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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Understanding a woman’s heart means knowing what to look for Reyna Robles was always the first one up and the last one to bed: she possessed more than enough steam to come home from her full-time job, prepare a meal for her husband and children, take her dogs for walk and help her kids with […]