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June 17, 2014 – 11:07 pm | One Comment

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Men with kids are at lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than their childless counterparts
September 26, 2011 – 6:25 pm | No Comments
Men with kids are at lower risk of dying from cardiovascular disease than their childless counterparts

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, […]

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Peer-to-peer health care, e-patients, tweets: Medicine 2.0 showcases technology’s promise
September 26, 2011 – 6:02 pm | No Comments
Peer-to-peer health care, e-patients, tweets: Medicine 2.0 showcases technology’s promise

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 […]

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Oct. 11 summit to draw researchers on food from across campus
September 26, 2011 – 5:39 pm | No Comments
Oct. 11 summit to draw researchers on food from across campus

Oct. 11 summit to draw researchers on food from across campus  Stanford researchers, scholars and local food activists are invited to Food Summit 2, a one-day symposium designed to unite people from all corners of the Stanford community who are interested in improving the quality of the food we produce, provide and consume. The symposium […]

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Stanford Opens New Brain Tumor Center
September 21, 2011 – 6:58 pm | No Comments
Stanford Opens New Brain Tumor Center

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 […]

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How I spent my summer: three interns, three perspectives
September 15, 2011 – 11:51 pm | No Comments
How I spent my summer: three interns, three perspectives

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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Know thyself part II: a summer intern tests the waters of scientific research
September 14, 2011 – 10:22 pm | No Comments
Know thyself part II: a summer intern tests the waters of scientific research

Know thyself part II: a summer intern tests the waters of scientific research In this follow-up visit, we check in with our summer intern to see how her research experience is progressing. Every year a select group of high school students forego the lazy days of summer to get to work on cutting edge research […]

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Stanford Researchers Aim to See if Patients are Helped by Genetic Tests
September 13, 2011 – 9:02 pm | No Comments
Stanford Researchers Aim to See if Patients are Helped by Genetic Tests

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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Hold Your Breath
August 5, 2011 – 10:04 pm | No Comments
Hold Your Breath

Hold Your Breath In Hold Your Breath, the tragic consequences of cultural miscommunication unfold in a dramatic race against death. Directed by award-winning filmmaker and physician Maren Grainger-Monsen, this haunting documentary exposes the poignant clash between ancient Islamic traditions and contemporary medical technology through intimate moments of anguish, frustration and hope.   *  The above […]

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Worlds Apart
August 5, 2011 – 8:57 pm | No Comments
Worlds Apart

Worlds Apart   A documentary film and medical education project to improve multicultural health. Directed by award-winning physician/filmmaker Maren Grainger-Monsen and filmmaker Julia Haslett. *  The above story is reprinted from materials provided by Stanford University School of Medicine  ________________________________________________________________

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Food, glorious food: Stanford’s first food summit
February 18, 2011 – 11:35 pm | No Comments
Food, glorious food: Stanford’s first food summit

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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