A group of Stanford-India Biodesign Fellows developed the first foot-operated resuscitator for newborns.
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Using 3D printing to design personalized cardiac devices
A second-year medical student is part of a team designing personalized cardiac catheters.
A look at how California lowered maternal mortality rates
A new NPR story explains how California experts have been examining the causes of maternal mortality and successfully figuring out how to counteract them.
Biodesign fellows address surgical site infections
Researchers worked to solve the problem of surgical site infections, which can lead to longer hospital stays, additional surgeries, and higher mortality.
A winning essayist’s tips for keeping track of scientific facts
Could social media — where misinformation is too often spread — be a place to help build trust in science and the research enterprise?
Biodesign fellows develop and test solution for enlarged prostate
A group of biodesign fellows developed a potential treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia, an age-related condition that affects many men.
How a Stanford neurobiologist thinks about his faith
William Newsome is a world-class neurobiologist and a Christian. He talked to Stanford News about how his faith helped inspire his interest in the brain and what he sees as the real and imagined tensions between faith and science.
The beating brain: A video captures the organ’s rhythmic pulsations
A group of researchers have developed an imaging method to show the brain in motion.
Stanford “risk-taker” uses virtual reality to study glaucoma treatment, fear
Stanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman is studying the effectiveness of virtual reality as a tool for preserving sight for glaucoma patients.
Biodesign fellows tackle preventable pneumonia
A look back at how a team of biodesign fellows developed a potentially life-saving device to treat patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia.
MS1 and done: Wrapping up my first year of medical school
Stanford's Orly Farber reflects on successfully finishing her first year of medical school.
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.
Nobody is perfect: Why your medical student isn’t judging you
A fourth-year medical student reflects on the importance of the many questions doctors pose to their patients.
A relationship built on trust
A patient who struggled with being overweight for much of her life says she finally found success because of the trusting relationship she has with her doctor.
Scientists tap sound and acoustics to listen in on the brain, track mosquitoes, design heart tissue and more
Researchers at Stanford are harnessing sound and acoustics to innovate technologies that boost medical and health applications; from a stethoscope that "hears" brain waves, to software that identifies the hums of mosquitoes.
A look at intelligent listening technologies from Stanford Medicine
Researchers are using AI listening technologies to improve mental-health, diagnose autism and discover adverse drug reactions.