Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeHeart Failure Social-network-like gene connections identified in heart failure - Scopestanford.edu - Hanae Armitage As a freshly minted undergraduate, Kristin Reese had a strange side hustle. With her trusty ice chest, Reese helped collect donor hearts for a …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopePlay buttonBiotechnology Avoiding health surprises through Humanwide - Scopestanford.edu - Amy Jeter Hansen Michael Cotton remembered the first time he saw his father after receiving his donated kidney in February 2010. "They actually wheeled my dad from his …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeWorms Life in a Lab: How bicycling led to a career in science - Scopestanford.edu - Nathan Collins For my story "Life in a Lab" in the latest issue of Stanford Medicine magazine, I camped out with Miriam Goodman's Wormsense Lab for the better part …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeStanford University Yes, it's inflammatory bowel disease - but what kind? Soon it might be easier to tell - Scopestanford.edu - Bruce Goldman About one in 75 living American adults -- 3 million in all -- have received a diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD. That's an umbrella …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeStanford University Designing the new Stanford Hospital for patients and caregivers - Scopestanford.edu - Daphne Sashin From the patient rooms to the dog park to the paintings on the walls, designers of the new Stanford Hospital worked to create a soothing atmosphere …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeStanford University AI could help radiologists improve their mammography interpretation - Scopestanford.edu - Jennifer Huber The guidelines for screening women for breast cancer are a bit confusing. The American Cancer Society recommends annual mammograms for women older …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopePlay buttonStanford University Inspiring a love of science in high schoolers - Scopestanford.edu - Julie Greicius Cooper Galvin remembers being inspired to become a scientist back when he was a high schooler in Alaska. Galvin, now a graduate student in biophysics …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline Suicide and hope: A podcast discussion - Scopestanford.edu - Paul Costello Suicide is not an easy conversation. It's a subject fraught with taboos, fear and especially, sadness. It's particularly shocking when you hear of …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeMedicine Wildflowers & ah-choos: Tips from an allergist - Scopestanford.edu - Progga Sen I love viewing wildflowers, but now I can't look at them without thinking about pollen and allergies. I still recall the disastrous effect of the …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeDepression Taking Depression Seriously: Anxiety, addiction and chronic illness - Scopestanford.edu - Sophia Xiao Depression can increase susceptibility to other diseases like anxiety, substance use disorders, and chronic illnesses. In this post, we will explore …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeMedicine Scorpion venom compounds discovered that kill staph and tuberculosis bacteria - Scopestanford.edu - Holly MacCormick It sounds like a magic potion straight out of a science-fiction novel: Two color-shifting compounds from a substance so rare it's estimated to cost …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeStanford University In the Spotlight: Physician-scientist, innovator and #lifeboss - Scopestanford.edu - Daphne Sashin I first saw Rebecca Saenz, MD, PhD, at the school of medicine's second annual Diversity & Inclusion Forum, presenting on mentorship. It turns out …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeMedicine "Useful and validated": Event celebrates connections between patients, caregivers and medical trainees - Scopestanford.edu - Cassie Myers Entering Stanford Medicine's Berg Hall, the site of many medical conferences and symposia, felt different on a recent evening -- for one thing, it …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeMedicine Angry? Or calm and collected? Your intentions may be responsible - Scopestanford.edu - Roxanne Ohayon How easily do you find yourself influenced by the emotions of others? For me in emotionally-charged situations, it often just takes one Debbie Downer …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeMedicine Life in a Lab: A professor discusses failure and discovery - Scopestanford.edu - Nathan Collins For my story "Life in a Lab" in the latest issue of Stanford Medicine, I camped out with Miriam Goodman's Wormsense Lab for the better part of a week, …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopePlay buttonHigh Blood Pressure Digital devices help doctors spot hypertension through Humanwide - Scopestanford.edu - Amy Jeter Hansen For some people, blood pressure readings register higher than usual when they visit the doctor. That's called "white coat hypertension." For others, …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeProstate Why do prostates enlarge? Researchers look to genomics to learn more - Scopestanford.edu - Hanae Armitage I've spent more time thinking about prostates in the last several days than I have over my entire life. Last week I was assigned a story featuring …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeIndia Burns in India: Emergency care improving, but patients often too injured to benefit - Scopestanford.edu - Susan Coppa India suffers more than twice the number of deaths per year as a result of burns than any other country globally. Women suffer disproportionality …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeStem Cells Two young brothers saved by new stem cell transplant technique - Scopestanford.edu - Erin Digitale Brothers Ronnie and Levi Dogan were born with IPEX syndrome, a life-threatening genetic disease that causes patients' immune systems to attack their …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeMetastasis "Born to be bad" - some cancers spread before detection - Scopestanford.edu - Krista Conger Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death from cancer in the United States. As with most cancers, it's long been thought that early …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeJohns Hopkins Hospital Hats off to the 2019 Stanford Medicine graduates - Scopestanford.edu - Julie Greicius Family, friends and loved ones from as far away as West Africa gathered on Saturday beneath a tent on the Li Ka Shing Alumni Lawn to see 180 …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeBlood Pressure I carry a part of my dad with me - in my lower right abdomen: Part II - Scopestanford.edu - Nathan Collins In the first part of the story of his kidney transplant, writer Nathan Collins described how he had been sick with a kidney infection when he was 13 …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeStanford University I carry a part of my dad with me - in my lower right abdomen: Part I - Scopestanford.edu - Nathan Collins Wherever I go, I will always carry a part of my dad with me. It's something no one can take away. At least not without a really sharp knife. For a …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopePlay buttonGenetic Disorder Learning the risk of genetic disease through Humanwide - Scopestanford.edu - Amy Jeter Hansen Her mother battled the disease off and on for 24 years before dying in fall 2017, and her daughter Gauri was diagnosed with leukemia when she was 10. …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeStanford University Artificial intelligence tool helps find brain aneurysms - Scopestanford.edu - Taylor Kubota A future where artificial intelligence is part of medical care may not look all that different. That's one lesson we can take away from a new AI …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeDepression Taking Depression Seriously: Why healthy living matters - Scopestanford.edu - Sophia Xiao Improving health habits is an emerging strategy for treating depression. Shifting to healthier lifestyle behaviors can improve the effectiveness of …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeFeeding America Feeding the world: A career in global food - Scopestanford.edu - Jody Berger Ertharin Cousin, JD, wants people to eat. Not just some people and not just some of the time. She wants all people to have access to nutritious food …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopePlay buttonHIV Near-universal screening for HIV recommended in the U.S. - Scopestanford.edu - Beth Duff-Brown I was surprised to learn the U.S. has more people with new HIV diagnoses each year than any high-income nation. There is this widespread …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeStanford University Stanford Medicine magazine delves into the joy and power in discovery - Scopestanford.edu - Patricia Hannon When Brianna Rivera was a junior in high school, she believed she couldn't fit into an advanced high school biology class. That changed when she …
Stanford Medicineadded this to Stanford Medicine's ScopeEmpathy Empathy is a skill that improves with practice, Stanford psychologist-author says - Scopestanford.edu - Holly MacCormick Much like our eye color or our hair's hue, empathy is sometimes thought of as a trait that's determined by our genes and fixed for life. If you …
