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Countdown to Big Data in Biomedicine: How gamers have advanced the RNA field

How does a "slightly bananas side project" (his words) in a biochemist's lab help accelerate researchers’ understanding of RNA? During last year's Big Data in Biomedicine conference, Stanford biochemist Rhiju...

How does a "slightly bananas side project" (his words) in a biochemist's lab help accelerate researchers’ understanding of RNA? During last year's Big Data in Biomedicine conference, Stanford biochemist Rhiju...

Men’s typically taciturn Y chromosomes tell colorful tale of conquests, expansions

...That's because the Y chromosome is kind of a loner. It doesn't talk much -- genetically speaking, that is -- with its lifetime mate, the X chromosome. "Unlike all of...

...That's because the Y chromosome is kind of a loner. It doesn't talk much -- genetically speaking, that is -- with its lifetime mate, the X chromosome. "Unlike all of...

Imaging study shows genetics and environment affect different parts of the brain

...environment play an equal role in human development. But that isn't the end of the debate. Researchers at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan have now added a...

...environment play an equal role in human development. But that isn't the end of the debate. Researchers at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan have now added a...

Stanford study: Commonly used sleeping pill may boost stroke recovery

...anything that could enhance patients' recovery during the three- to six-month post-stroke period when 90 percent of whatever recovery a patient's going to experience occurs, as a rule, would be...

...anything that could enhance patients' recovery during the three- to six-month post-stroke period when 90 percent of whatever recovery a patient's going to experience occurs, as a rule, would be...

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Stanford study: Not all dog bites should be treated with antibiotics

...of antibiotics may not be necessary. The study, conducted by Stanford medical student Meg Tabaka under supervision by James Quinn, MD, a professor of emergency medicine, followed nearly 500 patients...

...of antibiotics may not be necessary. The study, conducted by Stanford medical student Meg Tabaka under supervision by James Quinn, MD, a professor of emergency medicine, followed nearly 500 patients...

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Why establishing a health baseline is a ‘critical starting point for achieving future health goals’

...time to consider creating a health baseline. "A health-care baseline is essentially where you are "at" on the broad, complex spectrum of physical, mental and emotional health," explains Mary James,...

...time to consider creating a health baseline. "A health-care baseline is essentially where you are "at" on the broad, complex spectrum of physical, mental and emotional health," explains Mary James,...

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Does the sight of blood make you queasy? You’re not alone

After writing about my blood phobia -- and what I did to tame it -- in the spring 2013 issue of Stanford Medicine, I was surprised to get a lot...

After writing about my blood phobia -- and what I did to tame it -- in the spring 2013 issue of Stanford Medicine, I was surprised to get a lot...

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Dick Cheney on his heart transplant: “It’s the gift of life itself”

...read the Q&A to find out his response. Previously: Mysteries of the heart: Stanford Medicine magazine answers cardiovascular questions Illustration, which originally appeared in Stanford Medicine magazine, by Tina Berning...

...read the Q&A to find out his response. Previously: Mysteries of the heart: Stanford Medicine magazine answers cardiovascular questions Illustration, which originally appeared in Stanford Medicine magazine, by Tina Berning...

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New genetic study: More evidence for modern Ashkenazi Jews’ ancient Hebrew patrimony

I hail from the so-called Ashkenazi branch of Jews, who account for the great majority of all Jews in the world today. Ashkenazis are distinguished by the historical fact that,...

I hail from the so-called Ashkenazi branch of Jews, who account for the great majority of all Jews in the world today. Ashkenazis are distinguished by the historical fact that,...

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Dilute bleach solution may combat skin damage and aging, according to Stanford study

...collaborated with radiation oncologist Susan Knox, MD, to investigate potential clinical applications. From our release: Radiation dermatitis is a common side effect of radiation therapy for cancer. While radiation therapy...

...collaborated with radiation oncologist Susan Knox, MD, to investigate potential clinical applications. From our release: Radiation dermatitis is a common side effect of radiation therapy for cancer. While radiation therapy...

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Study: Expiration dates have nothing to do with shelf life of drugs

I'm one of those people who regularly goes through the medicine cabinet looking for expired medications to toss out. But a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine...

I'm one of those people who regularly goes through the medicine cabinet looking for expired medications to toss out. But a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine...