A public health program in India improved maternal and child health initially, but was at risk of leaving behind disadvantaged participants when it expanded.
In Stanford Medicine's Recover, Restore and Re-open framework, experts discuss how the shift to telehealth likely represents the new norm.
Stanford researchers studied whether there was any pattern linking patients' racial, ethnic or socioeconomic status with which treatment they received.
Incoming medical student and blueberry picker Gianna Nino caught the attention of the media when she tweeted about farmworker wages.
Shaken by the death of George Floyd, Stanford gastroenterologist Uri Ladabaum penned a hearfelt essay on racism and medicine's responsibility to fight it.
At a recent Dean's Lecture Series talk on campus, Richard Besser discussed equity in health and his work at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The leading cause of death in the U.S. is shifting from heart disease to cancer at varying paces across the country, according to Stanford research.
The American dream of children growing up to earn more than their parents is harder to achieve than it used to be, and big data gives valuable insight into how it has changed.
When gravely ill undocumented immigrants wait to seek health care, they’re less likely to have end-of-life care that follows their wishes.
Two med students created a seminar series that showcases how surgeons can address health inequities.
When I think of the emergency department, I think of patients in crisis from a heart attack, traumatic injury, overdose or other medical emergencies. However, …
Over the past several years, most hospitals have adopted electronic health records — a digital version of a patient’s medical chart that can contain information …
Your zip code is just a number meant to guide mail delivery, but studies show that it predicts your lifespan better than your genetic code. …
Across California, the racial and ethnic backgrounds of tiny infants are influencing the quality of medical care they receive in hospitals' neonatal intensive care units, …
During the 2015-16 school year, a trio of college students and recent graduates in the Stanford Leadership Education for Aspiring Physicians (LEAP) program were asked by …
Researchers have known that people who are poorer and less educated experience more chronic pain. But a new analysis shows that gap is even bigger …
