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Stanford research provides insight on pain, love
The San Jose Mercury News' Sandeep Ravindran revisits today Stanford research showing that passionate feelings of love can serve as a painkiller of sorts. In …
A new view of patient data: Using electronic medical records to guide treatment
Back when I was an undergraduate biochemistry major, I used to fantasize about blasting down into my own cells to watch the molecular reactions I …
Grand Roundup: Top posts for the week of Feb. 21
The five most-read posts on Scope this week were: Image of the Week: A model of HIV: This week's image comes from the 2010 International …
Test can spot TB in children, helping save lives
During his decade of work in South Africa, Stanford’s Jason Andrews, MD, has seen many young children die from tuberculosis and been frustrated by the …
Experts weigh in on the new BRAIN Initiative
Following yesterday's news of a federal initiative to map the human brain, a group of experts came on KQED's Forum this morning to discuss the …
A curated selection of news from Dean Lloyd Minor
What should you be reading today? Over on OZY's Presidential Daily Brief, Lloyd Minor, MD, dean of the medical school, points readers to some of …
Rediscovered report details Lincoln's final hours
As has been covered widely in the news, a researcher hunting through the National Archives for letters by Abraham Lincoln recently uncovered a doctor's report …
Roundtable of doctors discuss Affordable Care Act
A Tell Me More segment on NPR today examined three doctors' perspectives on how last week's Supreme Court ruling to uphold most provisions of the Affordable Care Act will …
Global Health Corps starts training at Stanford
In her first month in Malawi, recent Boston University graduate Emily Bearse met a 22-year-old woman who had tested HIV-positive during pregnancy and was fearful …
African scientists recognized for developing HIV prevention method
The scene in July 2010 in Vienna was one of my most electric moments in covering science. I happened to grab a front row seat at …
NIH intramural human embryonic stem cell research halted
In response to a judge's order last week, the National Institutes of Health today ordered an immediate halt to all human embryonic stem cell research …
Sculptor Alyson Shotz explores the relationship between art and science at Stanford
In March, sculptor Alyson Shotz visited Stanford as the annual Sterling Visiting Professor in the Department of Chemical and Systems Biology. While here, she collaborated …
Study highlights fertility-related concerns of young cancer survivors
Cancer survivorship has been on my mind since writing a Stanford Medicine article on the topic. The (amazing) woman on whom my story focuses was in …
Image of the Week: Immersive learning
This week's image is a candid taken at Stanford's Center for Immersive and Simulation-based Learning. The center, which is one of the largest such facilities …
Making sense out of genetic gobbledygook with a Stanford biostatistician
Here's this week's Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that highlights some of Stanford's most innovative research and introduces readers to groundbreaking researchers in a variety …