Photographer Max Aguilera-Hellweg, MD, shoots the most gorgeous photos of the human body. His pictures often capture moments when the body is at its most …
Tag: medicine
Struggling to stay afloat: Studying for med school finals
Studying for finals in medical school is like trying to survive a rip tide. That's the most accurate way I can describe what it feels like …
An inside look at immune cells might eventually shorten wait times for cancer patients
Anyone who has had an encounter with cancer knows about waiting. You have to wait for test results, wait for appointments and wait to see …
The challenge of being gay and working in countries where homosexuality is a crime
Jason Nagata, MD, sat in a wooden pew in the church in Kenya, listening to the pastor thunder away at the “abomination” of homosexuality. He …
Getting an MD? Here’s why you also need business skills
Business skills such as teamwork, leadership and data analysis are becoming increasingly important for physicians, Christopher Krubert, MD, MBA, argues in a recent Stanford Graduate …
When medicine knows no boundaries
Running has been a constant in my life and it always will be. I've gone on runs in snowstorms and 100-plus degree heat waves, Christmas …
Why the third year of medical school is like first grade all over again
There is no feeling that is quite the same as the “first day of school” – a blend of excitement, nervousness, and uncertainty that almost …
Medicine X, the academic conference where “everyone is included,” returns
In September of 2012, Stanford anesthesiologist Larry Chu, MD, kicked off an academic conference unlike anything I'd ever seen before. The conference united patients, providers, researchers, …
Stanford’s John Ioannidis on “underperforming big ideas”
In a thought-provoking JAMA commentary out today, Stanford's John Ioannidis, MD, DSc, and two colleagues call for biomedical researchers — and funding institutions — to "sunset underperforming …
Mark your calendars — Medicine X Week is Sept. 12-18
The first time I attended Medicine X, back in 2012, I was blown away. The powerful talks, the hip (pink and purple) staging, the energy in the …
Homeward bound: An addiction specialist travels home to help
Few things tug at the heart quite like the thought of home. Whether it’s our birthplace, current address, or just somewhere we love, home is …
A conversation with former medical broadcast journalist Nancy Snyderman
In her three decades as a medical broadcast journalist, Nancy Snyderman, MD, had covered a variety of international health and humanitarian crises but she had …
Happy 25th birthday, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford!
On this day 25 years ago, hospital staff and pediatric patients donned bright pink t-shirts that said "I opened the doors" and made their way …
Bridging the language barrier: Cultural understanding in medicine
Note: Certain details in this entry have been omitted or changed to protect the identity of the patient. I was seeing patients in a primary care …
The art of observation – and how it benefits clinicians and non-clinicians alike
Anne Kenner, a fellow in Stanford’s Distinguished Career Institute, was an assistant U.S. district attorney in New York and San Francisco for 14 years, and …
Better drugs, fewer plants
I remember when I was young and learning about Native people making use of plant products for drugs and other things. The one that really …