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Understanding AFib: Blood thinners simplified
In the latest installment in the series Understanding AFib, Randall Stafford explains the different types of blood thinners.
In the latest installment in the series Understanding AFib, Randall Stafford explains the different types of blood thinners.
A story of a burst appendix and its owner who lived
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stand a little taller, right? Common Health blog begins a narrative post on one woman's burst-appendix survival with …
Understanding AFib: How to measure your own heart rate and rhythm
In the fifth installment in the Understanding AFib series, Randall Stafford explains how to measure your heart rate and pay attention to your heart rhythm.
In the fifth installment in the Understanding AFib series, Randall Stafford explains how to measure your heart rate and pay attention to your heart rhythm.
Breaking down diabetes: Drugs for diabetes, starting with the best — metformin
Metformin is physician-researcher Randall Stafford's go-to drug for diabetes. He explains why in this installment in the series, Breaking down diabetes.
Metformin is physician-researcher Randall Stafford's go-to drug for diabetes. He explains why in this installment in the series, Breaking down diabetes.
Understanding AFib: Slowing down the dancing heart
In this fourth post in the Understanding AFib series, physician Randall Stafford explains different drugs that are used to slow down the heart.
In this fourth post in the Understanding AFib series, physician Randall Stafford explains different drugs that are used to slow down the heart.
What is a urinary tract infection? | Understanding UTIs, Part 1
This is the first part in Understanding UTIs, an accessible series about urinary tract infections, including their symptoms, causes, medications and more.
This is the first part in Understanding UTIs, an accessible series about urinary tract infections, including their symptoms, causes, medications and more.
Use your range hood for a healthier home, advises indoor air quality researcher
To prevent potentially harmful levels of pollutants from building up inside homes, air quality researcher Brett Singer provides tips.
To prevent potentially harmful levels of pollutants from building up inside homes, air quality researcher Brett Singer provides tips.
Exploring the ordinary and extraordinary in end-of-life care, death
Stanford physician Samuel LeBaron discusses his book, which covers death and how to prepare for and receive end-of-life care.
Stanford physician Samuel LeBaron discusses his book, which covers death and how to prepare for and receive end-of-life care.
Scientists use ‘sleep age’ to infer longterm health
Stanford Medicine professor Emmanuel Mignot answers questions about sleep age, emphasizing the importance of developing good sleep hygiene.
Stanford Medicine professor Emmanuel Mignot answers questions about sleep age, emphasizing the importance of developing good sleep hygiene.
Stomach cancer hits Asian populations harder
Over the last six decades in the U.S., gastric, or stomach, cancer rates have plummeted. But around the world, gastric cancer remains a leading cause …
Antibiotic resistance and other things you need to know about UTIs | Understanding UTIs, Part 7
This final post in the Understanding UTIs series addresses antibiotic resistance and provides a wrap-up of key points to remember.
This final post in the Understanding UTIs series addresses antibiotic resistance and provides a wrap-up of key points to remember.
What it was like to get a pacemaker at 19, and how it changed my life: Part 2
College student Bea White writes about her pacemaker-implant surgery, and how her life has changed since having the procedure.
College student Bea White writes about her pacemaker-implant surgery, and how her life has changed since having the procedure.
Post-epidural headaches can be more serious than previously known
Stanford research shows headaches caused by epidural complications during childbirth can be more serious and chronic than previously thought.
Stanford research shows headaches caused by epidural complications during childbirth can be more serious and chronic than previously thought.
Teens vulnerable to social-media promotion of vaping
Social media posts promoting e-cigarettes appear able to make teens more willing to vape, new Stanford research has shown.
Social media posts promoting e-cigarettes appear able to make teens more willing to vape, new Stanford research has shown.
“We know very little about the brain”: Experts outline challenges in neuroscience
The greatest challenge in the field of neuroscience, according to two experts, is that we still don’t understand the basics. Around forty students, scientists, and community …