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When a child’s quality of life outweighs the next test or procedure

Stanford Medicine social scientist Meghan Halley, PhD, has learned to embrace uncertainty when making medical decisions for her 5-year-old son, Philip, who has an undiagnosed genetic disorder with physical and...

Stanford Medicine social scientist Meghan Halley, PhD, has learned to embrace uncertainty when making medical decisions for her 5-year-old son, Philip, who has an undiagnosed genetic disorder with physical and...

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Improving heart health, decreasing tobacco use in Alaska

...Corporation in Nome. These interventions are largely delivered by telemedicine. "Telemedicine enabled direct contact to the communities," Prochaska said.  All the study participants received telemedicine counseling from counselors based in...

...Corporation in Nome. These interventions are largely delivered by telemedicine. "Telemedicine enabled direct contact to the communities," Prochaska said.  All the study participants received telemedicine counseling from counselors based in...

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Life in the NBA bubble: Stanford Med alum kept COVID-19 away from players

...needs could be met within the confines of the quarantine -- needs such as eye doctor visits and dental emergencies. Sims, an emergency medicine doctor at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in...

...needs could be met within the confines of the quarantine -- needs such as eye doctor visits and dental emergencies. Sims, an emergency medicine doctor at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in...

Investigating the generic drug industry and the health care business model

Kevin Schulman, MD, MBA, suspected something was amiss when his child began to experience side effects from medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Schulman, a professor of medicine at Stanford,...

Kevin Schulman, MD, MBA, suspected something was amiss when his child began to experience side effects from medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Schulman, a professor of medicine at Stanford,...

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As primary care visits go online, fewer patients are checked for heart disease risk

...telemedicine Stafford said he hopes the research encourages primary care physicians to use telemedicine more effectively. This could mean reserving remote visits for certain patients, such as those who are...

...telemedicine Stafford said he hopes the research encourages primary care physicians to use telemedicine more effectively. This could mean reserving remote visits for certain patients, such as those who are...

Easier-to-use technology helps young people with type 1 diabetes

...trial, conducted at Stanford Medicine and 13 other U.S. institutions, analyzed whether the newest continuous blood glucose monitors are helpful for patients aged 14 to 24. The monitors rely on...

...trial, conducted at Stanford Medicine and 13 other U.S. institutions, analyzed whether the newest continuous blood glucose monitors are helpful for patients aged 14 to 24. The monitors rely on...

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How does 2020 Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR technology work?

...in a Stanford Medicine magazine story when describing this work. "We spent six years trying to repair that one mutation using older gene-editing technologies, but with CRISPR, we finally had...

...in a Stanford Medicine magazine story when describing this work. "We spent six years trying to repair that one mutation using older gene-editing technologies, but with CRISPR, we finally had...

Meditation can counter mental stress on college campuses, experts say

...working, and my qualifying exam was approaching fast," said Erwin, now a Stanford Medicine postdoc in genetics who's also a teaching assistant for meditation courses. "I didn't know how to...

...working, and my qualifying exam was approaching fast," said Erwin, now a Stanford Medicine postdoc in genetics who's also a teaching assistant for meditation courses. "I didn't know how to...

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Stanford postdoc helps to spearhead movement to free patented technology for COVID-19 fight

...Stanford Medicine, reached out to past and present mentors to connect with like-minded scientists who also wanted to make a difference in the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, she spoke...

...Stanford Medicine, reached out to past and present mentors to connect with like-minded scientists who also wanted to make a difference in the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, she spoke...

Study ties teens’ COVID-19 resilience to their ability to navigate life

Stanford Medicine experts have acknowledged that the stress teens are experiencing as a result of school closures and isolation from their friends during the COVID-19 pandemic can lead to depression...

Stanford Medicine experts have acknowledged that the stress teens are experiencing as a result of school closures and isolation from their friends during the COVID-19 pandemic can lead to depression...

AI tool created to guide colorectal cancer care with more precision

...appeared online in Gut. A new take on predicting survival Bibault, Chang and professor of radiation oncology, Lei Xing, PhD, devised the algorithm powering the prediction tool with data made available...

...appeared online in Gut. A new take on predicting survival Bibault, Chang and professor of radiation oncology, Lei Xing, PhD, devised the algorithm powering the prediction tool with data made available...

Stanford physician pens children’s book on breathing

Early in her career as a family physician, Diana Farid, MD, a Stanford assistant professor of medicine, noticed that many of her elementary-school-aged patients knew little about how their bodies...

Early in her career as a family physician, Diana Farid, MD, a Stanford assistant professor of medicine, noticed that many of her elementary-school-aged patients knew little about how their bodies...

What to do if you test positive for COVID-19

...medicine. Who should prepare food Infected people should avoid preparing food, if possible. If they must cook, they should prepare food only for themselves and thoroughly wipe down kitchen surfaces...

...medicine. Who should prepare food Infected people should avoid preparing food, if possible. If they must cook, they should prepare food only for themselves and thoroughly wipe down kitchen surfaces...

Body image: ‘We can have a full, meaningful life in the bodies we have.’

...key part of a living a happy, fulfilled life. To learn more, we talked to Stanford Medicine psychologist Kristine Luce, PhD.  Body image exists on a continuum Although body image is...

...key part of a living a happy, fulfilled life. To learn more, we talked to Stanford Medicine psychologist Kristine Luce, PhD.  Body image exists on a continuum Although body image is...

Reducing surgical site infections in low-resource settings

After an inspirational experience working with a family medicine doctor in Nepal as a medical student, Jared Forrester, MD, knew he wanted to spend more time focusing on global health during...

After an inspirational experience working with a family medicine doctor in Nepal as a medical student, Jared Forrester, MD, knew he wanted to spend more time focusing on global health during...

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Dying patients want honesty from their doctors, expert says

...MD. Those patients know, on some level, that they're dying, and they want someone to talk it through with them, says Teuteberg, a Stanford professor of medicine and the clinical...

...MD. Those patients know, on some level, that they're dying, and they want someone to talk it through with them, says Teuteberg, a Stanford professor of medicine and the clinical...

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