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Stanford University School of Medicine blog

Virtual athletes compete to take on a medical challenge

Stanford researchers are hosting an online competition featuring virtual athletes. Their goal: help people learn to walk and run after losing a limb.

New study intervenes to help female collegiate distance runners eat enough

Like other athletes at risk, female collegiate distance runners are predisposed to develop bone stress injuries from a condition known as the female athletic triad, …

Researchers explore possible alternative to knee replacement

Replacing joints like knees or hips can relieve pain and boost quality of life. But these surgeries demand lengthy rehabs and may not restore full …

CTs predict survival by measuring frailty following hip fractures, study shows

When elderly people fall, a hip fracture is a common and serious result. It is typically treated with surgery, but physicians need a better way …