The Latest Claim: Some ‘Fried Foods’ OK for the Heart No, it’s not carte blanche to toss aside the carrot sticks and gleefully chow down on drive-thru fare. Rather, new research from Spain (which followed 40,000-some Spaniards for 12 years), suggests that not all “fried foods” deserve to be demonized. Researchers found that, so long as the cooking involves […]

UCSF’s New Dean Wants to Raise Profile of Graduate Education Elizabeth Watkins, PhD, has been named dean of the UCSF Graduate Division UCSF has named Elizabeth Watkins, an eclectic, prolific and versatile historian of science, as the dean of the Graduate Division, effective April 1. Watkins, PhD, is director of graduate studies for the History […]

The Highlands at Pittsford Awarded Five-Year CARF Reaccreditation The Highlands at Pittsford retirement community has earned its third five-year reaccreditation from CARF International. Founded as the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, CARF International is an independent, nonprofit accreditor of health and human services. This designation is the highest level awarded by CARF, acknowledging that The Highlands […]

Startup America Policy Challenge: Universities Respond Aneesh Chopra is the United States Chief Technology Officer and in this role serves as an Assistant to the President and Associate Director for Technology within the Office of Science & Technology Policy. He works to advance the President’s technology agenda by fostering new ideas and encouraging government-wide coordination […]

The Economic Cost of Uterine Fibroids … Dr. James Segars, head of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development’s Unit on Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, explains results of the study, “The Economic Annual Cost of Uterine Leiomyomata in the United States.” … Uterine leiomyomas Fifty percent of women in the United States develop […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]