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What about secondhand marijuana smoke? Stanford Medicine expert weighs in

...marijuana smoke equally? Scientific evidence suggests they should, according to Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, PhD, a Stanford adolescent medicine expert who studies teens' attitudes toward marijuana. With two colleagues at the University...

...marijuana smoke equally? Scientific evidence suggests they should, according to Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, PhD, a Stanford adolescent medicine expert who studies teens' attitudes toward marijuana. With two colleagues at the University...

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Too high: Current blood pressure targets may not be low enough

...additional information, please contact rstaff@stanford.edu. Randall Stafford, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine and a primary care physician at Stanford. He was one of several Stanford investigators for SPRINT and...

...additional information, please contact rstaff@stanford.edu. Randall Stafford, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine and a primary care physician at Stanford. He was one of several Stanford investigators for SPRINT and...

Too high: Side effects hamper many blood pressure medications

...prolonged standing at work. Both drugs reduced her interest in sex. Some side effects occur with many medications for hypertension, while others are specific to different classes of high blood...

...prolonged standing at work. Both drugs reduced her interest in sex. Some side effects occur with many medications for hypertension, while others are specific to different classes of high blood...

Ways to boost blood iron levels while eating a vegan or vegetarian diet

Updated April 18, 2022 If you eat a vegan or vegetarian diet, or if you're just aiming to keep your iron levels up, you probably know some of the many...

Updated April 18, 2022 If you eat a vegan or vegetarian diet, or if you're just aiming to keep your iron levels up, you probably know some of the many...

When Jeff Schottenstein's wife was diagnosed with gastric cancer in 2014, he immediately jumped into action and left no stone un-turned in researching potential solutions to address her rare type...

When Jeff Schottenstein's wife was diagnosed with gastric cancer in 2014, he immediately jumped into action and left no stone un-turned in researching potential solutions to address her rare type...

Stanford headache specialist demystifies migraine auras

...attacks, Headache 101: On migraines, pain medicine and when to visit a doctor and Director of Stanford Headache Clinic answers your questions on migraines and headache disorders Photo by freshidea...

...attacks, Headache 101: On migraines, pain medicine and when to visit a doctor and Director of Stanford Headache Clinic answers your questions on migraines and headache disorders Photo by freshidea...

To prevent altitude sickness, same-day medication may help

...particularly if they need to ascend with short notice. His latest work, published this week in the American Journal of Medicine, pitted two medications thought to confer some protection against...

...particularly if they need to ascend with short notice. His latest work, published this week in the American Journal of Medicine, pitted two medications thought to confer some protection against...

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On transitions and identity: A reflection by Stanford’s Philip Pizzo

Philip Pizzo, MD, began planning for life after medicine before he had barely begun to work as a doctor. As a resident in pediatrics, Pizzo, the former School of Medicine...

Philip Pizzo, MD, began planning for life after medicine before he had barely begun to work as a doctor. As a resident in pediatrics, Pizzo, the former School of Medicine...

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Taking painkillers with sleeping pills is an increasingly risky business

...Sun, MD, PhD, is lead author of the study, and Sean Mackey, MD, PhD, chief of pain medicine, is senior author. "It's probably pretty well known that prescribing an opioid...

...Sun, MD, PhD, is lead author of the study, and Sean Mackey, MD, PhD, chief of pain medicine, is senior author. "It's probably pretty well known that prescribing an opioid...

False advertising? “Natural” cigarettes are bad for nature, Stanford researchers say

A trio of Stanford researchers has published an editorial in Tobacco Control, criticizing the makers of a brand of cigarettes for claiming to be environmentally friendly. The cigarettes are anything...

A trio of Stanford researchers has published an editorial in Tobacco Control, criticizing the makers of a brand of cigarettes for claiming to be environmentally friendly. The cigarettes are anything...

Stanford researchers exploring consequences of Tuskegee syphilis study

I first learned about the secret U.S. government syphilis study conducted on poor black men in Tuskegee, Alabama, during a college class on ethics. The key question up for debate...

I first learned about the secret U.S. government syphilis study conducted on poor black men in Tuskegee, Alabama, during a college class on ethics. The key question up for debate...

“We know very little about the brain”: Experts outline challenges in neuroscience

..."Medicine is a craft... It's empirical, but we don't know how to treat [problems]  if we don't understand the disease and the underlying biology." Mapping the components of the brain...

..."Medicine is a craft... It's empirical, but we don't know how to treat [problems]  if we don't understand the disease and the underlying biology." Mapping the components of the brain...

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What color is your cloud? Study finds large variability in resident workloads

...gastroenterology and senior author of the study, Was measured the workload of 26 pediatric residents during the six core inpatient rotations of their intern year -- to make sure they...

...gastroenterology and senior author of the study, Was measured the workload of 26 pediatric residents during the six core inpatient rotations of their intern year -- to make sure they...

Emergency room efficiency could rise by empowering doctors, new study finds

...manage their own workloads, according to a new study by David Chan, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine. A Stanford Health Policy article explains: Chan studied two organizational models:...

...manage their own workloads, according to a new study by David Chan, MD, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine. A Stanford Health Policy article explains: Chan studied two organizational models:...

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Immunotherapy: New hope in treating cancer

...my colleague Ruthann Richter, "will create a powerful synergy that will enable the deep scientific and clinical resources within Stanford Medicine to be rapidly and efficiently translated into new immunotherapies...

...my colleague Ruthann Richter, "will create a powerful synergy that will enable the deep scientific and clinical resources within Stanford Medicine to be rapidly and efficiently translated into new immunotherapies...