As society debates how much we are willing to pay to improve health-care outcomes, Stanford researchers show the commonly used threshold of $50000 per year of quality life extended is probably too low.
June 5, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle reporter Susan Fornoff recently talked with Stanford University professor Robert Pogue Harrison about his new book, Gardens: An Essay on the Human Condition. Harrison uses gardens both literally and figuratively ...
An innovative treatment pioneered at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital that eliminates some toxic anti-rejection drugs for children with kidney transplants is safe, effective and even beneficial, according to medical center ...
A new survey shows that faculty members at the School of Medicine generally have a higher rate of job satisfaction than their counterparts at nine other medical schools.
May 7, 2008
Stanford's $43.58 million grant will go toward construction of a facility that will consolidate stem cell researchers on campus and speed the path toward new stem cell-based therapies.
Researchers have turned to the odd-looking platypus to understand an evolutionary tour de force that led to a reproductive advantage possessed by nearly all of today’s mammals.
Researchers have published the first description of how the treelike structure of the lung's airway tubes develops, revealing just three branching patterns.
More than 400 nurses from Stanford Hospital & Clinics have found time after their jobs are done to do volunteer work in the local community or abroad.
April 17, 2008
As this epidemic grows, the number of related health disorders in children grows with it. Stanford experts Lisa Chamberlain, Sophia Yen and Michelle Oppen discuss some of the most critical public policy changes that are needed to stem ...
Researchers have uncovered the first clues about the ancient origins of a mother's intricate lifeline to her unborn baby, the placenta, which delivers oxygen and nutrients critical to the baby's health.
Sir Michael Marmot, acclaimed around the world for his studies of health inequalities, told a campus audience recently that socio-economic factors influence health status, producing a gradient of differences.
New findings about the role that mast cells play in protecting the body from sepsis, and about the lack of toxicity of carbon nanotubes in mice.
March 30, 2008
Ninety soon-to-be-graduated medical students gathered March 20 to find out where they'll be sent for the next phase of their physician training.
Researchers have identified two new proteins that make up the telomerase complex, which is implicated in cancer and aging. The discovery provides new targets for cancer treatments.
Medicine is finally opening the bedroom door to women with the new Female Sexual Medicine Program at Stanford Hospital & Clinics.
March 23, 2008
Stanford Humanities Lab (SHL) is thrilled to announce the Metaverse U conference at Stanford University. This two day conference will be held on February 16th and 17th 2008 and feature speakers from a range of disciplines spanning ...
A new study finds that the use of a pedometer is associated with significant increases in physical activity and weight loss and improvements in blood pressure.
March 10, 2008
Researchers have found that creating teams composed exclusively of overweight children can slow their weight gain and help foster a newfound love of physical activity.
In this interview, he talks about his role as the President, the early years of running a startup, current issues Stanford University faces, and the future of information technology. He also gives advice to prospective students and ...
A follow-up study of women who took estrogen and progestin for more than five years shows that an increased risk of breast cancer persisted three years after they quit taking the hormones.
