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Stanford expert discusses motivating Americans to make better nutritional choices Stanford nutrition scientist Christopher Gardner, PhD, was featured this week in a Q&A with the Palo Alto Daily News. In the piece, Gardner talks about how educating the public on how food is produced can motivate people to change their eating habits, provides tips for […]
Stanford physician brings modern medicine to the late Stone Age Grant Lipman, MD, an emergency medicine physician at Stanford Hospital & Clinics, recently provided medical care to cavemen. As an expert in wilderness medicine, he was particularly well-suited for the job of treating members of a 10-person clan — six men and four women — […]
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Brain imaging study shows physiological basis of dyslexia Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have used an imaging technique to show that the brain activation patterns in children with poor reading skills and a low IQ are similar to those in poor readers with a typical IQ. The work provides more definitive evidence […]
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Imaging study shows little difference between poor readers with low IQ and poor readers with high IQ Last year, Fumiko Hoeft, MD, PhD, authored a study that used sophisticated brain imaging to predict with 90 percent accuracy which teenagers with dyslexia would improve their reading skills over time. Now the Stanford imaging expert has turned […]
Stanford Opens New Brain Tumor Center Collaboration, expertise provides most advanced care available A few hours after Marjorie Paulsen learned that a tumor was growing in her brain, she told her husband she didn’t want to go to sleep that night. “I’m afraid I won’t wake up,” she said. Marjorie Paulsen (left) discusses treatment for […]
How I spent my summer: three interns, three perspectives Three students talk about their experiences during their eight week summer internship at Stanford School of Medicine. Every year a select group of high school students forego the lazy days of summer to get to work on cutting edge research projects at Stanford University School of […]
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Stanford Researchers Aim to See if Patients are Helped by Genetic Tests Researchers at Stanford University Medical Center are conducting a clinical trial to determine whether giving patients genetic information about their risk of coronary artery disease will help motivate them to reduce that risk by changing their behavior. Stanford Hospital & Clinics physicians will […]
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Food, glorious food: Stanford’s first food summit ” In preparing for my latest 1:2:1 podcast with health researcher Christopher Gardner, PhD, about Stanford’s first-ever food summit, I wondered: When did food become summitable? Weren’t summits grand, official events hosted by global leaders on geopolitics? Food. Isn’t food just sustenance? Well, it turns out, the Stanford […]
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Losing vitamins – along with weight – on a diet If you’re looking to shed a few pounds, you’re probably focused on the amounts of fats, carbs or protein you can eat under the various diet plans available. But a new Stanford study suggests that you should also pay attention to how a diet will […]
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Stealthy leads to healthy in effort to improve diet, study shows How do you get college students to eat better? A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine suggests that a “stealth” strategy of raising the students’ awareness of environmental and social issues related to food can persuade them to eat more veggies […]
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