Last year, Stanford bioengineer Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, and colleagues in his lab announced their development of CLARITY, a process that renders tissue transparent, sparking excitement …
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Double kidney transplants leave Hawaii siblings raring to go
Two kids; two cases of a rare, often fatal disease; and now, thanks to the work of Lucile Packard Children's Hospital doctors, two growing kids. …
New "decoy" protein blocks cancer from spreading
Cancer becomes most deadly when it's on the move - jumping from the breast to the brain or the pancreas to the liver and then …
Study: Pregnancy causes surprising changes in how the immune system responds to the flu
When pregnant women get influenza, they tend to get really sick. Flu complications such as pneumonia are more common in pregnant women than other healthy …
New surgeons take time out for mental health
I spent a recent morning watching about 30 Stanford surgical residents take time off from their operating rooms to participate in a series of team-building …
Stanford Cancer Institute offers latest in cancer news, 140 characters at a time
The American Cancer Society’s 2014 annual report states that more than 1.6 million people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer in the coming …
The life of a brain, captured by Stanford scientists
At last, Stanford psychologists have come up with an explanation for our 20s. Or at least my 20s. That period of time when I was …
Diabetes self-management program helps at-risk teens and their families make healthier choices
The prevalence of Type 2 diabetes among Americans ages 12 to 19 has grown from nine percent to 23 percent in less than a decade. …
Stanford to launch Wellness Living Laboratory
If you’re the kind of person who wears a heart monitor while jogging, tracks your sleep with an app or meditates to lengthen your lifespan, …
Discover the rhythms of life with a Stanford biologist
This is the second installment of our Biomed Bites series, a weekly feature that highlights some of Stanford's most compelling research and introduces readers to …
Expert panel discusses challenges of controlling Ebola in West Africa
The rapidly growing Ebola outbreak in West Africa is not only overwhelming the health systems of the countries involved, but the World Bank recently warned …
In a human brain, knowing a face and naming it are separate worries
Viewed from the outside, the brain's two hemispheres look like mirror images of one another. But they're not. For example, two bilateral brain structures called …
NIH Director highlights Stanford research on breast cancer surgery choices
The director of the NIH, Francis Collins, MD, this morning weighed in on a topic that has garnered much attention lately: the type of surgery …
How can health-care providers better leverage social media to improve patient care?
A growing number of Americans are turning to the Internet for health information and many are using social media tools to engage with patients like …
Should we worry? Stanford's global health chief weighs in on Ebola
As Ebola rampages across western Africa, Stanford Magazine sat down with Michele Barry, MD, who directs Stanford’s Center for Innovation in Global Health. Barry knows …
Abraham Verghese discusses stealing metaphors and the language of medicine at TEDMED
Few of us pay close attention to metaphors used in the language of medicine. Instead, our focus is typically on words relating to symptoms, test …