Stanford University School of Medicine is the oldest medical school in the western United States. It is consistently ranked among the top 10 medical schools in the country.
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- Stanford, CA, 94305
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- (650) 723-4000
Stanford School of Medicine Abraham Verghese was featured on NPR's All Things Considered about doctors who write.
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The history of literature is filled with authors who also performed surgery or scribbled prescriptions. Lynn Neary speaks with two doctors who are also fiction writers — Abraham Verghese and Terrence Holt — about the link between medicine and writing literature.
Stanford School of Medicine In our latest podcast, neurobiologist Ricardo Dolmetsch discusses his research into the biological bases for autism.
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Neurobiologist Ricardo Dolmetsch, PhD, received a 2008 National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award to study the underlying biology of neurons in autistic children. In this podcast, Dolmetsch talks about the seemingly growing prevalence of autism, and the research in his lab. Length: 33 min.
Stanford School of Medicine We just finished our video showing how we scanned a 2,500-year-old mummy.
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A 2,500-year-old priest named Irethorrou will be teaching anatomy to all comers in an exhibition beginning Oct. 31. The mummified remains of this onetime inhabitant of a Middle Egyptian city will be on display in his coffin at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, along with a reconstruct. ...
Stanford School of Medicine The Stanford Student Flu study is looking for participants to take part in a research study of the immune response to influenza. The study is open to Stanford students only. Visit the study page for details on participating.
The Stanford Student Flu Study - Research - Institute for Immunity Transplantation and Infection - S
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The Stanford Student Flu Study is seeking Stanford students to take part in a research study of the immune response to influenza (commonly known as "the flu"). We hope to discover new biological ...
Stanford School of Medicine With a keen appreciation of the ironic, we offer you this story, which references a 2006 study showing that more than one out of eight Americans exhibited at least one sign of problematic Internet use. The study was led by Elias Aboujaoude, clinical associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences.
Source: www.boston.com
The trouble signs are all there. They don’t sleep enough, they don’t eat right, they’ve lost touch with their friends, and their school performance has dropped off a cliff.
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In what they are terming a medical first, surgeons at Stanford University's Lucille Packard Children's Hospital have implanted a telescoping artificial prosthesis in the arm of a 3-year-old to replace a humerus that was removed because of cancer. Nearly a...
Stanford School of Medicine We are taking questions for a podcast interview with Stanford autism researcher Ricardo Dolmetsch. Post your questions over on our Scope blog and we'll try to ask them in the interview. The interview is this Friday, October 30, and we'll post the podcast in early November.
Source: scopeblog.stanford.edu
In September 2008, Ricardo Dolmetsch, PhD, assistant profesor of neurobiology, received a National Institutes of Health New Innovator Award to continue his discoveries about the biological basis of autism. ...
Stanford School of Medicine This article discusses the debate over the effect of pre-workout stretches. Thor Besier, assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery and director of the human performance lab, is quoted.
Source: www.sfgate.com
Hillary Kigar won't win any style points for her pre-run stretching routine. She waddles like a penguin, marches like Frankenstein and kicks her legs around like a marionette.
Stanford School of Medicine This post on our new Scope blog talks about school lunch nutrition standards.
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Although the federal government updates the Dietary Guidelines for Americans every five years, shockingly the nutritional standards behind the National Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program have been stagnant since 1995.
Stanford School of Medicine This HealthDay News piece talks about a Stanford study that shows how lupus develops in mice.
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Molecule identified in lab mice may cause autoimmune disease
Stanford School of Medicine Check our latest podcast: an interview with Francis Collins, the director of the NIH.
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In this wide-ranging discussion, Francis Collins, MD, PhD, director of the National Institutes of Health, shares his thoughts on the agency's stimulus funding, the not-so-easy task of securing additional ...
Stanford School of Medicine We're in the process of rolling out our new blog, Scope, which we hope will become a rich source of conversation about science and medicine. We're inviting our Facebook fans to have an early look. Hope you enjoy it!
Source: scopeblog.stanford.edu
Scope is published by 13 medical school writers at Stanford's School of Medicine. Scope's goal is to become a high quality, timely, and compelling blog about science and medicine around the world.
Stanford School of Medicine The fall issue of Stanford Medicine is out. It focuses on medical mysteries.
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The fall issue of Stanford Medicine magazine offers three tales of modern medical detection. And in all three cases, the cause of illness remains at large.
Stanford School of Medicine Jo Ann Hattner, a nutritionist with the medical school, is quoted in this story.
Source: www.sfgate.com
Once the scourge of mostly dentists, sugar is taking a beating on a much larger scale these days, as public health and nutrition experts - along with politicians - take up the fight ...
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A fascinating interview with TR Reid. Reid is an NY Times bestselling author who hosted a Frontline show about health care in other wealthy democracies last year. http://med.stanford.edu/121/2009/tr-reid
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New York Times bestselling author T.R. Reid has traveled the world to see how other nations do health care. Last year, he hosted a Frontline program titled, "Sick Around the World," that looked at the health-care systems of five democratic countries. ...
