Nearly 400 people— a mix of clinicians, teens, policy-makers and community members — gathered in South San Francisco recently to discuss local adolescent mental health …
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Beam me up! Detecting disease with non-invasive technology
Here's this week's Biomed Bites, a feature appearing each Thursday that introduces readers to Stanford's most innovative biomedical researchers. Star Trek fans rejoice! Stanford radiologist Sam …
Soliciting young minds to help older adults
The young helping the elderly is not a new practice, but designing products aimed at the aging population might be a novel idea. An article …
How can technology address the health needs of aging adults? A Medicine X panel offers tips
Older adults aren't usually the first adopters of new health technologies. But wearable devices and smart phone apps could help this growing population by improving …
Working to improve the health of children in rural Guatemala
Last week, we wrote about a medical student working with Stanford pediatrician Paul Wise, MD, MPH, on a program that uses nutritional supplements and health education …
“Are we there yet?” Exploring the promise, and the hype, of longevity research
The days are getting longer, and it's no longer dark outside when I drop my teenager at school for her early-bird class. I appreciate the …
“Us” and “them”: Losing the patient perspective
SMS (“Stanford Medical School”) Unplugged was recently launched as a forum for students to chronicle their experiences in medical school. The student-penned entries appear on …
Why do some cancers cause more financial problems than others?
It's well-established that financial woes can follow a cancer diagnosis (and oft-pricey treatment); this summer we reported on a study showing that bankruptcy rates among …
New chair to be selected for California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
The governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is scheduled to decide this evening between two candidates for chairman: bond financier Jonathan Thomas, …
Common antifungal drug may decrease tumor growth, prove useful as a cancer therapy
Research conducted at the University of Texas at Austin suggests that a common antifungal drug can slow tumor growth and may be a promising chemotherapy …
Why physicians should pay attention to web reviews
While some doctors have criticized Web sites where patients can rate medical practitioners as unethical and defamatory, Milwaukee psychiatrist Shaili Jain, MD, argues that physicians …
How efficient should medicine be in the business sense?
Marya Zilberberg, MD, wonders on KevinMD about how efficient medicine should be: ...I worry that in our traditional American single-minded zeal we will go overboard …
Scientist pens love letter to stem cells, calls them "irresistible"
Very cute, and perfectly appropriate for Valentine's Day: a love letter to stem cells. Previously: Nobel Prize-netting iPS-cell discovery was initially a tough sell (for …
Stanford's Sanjay Basu named a Top Global Thinker of 2013
In case you haven't seen it, Foreign Policy magazine recently announced its Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2013. These movers, the piece accompanying the list …
Grand Roundup: Top 5 posts for 2013
The five most-read stories published this year on Scope were: What are the consequences of sleep deprivation?: Brandon Peters, MD, an adjunct clinical faculty member …
National guidelines for salt intake questioned
The debate on national nutrition policies is heating up as two federal panels begin work on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. At the center …