The (2015) Quilt: Fighting for an AIDS Free Generation … … Every generation is known for something. Let’s be the one that delivers an AIDS FREE GENERATION by 2015. Every day 1,000 babies are born with HIV. By 2015, that number could be near zero. Add your voice to (RED) and ONE’s digital (2015)QUILT – […]

Open for Questions: The Beginning of the End of AIDS Tomorrow is World AIDS Day, and President Obama will be marking the occasion by speaking at ONE Campaign and (RED)’s Beginning of the End of AIDS event at George Washington University. You can watch the whole event live on YouTube.com/TheONECampaign … An exclusive World AIDS Day […]

Stanford class teaches students how to live a happier, healthier life Today, the San Francisco Chronicle offers a look at a Stanford course aimed at teaching life skills and boosting students’ happiness and health. In the article, Fred Luskin, PhD, one of the course instructors, discusses some of the core principles of the class and how it’s helping students balance their busy […]

States receive more flexibility, resources to implement Affordable Insurance Exchanges More than half of states now creating marketplaces to help millions of families and small businesses buy insurance The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today awarded nearly $220 million in Affordable Insurance Exchange grants to 13 states to help them create Exchanges, giving […]

“Herd immunity” causes dramatic drop in infant chicken pox In the early 1990s, Stanford scientist Ann Arvin, MD, led research that helped explain immune responses to varicella zoster, the virus that causes chicken pox. Her work contributed important scientific background for introducing the chicken pox vaccine. Now a new study from the Centers for Disease Control examines how widespread use of […]

Stradivarius violin replicated through the magic of radiology Radiologist (and amateur violinist) Steven Sirr, MD, and collaborators have created a reproduction of a 1704 Stradivarius violin using computed tomography (CT) images. According to a Radiological Society of North America release, here is how the team did it: The original violin was scanned with a 64-detector CT, […]

Researchers Use CT to Recreate Stradivarius Violin Photograph comparing the original Stradivari Betts violin to the top portion of the reproduction.  November 29, 2011 CHICAGO—Using computed tomography (CT) imaging and advanced manufacturing techniques, a team of experts has created a reproduction of a 1704 Stradivarius violin. Three-dimensional images of the valuable violin and details on […]

A chaplain’s view on medicine and spiritual healing Bruce Feldstein, MD, spent 19 years as an emergency room physician before becoming a chaplain at Stanford’s medical center. In a Q&A today, Feldstein discusses his job and unique background and offers his view on how faith and healing are intertwined: We often think of healing in medical terms. But healing is more […]

Study offers insights into how depression may harm the heart November 29, 2011 New findings in the journalPsychophysiology suggest that depressed patients’ diminished ability to recover from stress may increase their risk of heart disease. During the study (subscription required), nearly 700 participants were asked to undergo a stress test to measure their fight-or-flight response. Volunteers were on […]

New compound defeats drug-resistant bacteria Chemists at Brown University have synthesized a new compound that makes drug-resistant bacteria susceptible again to antibiotics. The compound — BU-005 — blocks pumps that a bacterium employs to expel an antibacterial agent called chloramphenicol. The team used a new and highly efficient method for the synthesis of BU-005 and […]