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Screen time: The good, the healthy and the mind-numbing

...not directly tell us how to prevent or treat them -- that is, solutions. Changing how one frames research questions and designs studies can get to solutions more directly. For...

...not directly tell us how to prevent or treat them -- that is, solutions. Changing how one frames research questions and designs studies can get to solutions more directly. For...

A big jump in prosthetic vision

...publication. The design The prosthetic has two main components: a 2-millimeter implant and augmented-reality glasses. A camera on the glasses captures the world around the patient and processes the images....

...publication. The design The prosthetic has two main components: a 2-millimeter implant and augmented-reality glasses. A camera on the glasses captures the world around the patient and processes the images....

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Researchers create guide for fair and equitable AI in health care

...once-amorphous aggregates of data that can predict health outcomes for patients. It's time to put that technology to work widely -- in ways that prioritize conscientious protocols designed to prevent...

...once-amorphous aggregates of data that can predict health outcomes for patients. It's time to put that technology to work widely -- in ways that prioritize conscientious protocols designed to prevent...

Unconventional Paths: Sneaky submarines and super surgeries

...new research realm that would use her skills at designing solids to interact optimally with nearby liquids. She hoped for a research field that allowed her to follow her heart....

...new research realm that would use her skills at designing solids to interact optimally with nearby liquids. She hoped for a research field that allowed her to follow her heart....

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Cancer-detecting wearable may offer better way to monitor tumors

...and his colleagues noted there are ways to circumvent this by making the sensor as supple as real skin. Abramson described FAST as a "deceptively simple design." "These inherent advantages...

...and his colleagues noted there are ways to circumvent this by making the sensor as supple as real skin. Abramson described FAST as a "deceptively simple design." "These inherent advantages...

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Building a cancer community through BLACC

...organizations hold the solutions and answers to their problems, rather than Stanford telling them, 'This is what you should do,'" Rosas told me. Shared experience To design the program, the...

...organizations hold the solutions and answers to their problems, rather than Stanford telling them, 'This is what you should do,'" Rosas told me. Shared experience To design the program, the...

Nutrition meets health through ‘culinary medicine’

...the colors of the rainbow, but if you're missing a few, that's OK. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good. Top photo by Exclusive-design Story photos by Hanae Armitage...

...the colors of the rainbow, but if you're missing a few, that's OK. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good. Top photo by Exclusive-design Story photos by Hanae Armitage...

Bringing principles of ethics to AI and drug design

...such as the new GSK.ai-Stanford Ethics Fellowship, designed to boost the prevalence of ethics-minded AI scientists, can address that problem. "You don't just sprinkle ethics on top of a project,"...

...such as the new GSK.ai-Stanford Ethics Fellowship, designed to boost the prevalence of ethics-minded AI scientists, can address that problem. "You don't just sprinkle ethics on top of a project,"...

Cone snail venom and … insulin?

...molecules from cone snail venom are inspiring bioengineers to design faster-acting alternatives, with the potential to free patients from the need for close tracking of everything they eat. Cone snails...

...molecules from cone snail venom are inspiring bioengineers to design faster-acting alternatives, with the potential to free patients from the need for close tracking of everything they eat. Cone snails...

Can Prozac fight brain cancer?

...of many medications -- another hurdle to overcome when designing drugs to target brain cancers. Finally, glioblastomas are known to have many copies of cancer-associated genes, including one called the...

...of many medications -- another hurdle to overcome when designing drugs to target brain cancers. Finally, glioblastomas are known to have many copies of cancer-associated genes, including one called the...

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Making space for underrepresented students in population health

...to design and carry out research projects focused on topics such as ovarian cancer outcomes in Black women. Together they formed the first cohort of students to participate in the...

...to design and carry out research projects focused on topics such as ovarian cancer outcomes in Black women. Together they formed the first cohort of students to participate in the...

Why some brains may be better at tracking tasks than others

...would be great to be able to reverse engineer the specific design principles built into all brains that allow animals to do such amazing things." Photo by That's Her Business...

...would be great to be able to reverse engineer the specific design principles built into all brains that allow animals to do such amazing things." Photo by That's Her Business...

How students are redesigning the future of health care

At the annual Health Technology Showcase, students from the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign get to share the solutions they are developing to challenging health care problems with other members...

At the annual Health Technology Showcase, students from the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign get to share the solutions they are developing to challenging health care problems with other members...

Finding our Zen helps us act in support of the common good

...Stanford's Contemplation By Design program, researchers from the University of Oxford and Stanford's WELL for Life team, asked a different type of question. "The pandemic and the shelter-in-place orders offered...

...Stanford's Contemplation By Design program, researchers from the University of Oxford and Stanford's WELL for Life team, asked a different type of question. "The pandemic and the shelter-in-place orders offered...

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Attitude toward mistakes — and lack of self-care — harm physicians’ well-being

...also frequently reduces mistakes. "Physicians will always be human, and mistakes will always be with us," he said. "But we can design systems to better prevent human errors." Photo by...

...also frequently reduces mistakes. "Physicians will always be human, and mistakes will always be with us," he said. "But we can design systems to better prevent human errors." Photo by...

To benefit diverse groups, AI must address bias, researchers say

...both where appropriate prior to acceptance, they noted. "We're hoping to engage the AI biomedical community in preventing bias and creating equity in the initial design of research, rather than...

...both where appropriate prior to acceptance, they noted. "We're hoping to engage the AI biomedical community in preventing bias and creating equity in the initial design of research, rather than...

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