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Artificial intelligence in medicine — predicting patient outcomes and beyond

...to act. For example, there's a project at Stanford that uses algorithms to sift through large databases, including electronic health records, to detect patients who likely have a certain genetic...

...to act. For example, there's a project at Stanford that uses algorithms to sift through large databases, including electronic health records, to detect patients who likely have a certain genetic...

Stanford-developed app curriculum empowers health care providers in India

...review flagged patients from half a world away in California. The initial project, completed in 2012, trained health care providers for a community of 28,000. When I recently met with...

...review flagged patients from half a world away in California. The initial project, completed in 2012, trained health care providers for a community of 28,000. When I recently met with...

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Balancing online privacy and connection at Stanford Medicine X | Ed

...Hearing Accessibility Project, said she wouldn't want to stop people from connecting and sharing their stories on the internet, but guidelines for what to share and not share when discussing...

...Hearing Accessibility Project, said she wouldn't want to stop people from connecting and sharing their stories on the internet, but guidelines for what to share and not share when discussing...

Data and design thinking to shape the future of medicine, Stanford Medicine X | ED speakers say

...more about atrial fibrillation, a common heart condition, using data provided by participants wearing Apple Watches. In Project Baseline, Stanford is collaborating with the biotech organization Verily and others to...

...more about atrial fibrillation, a common heart condition, using data provided by participants wearing Apple Watches. In Project Baseline, Stanford is collaborating with the biotech organization Verily and others to...

Listen to the human stories, the Henrietta Lacks family tells scientists

...an appearance on campus that included two members of the Lacks family, Jeri Lacks-Whye, Henrietta's granddaughter, and Alfred Carter, Jr., her grandson. The event was hosted by Stanford Storytelling Project...

...an appearance on campus that included two members of the Lacks family, Jeri Lacks-Whye, Henrietta's granddaughter, and Alfred Carter, Jr., her grandson. The event was hosted by Stanford Storytelling Project...

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A look at the Millennium Villages Project

...project. “We found that impact estimates for 30 of 40 outcomes were significant and favored the project villages,” wrote the authors, including Sachs, of an endline evaluation of the project,...

...project. “We found that impact estimates for 30 of 40 outcomes were significant and favored the project villages,” wrote the authors, including Sachs, of an endline evaluation of the project,...

Solving social problems with data

...provided examples of systems that his group designed to address social problems. In one project, Ghani and his colleagues combined 15 years of data from home inspections and tests of...

...provided examples of systems that his group designed to address social problems. In one project, Ghani and his colleagues combined 15 years of data from home inspections and tests of...

Tackling childhood obesity at Childx

...lot of work that needs to be done," Jutte said. But it is possible. He pointed to the HOPE SF project in San Francisco that is working to transform blighted...

...lot of work that needs to be done," Jutte said. But it is possible. He pointed to the HOPE SF project in San Francisco that is working to transform blighted...

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Stanford Refugee Research Project aims to empower refugees

...stark reminder of the continuing displacement crisis around the world, believes Laila Soudi, project lead for the Stanford Refugee Research Project. "The stories I hear are just heartbreaking," said the...

...stark reminder of the continuing displacement crisis around the world, believes Laila Soudi, project lead for the Stanford Refugee Research Project. "The stories I hear are just heartbreaking," said the...

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Med student creates Frankenstein-inspired art

...medical school gave me the opportunity to do this project,” said Love, who feels blessed to be in place allows him to pursue his dual passions for medicine and art....

...medical school gave me the opportunity to do this project,” said Love, who feels blessed to be in place allows him to pursue his dual passions for medicine and art....

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Music therapy lifts childrens’ spirits at Packard Children’s

...a new project that combines a patient’s heartbeat with background music. As she explains in the story: There’s a little microphone that plugs into the stethoscope, and then that plugs...

...a new project that combines a patient’s heartbeat with background music. As she explains in the story: There’s a little microphone that plugs into the stethoscope, and then that plugs...

Stanford researcher making strides toward understanding autism

..."It was really exciting to see the research arc from an idea, to the design of a project, to the execution, to the new data," she recalled of talking with...

..."It was really exciting to see the research arc from an idea, to the design of a project, to the execution, to the new data," she recalled of talking with...

Stars of Stanford Medicine: Expanding access to science education

...physicians, but that's not my place. What are you currently working on? My current project is looking at inhibitors for a certain molecular motor found in all bacteria called DNA...

...physicians, but that's not my place. What are you currently working on? My current project is looking at inhibitors for a certain molecular motor found in all bacteria called DNA...

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It’s when, not if, computers come for medicine

...machine-learning project. Over the past year, they designed a remarkable and elegant algorithm that could distinguish thousands of normal tissue from cancerous tissue of any type with up to 96...

...machine-learning project. Over the past year, they designed a remarkable and elegant algorithm that could distinguish thousands of normal tissue from cancerous tissue of any type with up to 96...

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Packard Children’s research lowers antibiotic use in newborns

...said Packard Children’s neonatal hospitalist Adam Frymoyer, MD, who led a project to test a different approach. Early doses of antibiotics alter the bacteria that colonize an infant’s gut, and...

...said Packard Children’s neonatal hospitalist Adam Frymoyer, MD, who led a project to test a different approach. Early doses of antibiotics alter the bacteria that colonize an infant’s gut, and...

After first adult heart transplant, advances in care continue

...under the auspices of the National Institutes of Health Program Project Grant for Cardiac Transplantation -- made further advances that greatly improved patient survival rates, writes Joseph Woo, MD, current...

...under the auspices of the National Institutes of Health Program Project Grant for Cardiac Transplantation -- made further advances that greatly improved patient survival rates, writes Joseph Woo, MD, current...