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Parents of autistic children may benefit from new health law
The Dallas Morning News has taken a look at one group of people who will likely benefit from the new federal health-care law: parents of …
High-tech mouthpieces used to advance medical understanding of concussions in football
As my colleague mentioned earlier today, the problem of concussions among football players is a very real one. To learn more about the issue, Dan …
Stanford bioengineers create an ultra-low-cost oral cancer screening tool
I call it the ultimate “blue light special:" an oral cancer screening tool that costs just a few dollars and can be used in rural regions of …
Brain videos, from the brains of neuroscientists
Continuing our inadvertent "neuroscience" theme today, the Society for Neuroscience recently concluded its Brain Awareness Video Contest. Three videos from a field of 45 were …
“This is something you long look forward to”: 2016 graduates celebrate achievements
Flowers, sunshine, babies and smiles all around marked the School of Medicine's 2016 graduation ceremony and celebration, held Saturday on the Dean's Lawn. And then …
Could "breathprints" one day be used to diagnose disease?
Your "breathprint," the chemical composition of each exhale, may hold potential as a new medical diagnostic tool, according to research recently published in PLOS ONE. …
How important is it to publish negative results?
Over on Communication Breakdown today, Matt Shipman - in the first in a series of entries on the topic - explores negative results and the challenges of …
A voyage to inner space: The diagnostics emerging from Stanford
I was 5, or maybe 6. We were standing in line at Disneyland. And, suddenly, I was terrified. I had thought we were in line …
From a molecular point of view: Cell adhesion, signaling pathways and cancer
Welcome to Biomed Bites, a weekly feature that introduces readers to some of Stanford's most innovative biomedical researchers. To develop treatments capable of combatting metastatic cancers, or …
Why no Supreme Court announcement on health care?
There was a real surprise yesterday for those of us who follow (and write about) health-care news: The U.S. Supreme Court didn't announce its decision on …
Biodesign fellows make wearing hard contact lenses easy
When a team of biodesign fellows encountered a large population of patients who suffered from contact lens-induced dry eye, they set out to fix the problem.
When a team of biodesign fellows encountered a large population of patients who suffered from contact lens-induced dry eye, they set out to fix the problem.
Stanford patient benefits from total artificial heart
Mechanical support for failing hearts is not a new idea. Size, however, matters. In 1966, Michael DeBakey, MD, successfully implanted the first device to replace …
Bay Area physicians to host online chat from Haiti
Palo Alto Medical Clinic physician Enoch Choi, MD, and Jan Gurley, MD, an internist with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, will discuss the …
Behind the scenes at ClinicalTrials.gov
There's an interesting interview (subscription required) in tomorrow's Science magazine with Deborah Zarin, MD, who directs the ClinicalTrials.gov database at the National Institutes of Health. I …
Stanford biomedical community shows support for those affected by police violence
Scores of biomedical students, researchers, faculty and staff staged a "die-in" yesterday to protest excessive police violence against people of color. Clad in black "BlackLivesMatter" …