Taking the “Ewww”… out of snail cream
June 17, 2014 – 11:07 pm | One Comment

Great news for all those women (and men) who have wanted to try the beautifying effects of snail slime but could never get past the “ick” factor. 20yrsyounger.com promises to get rid of the Ewww… while still letting women reap the anti-aging and rejuvenating benefits of snail slime cream. The process itself is called lyophilisation […]

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Future of medical research is at risk, says Stanford medical school dean
February 1, 2012 – 8:20 pm | No Comments
Future of medical research is at risk, says Stanford medical school dean

Future of medical research is at risk, says Stanford medical school dean. The inability of a congressional “super committee” to deliver a budget proposal has endangered the U.S. medical research enterprise and the potential discovery of future treatments, warns School of Medicine Dean Philip Pizzo, MD, in a commentary published in today’s San Jose Mercury News. In the piece, Pizzo discusses […]

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Eila Skinner named as new chair of urology.
February 1, 2012 – 8:15 pm | No Comments
Eila Skinner named as new chair of urology.

Skinner named as new chair of urology Eila Skinner, MD, professor of clinical urology at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, will become the new chair of the Stanford University School of Medicine’s Department of Urology. She will assume the post on May 1. “Dr. Skinner is an active surgeon with a national […]

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UCSF researchers call for sugar to be regulated like alcohol and tobacco.
February 1, 2012 – 8:02 pm | No Comments
UCSF researchers call for sugar to be regulated like alcohol and tobacco.

UCSF researchers call for sugar to be regulated like alcohol and tobacco … The Toxic Truth About Sugar with Robert Lustig, MD Robert H. Lustig, MD, and a team of UCSF researchers argue that sugar should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco to protect public health. In a new report, they maintain that sugar is […]

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The smoking gun of the Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher’s relationship with the tobacco industry
February 1, 2012 – 8:00 pm | No Comments
The smoking gun of the Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher’s relationship with the tobacco industry

The smoking gun of the Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher’s relationship with the tobacco industry I have to admit, I’ve not yet seen Meryl Streep’s Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. But the chameleon actress who inhibits the skin of all of her characters has brought the life of the former British Prime Minister to a whole new generation […]

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Stanford names top clinical research leader to chair Department of Medicine.
January 31, 2012 – 6:55 pm | No Comments
Stanford names top clinical research leader to chair Department of Medicine.

Stanford names top clinical research leader to chair Department of Medicine Robert Harrington, MD, leader of the world’s largest academic clinical research organization, has been appointed as the new chair of the Department of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He will assume the position July 1. Harrington, 51, an interventional cardiologist and experienced clinical investigator […]

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Fantastic voyage: Virtual flight through the brain (Video).
January 31, 2012 – 6:50 pm | No Comments
Fantastic voyage: Virtual flight through the brain (Video).

Fantastic voyage: Stanford researcher offers a virtual flight through the brain “A single human brain has more switches than all the computers, routers and Internet connections on Earth,” said Stephen J. Smith, PhD, a Stanford professor of molecular and cellular physiology, as he took a Macworld audience on a breathtaking HD video tour of the most amazing computer of all […]

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Making kids laugh for science: Study shows how humor activates children’s brains
January 31, 2012 – 6:44 pm | No Comments
Making kids laugh for science: Study shows how humor activates children’s brains

Making kids laugh for science: Study shows how humor activates children’s brains Back in my grad-student days, stressed out by studying for midterms, I went with two friends to see a silly movie – Austin Powers in Goldmember. The three of us, all in our early 20s, soon realized we were the oldest people in the […]

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Imaging study shows how humor activates kids’ brain regions
January 31, 2012 – 6:42 pm | No Comments
Imaging study shows how humor activates kids’ brain regions

Stanford/Packard imaging study shows how humor activates kids’ brain regions For the first time, researchers have scanned the brains of children watching funny videos to examine which of their brain regions are active as their sense of humor develops. The new findings from the Stanford University School of Medicine show that some parts of the brain network […]

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Should the lack of access to good food be blamed for America’s poor eating habits?
January 31, 2012 – 6:41 pm | No Comments
Should the lack of access to good food be blamed for America’s poor eating habits?

Should the lack of access to good food be blamed for America’s poor eating habits? From redesigning food labels to eliminating urban “food deserts,” researchers and policy-makers have proposed a number of solutions aimed at encouraging Americans to eat healthier. But recent data from the Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters program suggests that difficulties in understanding nutrition facts and lack of […]

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Our species’ twisted family tree
January 31, 2012 – 6:35 pm | No Comments
Our species’ twisted family tree

Our species’ twisted family tree In second grade I got influenza and was bedridden for a week. On the advice of Mrs. Pils, our school librarian, my mom brought home a book for me to read: “Turi of the Magic Fingers,” a coming-of-age-cavekid tale that left me forever curious about our evolutionary past. It turns out that the […]

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