Stanford team finds benefits to online autism treatment
In the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, Stanford Medicine researchers had to pause a study of autism treatment in preschoolers. The participants, young children with speech delays, had been...
View ArticleReport on opioids urges drug reform
Since 1999, more than 600,000 people in the United States and Canada have died of an opioid overdose. And that number is expected to rise -- dramatically. It's projected that without new efforts to...
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From loss comes hope: Pediatric brain tumor treatment shows promise
When Jace Ward came to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford in September 2020 to join a clinical trial for a novel therapy, he had been fighting a deadly brainstem tumor for more than a year....
View ArticlePremature babies’ survival rate is climbing, study says
A comprehensive new study of premature babies in the United States is helping to redefine what it means for a premature infant to survive. The study looked at 10,877 babies born between 2013 and 2018...
View ArticleResearcher’s mystery novel helps teach bone fracture names
Heike Daldrup-Link, MD, a Stanford Medicine professor of radiology and pediatrics, is renowned for her innovative research in children's cancer imaging. But when the pandemic and subsequent...
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Quick and easy food substitutions for a heart-healthy diet
Adopting a healthier diet doesn't always mean drastic, sweeping changes. It can be as easy as opting for some simple food substitutions, which can make a big difference to the health of your heart....
View ArticleVaccines provide broad protection against COVID-19, scientists say
A new study conducted by Stanford Medicine researchers digs deep into how immunity against SARS-CoV-2 works, showing that vaccination likely provides better and broader protection than natural...
View ArticleAsk Me Anything: Winter Olympics with Steve Isono
Stanford sports medicine physician, Steven Isono, MD, is back at the Olympic Village, this time for the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games. (He was in Tokyo for the Summer Olympics.) As the head...
View ArticleDiversity leadership program aims to improve medicine’s culture
When it comes to diversity, academic medicine in the United States is severely lacking. A 2019 report by the Association of American Medical Colleges noted that medical school faculty in the U.S. are...
View ArticleChanging infant care to improve newborns’ health in India
Around 30 years ago, a team of public health researchers made trips through northern India and Bangladesh to investigate how families in rural villages cared for new babies. "We saw that mothers and...
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