When new or expectant mothers experience depression in the peripartum period, serious problems can manifest for those children down the line.
Stanford Medicine researchers recorded stem cells performing a previously unknown type of movement, dubbed cell tumbling, which may help them differentiate.
Americans are not eating well, Stanford Medicine's Christopher Gardner says, but he is hopeful that encouraging patterns of eating — such as the Mediterranean diet — will help us improve our habits.
Yetsa Adebodunde Tuakli-Wosornu, who wouldn’t be the person she is today without sports, led the charge for a new and improved International Olympic Committee consensus statement on interpersonal violence and safeguarding in sports.
Stanford Medicine's Kevin Schulman says digitally enabled care (DEC) would ease clinical workload and improve services for patients beyond virtual visits.
Giselle Salmasi’s collaboration with a colleague at the Mayo Clinic gives a patient with a recently identified blood clotting disease a new lease on life.
What actually causes hearing loss? Are there new treatments that can restore hearing? Can it be reversed? How does air travel affect hearing loss?
Some researchers and clinicians are questioning the value of the body mass index, which estimates a person’s body composition. But do better alternatives exist?
When the new Stanford Hospital opened five years ago, a carefully designed third-floor resource center gave for those caring for loved ones an important safe haven.
Stanford Medicine researchers on the hunt for an elusive cardiac fibrosis drug were surprised when a malaria drug with ancient origins emerged as their top candidate.
Custom designing proteins — a breakthrough recognized by the latest Nobel Prize in chemistry — could yield treatments that stop the worst of COVID-19 before it begins.
Our researchers picked cells from all over the human body — cells of all shapes, sizes and abilities. From the brain to the heart to the intestines.
Vision damage from a complication of premature birth can be halted if it’s caught soon enough — and a California Perinatal Quality Care (CPQCC) and Stanford Medicine-led study shows the state’s screening process is helping close racial gaps.
Stanford Medicine bioethicist Tyler Tate found high levels of success in ballet, miming, acting, fencing and collegiate tennis. But his love of storytelling ultimately led him to medicine.
Technological advancements allow diabetes patients to monitor their glucose levels remotely. Stanford Medicine researchers are refining similar tools for Parkinson’s patients and the providers they don’t see often enough.
As a new form of the viral disease spreads through Central Africa, prompting a global emergency declaration, Stanford Medicine infectious disease specialist Abraar Karan discusses how health systems can prepare and respond.
