Despite strong medical evidence, a California bill to delay school start times is defeated. But Stanford sleep specialist Rafael Pelayo isn’t giving up.
After a year of baffling symptoms, two Stanford specialists pieced together the puzzle of this woman's disease.
A study led by a Stanford Business researcher at four schools in Panama explores the best way to persuade kids to drink more water.
Stealth vaping fad fueled by JUUL, the most popular of the electronic cigarette devices, hooks teens on nicotine while hiding it from parents, teachers.
Stanford pilot program marries technology and compassion, artificial intelligence and palliative care, so doctors can help patients die on their own terms.
In this piece Stanford medical student Nathaniel Fleming describes the teamwork involved in becoming a physician.
More than 300 doctors, residents and medical students gathered on the Stanford Medicine campus to support reducing firearms violence in the United States.
At the Global Climate Action Summit recently, Stanford researchers emphasized the importance of the effects of climate change on children's health.
A new white paper from Stanford Medicine details obstacles and offers solutions for achieving the full potential of electronic health records.
Nearly 500 children remain inside detention centers along the U.S.-Mexico border separated from their parents in the custody of the U.S. government.
At the recent Stanford 25 Skills Symposium, Kelley Skeff led a workshop to help physicians become better medical teachers.
In an essay for The New England Journal of Medicine, a Stanford resident writes about trusting intuition when a patient needs more than medical facts.
When Stanford Medicine’s three organizations set about working together to achieve a shared vision, it was an opportunity to collaborate in ways they never had …
A Stanford surgeon discusses the adverse conditions, physiological changes and surgical challenges faced by space travelers.
While some fear artificial intelligence making inroads into health care, Stanford Medicine Dean Lloyd Minor welcomes it.
Following surgery, the risk of overdose from opioids is highest during the first month. Taking both short- and long-acting opioids also boosts the risk.
