Stanford Biodesign's new primer on inventing biomedical devices, Biodesign: The Process of Innovating Medical Technologies (Cambridge University Press), has been on the market for a …
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Federal bills call for disclosure of doctor-company ties
The New York Times ran an article today on so-called "sunshine" provisions being wrapped into Congress' health-reform bills. The legislation would require companies to disclose …
Academic medical centers bring billions to the economy
A recently released Association of American Medical Colleges report shows that academic medical centers are pretty big players in the economy. The report found that …
Will debt forgiveness program remedy doctor shortage?
A health care reform proposal to repay the student loans of doctors who choose primary care could encourage more medical students to enter the field …
Stanford Medicine Fall 2009: Where’s Sherlock Holmes when we need him?
The fall issue of Stanford Medicine magazine came out a few weeks ago while I was on vacation (mostly in Germany, visiting relatives and gaining …
Faculty consulting work: now on public view
Stanford School of Medicine is once again helping to set a trend among academic medical centers with steps to ensure integrity and transparency in its …
A new prescription for drug labels
Let's say you have high blood pressure and that during your most recent clinic visit, your doctor prescribes the newest calcium-channel blocker. You've seen commercials …
Oxford medical and surgical handbooks on Google Books
A number of Oxford handbooks on medical and surgical subjects are now available on Google Books. Take a look: Via Clinical Cases and Images Blog
Stanford Medicine Summer 2009: Basic scientists no longer top dogs
Are science funders giving basic medical researchers--for decades medicine's elite--the cold shoulder? The summer issue of Stanford Medicine magazine answers with a qualified yes. Although …
Don't it make your brown eyes green
A woman with dark-brown eyes has identical-twin green-eyed daughters. Their dad also has brown eyes, as did everyone else in the previous three generations, with …
Information overload harming patients?
Champion of bed-side medicine, Abraham Verghese, MD, advises his medical students at Stanford to meet their patients first then scour the overwhelming amounts of medical …
Brian Eule discusses Match Day book
In this 1:2:1, Brian Eule talks about his new book, Match Day: One Day and One Dramatic Year in the Lives of Three New Doctors. …
More sleep for medical residents?
Six years after rules went into effect that restricted the long hours worked by many physicians in training, the Institute of Medicine is calling for …
Match Day 2009
Diana Badillo was one of 82 medical students at Stanford who matched in March 2009. We produced a short video showing the lead up to …
Medical image manna
Incredible medical images hidden away in the archives are starting to show up online en masse. The latest source I've come across comes courtesy of …
Medpedia goes public
Following in the tradition of Google Blog Search (beta), Gmail (beta), and Google Scholar (beta), Medpedia is now available as a public beta. Modeled on …