Articles tagged with: stanford news
Image of the Week: Blood stem cells generated from skin cells This mesmerizing photo comes from the lab of Tim M. Townes, PhD, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and depicts blood stem cells generated from skin cells. The image was taken by Erik Westin, PhD, a UAB postdoctoral fellow studying the mechanism […]
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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 […]
Urologist finds childless men more at risk of death from cardiovascular disease Michael Eisenberg led a study that found men who don’t have children have a higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. ( Photo Credit Steve Fisch ) Michael Eisenberg led a study that found men who don’t have children have a higher risk […]
New website eases clinical research trials — and tribulations The medical school has launched a new website that guides and supports biomedical researchers through the complex process of managing translational and human-subject research studies. Developed by Spectrum, the Stanford Center for Clinical and Translational Education and Research, this online portal is part of an ongoing […]
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Men with kids are at lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than their childless counterparts Married or formerly married men who have had no children are at a higher risk of cardiovascular-related death than those who have become fathers. Why this is true, it’s too early to say. But Stanford urologist Michael Eisenberg, MD, […]
Peer-to-peer health care, e-patients, tweets: Medicine 2.0 showcases technology’s promise A small group of physicians and patients have started to use social networking and other emerging technologies to enhance health care, but in the coming years these tools will become staples of medical practice. That was the message that Susannah Fox delivered in her closing […]
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 […]
