Stanford Storybank, organized by Stanford Health Care, collects 40-minute audio stories from patients and members of the Stanford Medicine community.
When gravely ill undocumented immigrants wait to seek health care, they’re less likely to have end-of-life care that follows their wishes.
A new study finds that young children’s brains have not yet fully developed the vision circuits they need to understand words and faces.
After Aditi Polamreddy's brain tumor was removed, she needed physical and occupational therapy to keep her brain from forgetting one side of her body.
The key to preventing dangerous Aspergillus fumigatus infections following lung transplant may be blocking iron, a new Stanford Medicine study has found.
New research suggests that targeting mitochondria could be a way to treat Parkinson's disease.
In this essay, medical student Natasha Abadilla reflects on the walls that medical trainees put up between themselves and their patients.
This Stanford Medicine study clarifies the underlying biology of high-grade serous ovarian cancer and could help lead to future therapies.
Stanford pain expert Beth Darnall discusses her clinical trials on methods to taper opioid doses for patients with chronic pain.
Mentally running through a routine improves performance. A new tool – brain-machine interface – sheds light on how.
A comparison of diets for weight loss for those with different levels of insulin and metabolic genes did not find a clear winner.
Even adults who are not considered "high-risk" should be tested to reduce deaths and improve cure rates, new Stanford Health Policy research suggests.
Douglas Lowy, deputy director of the National Cancer Institute, recently spoke at Stanford Medicine.
A new study suggests that a blood test following exercise may be a good way to differentiate between people who have ME/CFS and people who don't.
A brain injury can happen in an instant. Full recovery takes longer. Survivors spoke of challenges and hope at a Stanford symposium.
Theirs was a rare partnership, a poignant love story of recovery and renewal. The "dream team" lasted 25 years. And then it was time to say goodbye.
