A new science-blog network sprouted up this month: Called Occam's Typewriter, it features nine different blogs - and several are written by former Nature Network …
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Young mouse to old mouse: "It's all in the blood, baby"
A few days after his latest research hit the press, I sat with neurologist Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD, for a 1:2:1 podcast. He laughed when I mentioned …
ECG screening of young athletes is cost-effective way to save lives
Should young American athletes be routinely screened for sudden death? The answer, according to two group of researchers, appears to be yes. As Reuters Health …
Study offers insights into how yoga eases stress
Following up on earlier findings showing that practicing yoga helped reduce stress levels of people caring for patients with dementia, new research from UC Los …
Film to document Stanford student's decision to be genetically tested for Huntington’s disease
Growing up, Stanford student Kristen Power watched as her mother was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease and the disease progressively grew worse. Her mother passed away …
Image of the Week: Med School 101
Last Friday, 150 local high-school students visited campus to attend a series of hands-on interactive sessions and lectures on a diverse range of subjects including …
Donor gift leads to innovative cancer clinical trial
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 …
Researchers develop new method for tracing human history and identifying clues to rare diseases
A team of researchers, led by Stanford biologists Trevor Pemberton, DPhil, and Noah Rosenberg, PhD, has developed a method for teasing out genes underlying rare, …
Biomedical innovations and future health-care spending
Stanford health economist Victor Fuchs, PhD, offers his perspective on how to think about future health-care spending in an article published yesterday in the New …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of March 9
The five most-read stories this week on Scope were: Stanford bioengineer develops a 50-cent paper microscope: Manu Prakash, PhD, assistant professor of bioengineering, has developed an …
Image of the Week: Stanford SUNSPORT
This young football fan is rockin’ a SUNSPORT tattoo (the temporary kind) during a sun-drenched November afternoon at Stanford Stadium. The 27-23 victory over Oregon …
Ideas for health-related charitable gifts
If you are turning your attention to Christmas shopping this week, you may be interested in a recent Shots entry on alternative gift ideas. Suggesting …
Mixing humor and pop culture to boost flu shot rates
My colleague wrote today about how researchers at Johns Hopkins have devised a new method to track flu trends using Twitter. Over on Healthland, Bonnie …
A look at the Stanford Robot Block Party
Last week I wrote about the Robot Block Party at Stanford. This video offers a brief look at the event, including a robotic hand designed …
Research shows benefit of treating TB and HIV at the same time
A new study out of UCSF is showing that treating tuberculosis and HIV infections at the same time appears to be a life-saving strategy. As Erin Allday at the …
Rheumatoid arthritis patients not getting necessary medication
Many patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a crippling disease that eats away at the joints and causes pain and swelling, aren’t getting the low-cost medication they …