When I think about bicycle safety, I think of lights, helmets and strategies to share the road with cars. But physicians have a different perspective …
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The legacy of Stanford radiologist Gary Glazer
The Stanford community is mourning the loss of a pioneering figure in radiology: Gary Glazer, MD, former chair of the Department of Radiology here, died on Sunday. My colleague …
A closer look at technology that enables people to type via brain control
Last month we wrote about a brain-computer interface that allows fast, accurate typing by people with paralysis. It's exciting work, and -- as part of its …
Stanford's newest Nobel winner on the prize: It's an "incredibly beautiful" honor
How would you react to the phone call of a lifetime? In the audio above, from NobelPrize.org, Thomas Südhof, MD, answers his phone to …
Stanford biomedical ethicist discusses Choosing Wisely Initiative
As you may have read in the news this week, a group of nine medical societies released a list of 45 common tests and procedures …
CDC offers lots of tweeting advice
This afternoon, Shots' Scott Hensley pokes a bit of (good-natured) fun at the CDC's "Social Media Guidelines and Best Practices" (link to PDF) document. Yes, …
Mastermind or freeloader? Viral proteins in early human embryos leave researchers puzzled
I'm filing this finding firmly under the category of "Things I'm glad I didn't know when I was pregnant." (Other items include the abject terror …
Differences in brain’s reward circuit may explain social deficits in autism
Children with autism have structural and functional abnormalities in the brain circuit that normally makes social interaction feel rewarding.
Children with autism have structural and functional abnormalities in the brain circuit that normally makes social interaction feel rewarding.
Medical students create online newspaper to promote the voice of physicians-in-training
There's an interesting guest post on the SA Incubator blog about a publication created by medical students for medical students. In the piece, Ajay Major …
Registration for Stanford Medicine X now open
Registration for the Stanford Medicine X conference is now open. The three-day event, which runs Sept. 28-30 on the Stanford campus, will cover a wide …
Diagnosis: Electronic Medical Record myopia
A few years ago I had an appointment with a doctor who got so deeply absorbed in reading and updating my electronic medical record, there …
Mummyblogging, round two
Last week, I posted a few photos of a Stanford effort to image the mummy of a 2,500-year-old priest. For those of you who like …
Cultivating the human microbiome
In a sense, our body is not our own. Microbes living in and around us outnumber our own human cells ten to one. A review …
Denialism
OK. So I beat Jon Stewart to an interview with Michael Specter. If you're interested in considering how irrational thinking hinders scientific progress, you should …
Grand Roundup: Top posts of May
The five most-read stories this month on Scope were: Eating for good blood: Tips for boosting iron levels and hemoglobin: This entry from the Stanford Blood …
Countdown to Medicine X: Advancing social causes in the face of political adversity
Ai-jen Poo has reason to feel discouraged. Causes she has doggedly championed — basic labor protections for nannies, housekeepers and home health workers and, more …