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Capturing how our choices shape epidemics (and the COVID-19 pandemic)

It was around 2014 when Ronan Arthur, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine, noticed that predictive disease spread models of the Ebola epidemic in West...

It was around 2014 when Ronan Arthur, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine, noticed that predictive disease spread models of the Ebola epidemic in West...

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“Tremendously grateful”: Running drive-through COVID operations at Stanford Health Care

...especially proud that because Stanford Medicine was one of the first organizations to offer drive-through testing sites in the country, he has advised other health care organizations in starting up...

...especially proud that because Stanford Medicine was one of the first organizations to offer drive-through testing sites in the country, he has advised other health care organizations in starting up...

Walk With Me: Learning from patients and family partners

...better understand and relate to these difficulties. While learning those skills is important for practicing medicine, I found out that isn't the whole story. My caregiver partner, Scott McLaggan, taught...

...better understand and relate to these difficulties. While learning those skills is important for practicing medicine, I found out that isn't the whole story. My caregiver partner, Scott McLaggan, taught...

Less is more? Focused genetic testing recommended for breast and ovarian cancers

...to a new study from Stanford Medicine and the University of Michigan. In contrast, widening the search to include more and more genes increases the number of uncertain results, particularly...

...to a new study from Stanford Medicine and the University of Michigan. In contrast, widening the search to include more and more genes increases the number of uncertain results, particularly...

“The team has risen to the challenge”: Nurse steps up during pandemic

...that runs the ward during the nights responsible for so much more. In addition to their usual tasks of delivering medicines, cleaning, washing, monitoring patients and their vital signs, the...

...that runs the ward during the nights responsible for so much more. In addition to their usual tasks of delivering medicines, cleaning, washing, monitoring patients and their vital signs, the...

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COVID provides opportunity to rethink inequitable roles in global health partnerships

...as the world discounts the pandemic responses of lower income countries, we in academic medicine undervalue our colleagues and institutions in these regions. Underlying notions of superiority have created relationships...

...as the world discounts the pandemic responses of lower income countries, we in academic medicine undervalue our colleagues and institutions in these regions. Underlying notions of superiority have created relationships...

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Take heed: Turn to the experts to interpret pharmacogenetic tests

...Palaniappan, MD, a Stanford Medicine internist and clinical researcher. When companies and providers use different standards to interpret the tests, patients like Susan Born, a 65-year old Bay Area resident,...

...Palaniappan, MD, a Stanford Medicine internist and clinical researcher. When companies and providers use different standards to interpret the tests, patients like Susan Born, a 65-year old Bay Area resident,...

“A personal hero”: Caring for COVID-19 patients and medical colleagues

...at Stanford Medicine's CROWN clinic (its full name is the Care and Respiratory Observation of Patients with Novel Coronavirus). On an average day, CROWN clinicians are keeping tabs on 50...

...at Stanford Medicine's CROWN clinic (its full name is the Care and Respiratory Observation of Patients with Novel Coronavirus). On an average day, CROWN clinicians are keeping tabs on 50...

A cancer treatment that tackles heart disease?

...after nine weeks of anti-CD47 treatment. "Heart disease is by far the leading killer in the world," said Stanford vascular medicine physician Nicholas Leeper, MD. "Right now, we can only...

...after nine weeks of anti-CD47 treatment. "Heart disease is by far the leading killer in the world," said Stanford vascular medicine physician Nicholas Leeper, MD. "Right now, we can only...

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Reducing falls for older adults: What’s different during the pandemic?

...professionals have developed options for you to interact with them via telehealth. "Telehealth offers important advantages for older adults," said Stanford Medicine physician Randall Stafford, MD, PhD, drawing on his...

...professionals have developed options for you to interact with them via telehealth. "Telehealth offers important advantages for older adults," said Stanford Medicine physician Randall Stafford, MD, PhD, drawing on his...

PA candidate at Stanford Medicine was medic in war zones and New York City COVID-19 surge

...kept me going." From the Special Forces to medicine West's path to medicine began in the United States Army Special Forces, where he received his EMT and paramedic certifications. A...

...kept me going." From the Special Forces to medicine West's path to medicine began in the United States Army Special Forces, where he received his EMT and paramedic certifications. A...

A sleep scientist’s legacy: Generations of well-rested students

...and to urge others to do the same -- was a source of great pride for Dement, according to Rafael Pelayo, MD, a sleep medicine physician who now teaches the...

...and to urge others to do the same -- was a source of great pride for Dement, according to Rafael Pelayo, MD, a sleep medicine physician who now teaches the...

Data from twins suggests that gut bacteria are important in food allergies

A comparison of twins with and without food allergies has uncovered distinct differences in the fecal bacteria of allergic and non-allergic individuals. The study, a collaboration between Stanford Medicine and...

A comparison of twins with and without food allergies has uncovered distinct differences in the fecal bacteria of allergic and non-allergic individuals. The study, a collaboration between Stanford Medicine and...

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Excised tonsils aid study of  COVID-19 vaccines, the flu and more

...destiny for some spurned tonsils, transforming those olive-sized organs into living immunology labs in a dish. There, as documented in a recent Nature Medicine study, these discarded tonsils have taken...

...destiny for some spurned tonsils, transforming those olive-sized organs into living immunology labs in a dish. There, as documented in a recent Nature Medicine study, these discarded tonsils have taken...

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Where COVID-19 walks in: Creating resilience in the emergency department

Stanford Medicine's Marc and Laura Andreessen Adult Emergency Department, the front door to the hospital for many patients, has been responding to the coronavirus pandemic for nearly a year. The...

Stanford Medicine's Marc and Laura Andreessen Adult Emergency Department, the front door to the hospital for many patients, has been responding to the coronavirus pandemic for nearly a year. The...

Study indicates substantial benefits from accelerated release of COVID-19 vaccine

Stanford Professor of Medicine Joshua Salomon, PhD, and his colleagues have mapped out an approach to the national distribution of COVID-19 vaccines that they predict would get more Americans fully inoculated...

Stanford Professor of Medicine Joshua Salomon, PhD, and his colleagues have mapped out an approach to the national distribution of COVID-19 vaccines that they predict would get more Americans fully inoculated...