Stanford Medicine researchers are investigating new ways to restore eyesight for patients with macular degeneration and other eye conditions.
Category: Preventive Medicine
Breakthroughs in battling and healing cognitive loss
Stanford Medicine researchers are investigating new tactics to overcome cognitive loss, including that which occurs in Alzheimer's disease.
Study indicates substantial benefits from accelerated release of COVID-19 vaccine
In a modeling study, Stanford researchers find that an approach that holds back COVID-19 vaccine doses for later use needlessly delays vaccination for many.
Persuading the public to take protective measures in the pandemic
Stanford Medicine's Recover, Restore and Re-open website offers guidance from physicians and scientists on living and working during a pandemic.
Colon cancer screening age drops to 45
As younger adults are being diagnosed with colon cancer, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is recommending screening all adults older than 45.
Life in the NBA bubble: Stanford Med alum kept COVID-19 away from players
Stanford Medicine alum Leroy Sims helped design and implement the NBA bubble, which protected players from COVID-19 while allowing basketball to continue.
As primary care visits go online, fewer patients are checked for heart disease risk
Stanford researchers found that the number of patients receiving blood pressure and cholesterol tests dropped as primary care visits went online.
Mandatory masking? What smoking bans can teach us
Combining science with social and political initiatives responsive to public concerns could improve adherence to universal masking, writes Dean Lloyd Minor.
Enlisting the entire immune system strengthens potency of HIV vaccines in development
Two recent Stanford-led studies show the value of tweaking vaccines to enlist the entire immune system — not just part of it — in preventing HIV infection.
How to get young kids to wear a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic
Stanford experts provide tips for helping young children learn to wear a cloth mask to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Life After Shelter In Place: Part II
Dean Lloyd Minor of Stanford Medicine describes the key elements that must be in place for society to reopen safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stanford surgeon repurposed her suturing skills to sew hundreds of masks
Stanford pediatric surgeon Janey Pratt converted her dining room to a factory, in order to produce cloth masks to protect people from COVID-19 transmission.
How to stay safe as COVID-19 orders are relaxed
Stanford Health Care chief of staff Megan Mahoney, MD, answers questions about how to avoid the spread of COVID-19 as restrictions are loosened.
Life After Shelter In Place: Part I
As COVID-19 restrictions begin to lift, Dean Lloyd Minor discusses the importance of safely re-engaging patients in preventive care.
Stanford biochemist works with gamers to develop COVID-19 vaccine
A NOVA special featured Rhiju Das and the OpenVaccine project, in which gamers help scientists find an RNA molecule configuration for a COVID-19 vaccine.
Hepatitis C: All adults in U.S. — under 80 — should be tested
Hepatitis C has become so widespread that experts are calling on doctors to screen all adults 18 to 79, even those with no known risk factors or symptoms.