We're in the heart of mosquito season, which means heightened concern over West Nile Virus as it continued to crop up across the country this …
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UCI medical students will also receive iPads
It seems Stanford medical and Master of Medicine students won't be the only ones receiving shiny new iPads this year. First-year medical students at the …
Med school allows non-students to help with cadaver prosection program
Ever wish you had could watch, or even participate in, the dissection of a cadaver? I'm personally too squeamish for such things, but there's a …
Stanford medical and Master of Medicine students will receive iPads
UPDATE - 08/05/10: The official announcement is now live. Scope contributor Stesha Doku is quoted in the release: "Pretty much this is a perfect tool …
Image of the Week: Blood cells up close
Shown above is a scanning electron microscope image of normal circulating human blood, courtesy of the National Cancer Institute. According to the NCI: One can …
Med students want more sexual-health training
Speaking of sexual health, a new study from University of California-San Francisco shows that medical students may be in need of additional training in this …
Mayo Clinic launches new social media center
The Mayo Clinic is launching a new "Center for Social Media:" Mayo Clinic today announced the creation of a Center for Social Media to accelerate …
Image of the week: Cryptococcosis
The Pacific Northwest made a strong appearance in the news this week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report on the …
Latinos underrepresented in California's physician pool
A young boy and his dad are rushed to the hospital in the aftermath of an accident. A surgeon begins operating on the father right …
Stanford Mini Med School Spring quarter videos online
Lectures from the final quarter of the Stanford Mini Med School are now available as an iTunes album and a YouTube playlist. Titled Transforming Our …
Mashable details five of the ways social media may improve health
Alex Howard has composed a nice entry detailing five key ways in which social media help promote good health. (The post is in response to …
Video fly-thru of Stanford's pneumatic tubes
Pneumatic tube systems: I don't pretend to fully understand how they work, but I've always thought they were pretty cool. There's something about the now-you-see-it, …
New Stanford Medicine magazine looks at the metamorphosis of the teaching hospital
On one hand, health-care reform is increasing the pressure on U.S. teaching hospitals to cut costs and improve care. On the other, since they're set …
Image of the Week: "Thank you, anonymous donor."
This week's image was selected in recognition of the second annual Ava's Blood Drive and of blood donation generally. Ava's Blood Drive is being held …
Number of heat waves will grow in coming decades
After a nasty blizzard temporarily disabled Washington this winter, conservative politicians and pundits jammed the airwaves with claims the storm "contradicted Al Gore's hysterical global …
Global Health Corps starts training at Stanford
In her first month in Malawi, recent Boston University graduate Emily Bearse met a 22-year-old woman who had tested HIV-positive during pregnancy and was fearful …