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A 60-year-old missionary recounts a mastectomy in 1855 Today Letters of Note is featuring a fascinating letter from Lucy Thurston, a 60-year-old missionary living in 1855 Hawaii, in which she recounts undergoing a mastectomy withoutanesthesia. Writing to her daughter, she describes how the procedure began: Thus instructed, and everything in readiness. Dr. Ford looked me full in the face, […]
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Surviving is just half the battle: More on Stanford’s new survivorship clinic For many cancer patients who have beaten their disease, graduating from their oncologists can be a daunting process, as becoming a “survivor” comes with its own set of challenges. As discussed here earlier this month, Stanford is the latest in a small but growing trend of hospitals that […]
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Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital partners with high schools on student mental health programs Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital has taken an active role at two Palo Alto, Calif., high schools on initiatives aimed at encouraging students to seek help, improve their understanding of mental illness and strengthen social bonds through peer networks. Shashank Joshi The initiatives are described […]
Blumenkranz, Pfeffer receive endowed professorships Two faculty members at the School of Medicine, Mark Blumenkranz and Suzanne Pfeffer, were recently named to endowed professorships. Mark Blumenkranz Blumenkranz, MD, professor and chair of ophthalmology, has been appointed the H. J. Smead Professor of Ophthalmology. Much of his clinical work has focused on the diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment of […]
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Drug Improves Alzheimer’s-like Condition in Mice Scientists report that a decade-old cancer drug quickly clears proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease from the brains of mice. The drug restores memory, social behavior and other defects often seen with the disorder. But more study will be needed to see if the medication is safe and effective for […]
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Study supports use of quick shot for seizures For treating prolonged seizures outside a hospital setting, a quick intramuscular shot of anti-convulsant medication with an auto-injector, a kind of spring-loaded syringe, is as effective — if not more effective — than starting an intravenous line to administer medicine directly to the bloodstream. That’s the finding […]
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Tai Chi Increases Balance in Parkinson’s Patients People with Parkinson’s disease often have problems with balance and can suffer life-threatening falls. For patients with mild to moderate cases, a new study suggests that the ancient art of tai chi may significantly improve balance and reduce falls. Parkinson’s disease, which affects up to 1.5 million Americans, […]
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Iron man rebounds: With amputation averted, triathlete can now prepare for next big race Clifford Barnes heard the news in April: He might lose his left leg below the knee. The prospect was almost too much to bear for the 57-year-old triathlete, whose passion is competing in endurance races. A truck ran over triathlete Clifford […]
Get sloshed, have sex? Wine-making has promoted a frenzy of indiscriminate mating in baker’s yeast, according to Stanford researchers Baker’s yeast, or S. cerevisiae, usually leads a relatively chaste existence – reproduction is accomplished primarily through asexual budding, with an occasional genetic boost from a spontaneous coupling between two of the one-celled organisms. But now […]
Programs build support systems for local teens It was an ordinary afternoon at Palo Alto’s Gunn High School, when a cluster of freshmen gathered in the frosh quad for lunch. Then something remarkable happened. Shashank Joshi A wave of upperclassmen suddenly descended on the ninth-graders and proceeded to, well, be nice. They introduced themselves, asked […]
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