The Freedom House Ambulance Service helped establish the national training model for EMS programs, but abruptly shut down in 1975.
Looking back on her medical training, Jessica Gold realizes it was the little things - like watching a resident console a scared patient - that mattered.
Before becoming a hematologist, Tamara Dunn performed “off-off Broadway” and fronted a funk band. Now, she works to foster diverse communities in medicine.
Yesterday, in a first for a major drug company, GlaxoSmithKline announced that it will no longer pay physicians to promote their products. As described in the …
One of my favorite dance pieces is an intensely physical and emotionally charged duet between a man who uses a wheelchair and a woman who …
In a campaign to alleviate back pain and other musculoskeletal problems derived from sitting at the computer or in a car, a Los Angeles-based yin yoga teacher …
More from the Stanford emergency-response team in the Philippines: Two new Stanford Hospital videos - this one and the piece above - offer photos and …
As previously reported here, a group of Stanford physicians and medical responders are in the Philippines to provide care to survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, which …
We're pleased to announce that we reached a Twitter milestone today: Our @SUMedicine feed now has 50,000 followers. We're grateful for your support, and we …
We’re taking an extended Thanksgiving break, and we’ll be on a limited publishing schedule from now until Dec. 4. Enjoy the holiday! Photo by vxla
To post, or not to post? Sometimes, especially on Twitter, it's a fine line to walk. Over on Wing of Zock, Bryan Vartabedian, MD, lists …
Anyone can edit Wikipedia, but who actually does? Weird Al Yankovic, for one, according to his song "White and Nerdy." But while many citizen editors …
I love the dialogue happening today on Susannah Fox's blog, where a group of readers ponder whether there's a generational divide in regards to physicians' use …
Costumes, candy, fun: All the standard holiday elements were in place yesterday for Lucile Packard Children's Hospital's annual Halloween Trick-or-Treat-Trail. Hundreds of children, many of …
Over on Wing of Zock today, blogger-physician Bryan Vartabedian, MD, offers some sound advice for doctors who want to respond to negative online patient reviews. He …
How do you hold your audience's attention with a biomedical research presentation? Simplify, simplify, simplify. In a recent opinion piece in The Scientist, David Rubenson, …
