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June 17, 2014 – 11:07 pm | One Comment

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Regeneration of specialized cells offers hope for treating chronic kidney disease, researchers say
December 4, 2011 – 9:00 pm | No Comments
Regeneration of specialized cells offers hope for treating chronic kidney disease, researchers say

Regeneration of specialized cells offers hope for treating chronic kidney disease, researchers say Damage to podocytes — a specialized type of epithelial cell in the kidney — occurs in more than 90 percent of all chronic kidney disease. Now researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have uncovered an unexpected pathway that reveals for the first […]

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Examining how your friends influence your health
December 2, 2011 – 7:06 pm | No Comments
Examining how your friends influence your health

Examining how your friends influence your health As you consider what resolutions to adopt in the New Year, you might consider inviting a friend, or group of friends, with a similar fitness level and body type to share the experience. New research shows you might be more successful in attaining your goal. In the study published in Science (subscription […]

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Video offers an anesthesiologist’s view of the heart
December 2, 2011 – 7:04 pm | No Comments
Video offers an anesthesiologist’s view of the heart

Video offers an anesthesiologist’s view of the heart … … Thanks to an entry over at Boing Boing, I’ve just finished watching this great video offering an anesthesiologist’s view of the heart. It was produced by The Guardian as part of its video series about heart health and cardiovascular medicine. The video centers on Bruce Martin, who talks about how he anesthetizes […]

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A medical student calls for increased nutrition education for doctors
December 2, 2011 – 7:02 pm | No Comments
A medical student calls for increased nutrition education for doctors

A medical student calls for increased nutrition education for doctors In a post on KevinMD today, a medical student shares his concerns that nutrition education in U.S. medical schools is lacking and that many physicians don’t have the knowledge to effectively counsel patients about obesity and related health conditions. He writes: We may study biochemistry and what […]

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How sedentary behavior affects your health
December 2, 2011 – 7:00 pm | No Comments
How sedentary behavior affects your health

How sedentary behavior affects your health … … A growing body of research suggests that prolonged sitting throughout the day may be harmful to your health. In this video, Neville Owen, PhD, explains the research linking sitting and negative health outcomes. Following the talk, Owen took questions from the audience and discussed the effects of prolonged sitting on […]

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Bone cancer patients needed for study of potential pain treatment
December 1, 2011 – 8:22 pm | No Comments
Bone cancer patients needed for study of potential pain treatment

Bone cancer patients needed for study of potential pain treatment People with cancer that has spread to their bones are being recruited by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers for a clinical trial that will assess the use of ultrasound to alleviate pain. The trial is investigating how effectively a device called ExAblate 2000 — which emits […]

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ePatient discusses how web-savvy patients are changing the practice of medicine
December 1, 2011 – 6:55 pm | No Comments
ePatient discusses how web-savvy patients are changing the practice of medicine

ePatient discusses how web-savvy patients are changing the practice of medicine A post today on the Medicine X blog features a thought-provoking conversation with Sarah Kucharski, ePatient and author of The Afternoon Nap Society. In the Q&A, which was written by Scope alumna Julia James, Kucharski discusses how being diagnosed with intimal fibromuscular dysplasia motivated her to become a patient advocate and offers her thoughts […]

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A patient patient: Sarah Kucharski writes about life with fibromuscular dysplasia
December 1, 2011 – 6:54 pm | No Comments
A patient patient: Sarah Kucharski writes about life with fibromuscular dysplasia

A patient patient: Sarah Kucharski writes about life with fibromuscular dysplasia Over many years, through many moves, many medical appointments and many medications, Sarah Kucharski lived with excruciating stomach pain, gastrointestinal distress, high blood pressure and migraines. No doctor was able to provide an explanation for her progressing symptoms, and family members invented their own. […]

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World AIDS Day reflections: Living beyond AIDS
December 1, 2011 – 6:14 pm | No Comments
World AIDS Day reflections: Living beyond AIDS

World AIDS Day reflections: Living beyond AIDS This week, I received a very heartening piece of news: Cyrus, one of the first orphans we met in Kenya some 10 years ago, is heading to the University of Nairobi to study biochemistry with an eye to becoming a doctor. This is a striking development, given Cyrus’ […]

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New thinking about osteoarthritis, older people’s nemesis
December 1, 2011 – 6:14 pm | No Comments
New thinking about osteoarthritis, older people’s nemesis

New thinking about osteoarthritis, older people’s nemesis Osteoarthritis is easily the most common joint disease in the United States and in the world. Stanford immunologist and rheumatologist Bill Robinson, MD, PhD, says it’s a kind of physical counterpart to Alzheimer’s disease, in that both are debilitating – the former to the body and the latter to the […]

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