I recently completed my psychiatry rotation at the Palo Alto VA. It was a fantastic experience filled with interesting moments. For example, one patient pleasantly …
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In Capitol Hill meeting, Stanford researchers present alternatives to insurance cutbacks
High-quality health care tends to be expensive, but if you ask Brian Brady, MD; Nicholas Bott, PsyD; and Vicky Woo, MD, they'll tell you it doesn't …
Actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson champion cancer survivors at Stanford event
Nine years ago, former Stanford oncologist Ellie Guardino, MD, PhD, was putting on a gown to prepare for an event when she reached back to …
Privilege? What’s that got to do with diversity?
For our ongoing 1:2:1 podcast series on diversity, Portraits of Stanford Medicine, I recently spoke with Alan Ceaser, PhD, a postdoc research fellow in the …
New target for CAR T cell leukemia therapy “gives hope” to researchers at Stanford, NCI
Last August, a new leukemia therapy called CAR T-cells burst onto the national stage when it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration to …
Personalized Health Conference cultivates international, interdisciplinary collaborations
“Every one of us has a passion to improve human health,” said Lloyd Minor, MD, dean of Stanford’s medical school, as he welcomed participants to …
New database expected to strengthen prematurity research
A new online tool will make it easier for researchers to share many types of data from scientific studies of premature birth. The recently launched …
Pneumonia diagnosis could be improved by algorithm that can beat radiologists
Pneumonia is a widespread and potentially deadly disease. In the United States alone, about 1 million hospital visits each year are due to pneumonia, according …
The last thing to do before graduating medical school
There is an exhibit currently on display at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art titled “Standardized Patient” by Kerry Tribe. It’s a seventeen-minute, cringe-inducing …
Examining the potential benefits of canagliflozin for patients with diabetes
For the 30 million Americans who have diabetes mellitus -- including the more than 95 percent with type 2 diabetes -- lifestyle changes, technological advances, …
Demystifying chronic fatigue syndrome
For years, infectious disease expert Jose Montoya, MD, has been frustrated by the mysteries of chronic fatigue syndrome (also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis) and the unexplainable …
Pearls of wisdom for the pre-clinical years of medical school
The term “clinical pearls” is often heard during med school teaching sessions. If you haven’t heard it, I like the description given to me by …
Study shows women researchers pay more attention to sex and gender in studies
Medicine is moving in a more personal direction, with targeted treatments and tailored healthcare on the horizon. But in medical research, there is still a …
Abuzz aims to combat mosquito-spread diseases using cellphones
Itching to help combat the scourge of mosquito-borne diseases? I've got just the thing: Abuzz. The crowd-sourced project birthed in the lab of Stanford's Manu …
Stanford researchers grow neural stem cells more efficiently in 3-D gel
Stem cells have the potential to help us understand and treat a range of diseases and injuries — from vision loss to cancers. For instance, …
New treatment guidelines released for a challenging brain disease
When the immune system attacks a child's brain, a devastating illness called Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome can result. Children with PANS suddenly develop severe obsessive-compulsive …