A Stanford plastic surgeon discusses a little-known treatment for migraines: surgery that involves decompressing a nerve.
Category: Patient care
New drug gives patient his sight back
A Stanford patient improved greatly after being the first person with sight-threatening thyroid eye disease to receive the drug teprotumumab.
Four-year-old’s bumped head leads to brain tumor discovery
A preschooler's brain tumor is revealed after he hits his head at a T-ball game, allowing doctors to remove it before it caused any issues.
Fighting childhood infectious disease, lessons from COVID-19
Stanford Medicine pediatric infectious disease researcher describes her work in childhood infectious disease and lessons from the pandemic.
Changing infant care to improve newborns’ health in India
Modifying traditional infant massages led to more weight gain and fewer illnesses among newborns in a Stanford-led community study in India.
Premature babies’ survival rate is climbing, study says
Stanford researchers show that preterm infants survivorship have increased significantly between 2013 and 2018.
From loss comes hope: Pediatric brain tumor treatment shows promise
Research from early clinical trials of pediatric glioma patients shows that altered immune cells can fight the deadly brainstem tumor.
Stanford team finds benefits to online autism treatment
Creating online worlds tailored to kids' interests allowed Stanford therapists to use telehealth to motivate children with autism to talk.
A blood test to predict surgical complications?
Researchers create a blood test to predict a patient's risk for surgical site complications, such as infection.
Orthopaedic surgery at Stanford helps woman stand upright
Lilly Lee's back was severely bent forward because of a spinal condition. Surgeon Serena Hu straightened it.
Kids fare better with early use of diabetes technology
Providing continuous glucose monitors to kids with new type 1 diabetes improves their blood sugar levels a year later, a Stanford study showed
Designing psychiatric care to precisely match patients’ biology
Using a new approach that harnesses the power of precision, Stanford Medicine researchers are devising new ways to treat depression.
Stanford Medicine magazine’s top reads of 2021 offer hope
Stanford Medicine magazine's most-read articles of 2021 were about health inequity and discoveries about the brain and nervous system.
A serious gamed-based approach to assessing surgical residents
Researchers at Stanford Medicine have created a computer game to better educate medical students diagnosing patients during surgery.
Pandemic Puzzle: Vaccinating children
A Stanford Medicine researcher discusses COVID-19 vaccination for children and why it's important for them to get the shot.
New online game teaches teens about vaping dangers
A Stanford adolescent medicine expert helped develop an educational game to reduce tobacco use in middle school and high school students.