In the latest issue of Stanford Medicine magazine, dozens from the Stanford Medicine community, including professors, students, physicians, researchers and community partners, shared their thoughts …
Category: Wellness
Cheers to…No Alcohol Day
I don't relish being a party pooper, but I have some bad news: Any way you sip it, alcohol is a low-grade poison. (We all …
Biomarkers predict weight loss, suggest personalized diets
Researchers compared diets and found that some people responded better to different types of nutrition when it comes to weight loss.
Screen time: The good, the healthy and the mind-numbing
Researchers at Stanford Medicine are exploring the impact of screen time and how to create solutions that support health.
Are ‘natural’ skin products irritating your skin?
Two Stanford Medicine dermatology experts weigh in on the possible allergies associated with "natural" skincare products.
New visions for mental health care
Researchers, policy makers, clinicians and others convened to discuss new approaches and innovations to improve mental health care.
How menthol cigarette ads target Black people, women and teens
As FDA weighs a ban on menthol in cigarettes, study shows how the tobacco industry targeted products to women, teens and Black people.
Unconventional Paths: Bohemian wannabe turned Stanford nutritionist
A philosopher by nature, Christopher Gardner had a meandering, yet purposeful, path to nutrition science and food sustainability.
Addressing mental health struggles among health care workers
Tait Shanafelt discusses physician suicide as a national crisis, and how to support health care workers' mental health.
Pap smears, be gone? Using menstrual blood to detect HPV
Researchers have created a menstrual pad that can passively help detect HPV, potentially offering a screening method other than pap smears.
Scientists use ‘sleep age’ to infer longterm health
Stanford Medicine professor Emmanuel Mignot answers questions about sleep age, emphasizing the importance of developing good sleep hygiene.
For gay men, having a biological child can be complicated
Stanford physicians have published the first study of gay men's experiences with using assisted reproductive technology to have children.
Building a ‘BUDI’ to help kids with cerebral palsy
Stanford med student designs biofeedback app meant to encourage children with cerebral palsy move their arms to build strength.
Tackling typhoid, one finger prick at a time
Stanford infectious disease experts devise a way to use finger-prick blood samples from small groups to detect typhoid in large populations.
Losing sleep in adolescence makes mice less outgoing as adults
Mice that had sleep interruptions during adolescence had less interest in making new friends later on, a Stanford study shows.
Connecting health care and social services
Researchers investigate if an alliance between social assistance programs and the health care system can improve health and reduce spending.