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New cardiovascular risk calculator includes social determinants of health, excludes race

...professor of cardiovascular medicine.  To develop the models, researchers incorporated standard measurements such as blood pressure and cholesterol levels. But they added kidney and metabolic measurements; body mass index; and...

...professor of cardiovascular medicine.  To develop the models, researchers incorporated standard measurements such as blood pressure and cholesterol levels. But they added kidney and metabolic measurements; body mass index; and...

Why precision medicine’s targeted interventions may help prevent dangerously early births

...have eluded experts -- it's why scientists at Stanford Medicine's March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center are trying to better understand why unexplained premature births happen and how to prevent...

...have eluded experts -- it's why scientists at Stanford Medicine's March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center are trying to better understand why unexplained premature births happen and how to prevent...

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Advocating for individuals with disabilities is personal for this med student

In this We Are Stanford Med series, meet individuals who are shaping the future of medicine. They hail from all over the globe and come to Stanford Medicine carrying big ideas and...

In this We Are Stanford Med series, meet individuals who are shaping the future of medicine. They hail from all over the globe and come to Stanford Medicine carrying big ideas and...

Health After Cancer podcast tackles survivorship, advocacy

...with lymphoma during her first month as an internal medicine intern at Stanford Medicine, when her newborn daughter was just weeks old and the COVID-19 pandemic was just beginning. "I...

...with lymphoma during her first month as an internal medicine intern at Stanford Medicine, when her newborn daughter was just weeks old and the COVID-19 pandemic was just beginning. "I...

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How California is taking on inequity for Black patients during pregnancy, childbirth

...due in large part to evidence-based practices developed at the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, which is housed at Stanford Medicine. "We're proud that the rate of preventable maternal deaths...

...due in large part to evidence-based practices developed at the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, which is housed at Stanford Medicine. "We're proud that the rate of preventable maternal deaths...

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Why we should be fighting heart disease more like we fight cancer

...and fewer physicians propose them. Michael V. McConnell, MD, a preventive cardiologist and clinical professor of medicine at Stanford Medicine, has encountered this less serious attitude toward heart disease both...

...and fewer physicians propose them. Michael V. McConnell, MD, a preventive cardiologist and clinical professor of medicine at Stanford Medicine, has encountered this less serious attitude toward heart disease both...

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How music gives aspiring physician-scientist a proper life rhythm

In this We Are Stanford Med series, meet individuals who are shaping the future of medicine. They hail from all over the globe and come to Stanford Medicine carrying big...

In this We Are Stanford Med series, meet individuals who are shaping the future of medicine. They hail from all over the globe and come to Stanford Medicine carrying big...

Research explores liability risk of using AI tools in patient care

Last year, large language models like ChatGPT were widely released for the first time, and within a few months, similar models were already being incorporated into medical record software. Medicine...

Last year, large language models like ChatGPT were widely released for the first time, and within a few months, similar models were already being incorporated into medical record software. Medicine...

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Sick of being sick? As respiratory viruses roar back, experts offer guidance 

...a Stanford Medicine immunologist and infectious disease specialist confirmed. The main reasons, she said, are fairly straightforward: Social distancing and masking are not popular choices in the wake of the...

...a Stanford Medicine immunologist and infectious disease specialist confirmed. The main reasons, she said, are fairly straightforward: Social distancing and masking are not popular choices in the wake of the...

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More kids are being hospitalized for eating disorders — researchers learned why

...health, especially their heart function. As a result, hospitalization rates for adolescent eating disorders have climbed six- to seven-fold since 2010, according to a new Stanford Medicine-led study published recently...

...health, especially their heart function. As a result, hospitalization rates for adolescent eating disorders have climbed six- to seven-fold since 2010, according to a new Stanford Medicine-led study published recently...

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Researchers seek healthy checks and balances for how products are designed

...such convenience at our fingertips comes a messy health conundrum, says Sara Singer, PhD, a professor of health policy and medicine who studies the human effects of the product environment....

...such convenience at our fingertips comes a messy health conundrum, says Sara Singer, PhD, a professor of health policy and medicine who studies the human effects of the product environment....

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Going beyond B cells in the search for a more multi-targeted vaccine

Part 3: This is the last of a three-part series on how Stanford Medicine researchers are designing vaccines that protect people from not merely individual viral strains but broad ranges...

Part 3: This is the last of a three-part series on how Stanford Medicine researchers are designing vaccines that protect people from not merely individual viral strains but broad ranges...

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Searching for vaccine variability in the land of the flu

Part 2: This is the second of a three-part series on how Stanford Medicine researchers are designing vaccines that protect people from not merely individual viral strains but broad ranges...

Part 2: This is the second of a three-part series on how Stanford Medicine researchers are designing vaccines that protect people from not merely individual viral strains but broad ranges...

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The hunt for a vaccine that fends off not just a single viral strain, but a multitude

Part 1: This is the first of a three-part series (links to Parts 2 & 3 at bottom) on how Stanford Medicine researchers are designing vaccines that might protect people...

Part 1: This is the first of a three-part series (links to Parts 2 & 3 at bottom) on how Stanford Medicine researchers are designing vaccines that might protect people...

2023 recap: Stories and videos that most connected with our readers

...agent that makes it more yellow. Issue 3 2023, AI explodes, Medicine's AI boom: Amid the frenzy over the potential of artificial intelligence to revolutionize medicine, Stanford Medicine is building...

...agent that makes it more yellow. Issue 3 2023, AI explodes, Medicine's AI boom: Amid the frenzy over the potential of artificial intelligence to revolutionize medicine, Stanford Medicine is building...

The endometriosis enigma: What to know about this disruptive disease

...said Nichole Tyson, MD, a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Stanford Medicine. "It's another topic in women's health where the research hasn't been robust, and we have struggled...

...said Nichole Tyson, MD, a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Stanford Medicine. "It's another topic in women's health where the research hasn't been robust, and we have struggled...

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