...said. "We can positively impact a woman's long-term health trajectory, not to mention her immediate quality of life, by intervening in a very simple, targeted, effective way." Photo: Emily Moskal...
...is a reminder of the very intimate connection between the health of wild animals, livestock and humans. Supporting healthy ecosystems is critical to preventing the next pandemic. Image: Emily Moskal...
...for people in the future," Tise said. "Until the science is done, we just don't know how prevalent some of these variants are." Image: Emily Moskal More on genetic testing...
...medicine is now," she said. Illustration: Emily Moskal ALSO Two key brain systems are central to psychosis, Stanford Medicine-led study finds Pilot study shows ketogenic diet improves severe mental illness...
...seems cool to young people, it serves not only to enhance but also de-stigmatize mental health treatments," Bullock said. Illustration: Emily Moskal More news about depression Serious talk about moods...
...promote restoration of damaged neurons throughout the central nervous system. This remains to be tested, and we look forward to carrying these critical next steps forward. Main image: Emily Moskal...
About 11% of all women and about 50% of infertile women have it: a uterine lining that grows in places it shouldn't. The lining, known as the endometrium, can sprawl...
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The overhead announcement rings through the halls: "Trauma 95 arriving in room Alpha 2 for team AY." Al'ai Alvarez, MD, the attending night shift physician at Stanford Hospital, knows that's...
By the time multiple sclerosis is normally diagnosed -- when brain lesions appear on magnetic resonance imaging scans -- the patient can have irreversible damage and treatment options can be...
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