressure targets may not be low enough
In this fifth, final post in a series on high blood pressure, Randall Stafford, MD, PhD, explains target blood pressure guidelines.
Too high: Side effects hamper many blood pressure medications
In this piece in a series on high blood pressure, Randall Stafford, MD, PhD, tackles the problems caused by the side effects of medications.