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Why do women live longer? One man's best guess
Women live longer than men. Why? The answer is certainly not that they endure less stress, as was once assumed when men went to work and women tended the home. Nor does it seem to be that women live...
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Untrained marathoners may risk temporary heart damage
After last week's Nike Women's Marathon, my Facebook page was peppered with celebratory status updates from runners. I was impressed, of course, that twenty thousand women would willingly run 26.2...
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Lorry I. Lokey Stem Cell Research Building to open on the Stanford campus
Stanford might be lovingly referred to as "The Farm," but it's also home to research facilities that are as beautiful as they are high-tech. The newest installation: The Lorry I. Lokey Stem Cell...
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Could trips to the barber be as good for your health as for your hair?
The barbershop has been the subject of some interesting sociological and medical studies over the years. The man or woman that combs your hair and cuts your bangs, it turns out, has a way of shaping...
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Using digital media storytelling to inspire American Indian youth
In his first two decades, Erik Brodt, MD, got to know two very different worlds. The first: life around Bemidji, Minnesota and the White Earth Indian Reservation, where his grandparents lived and...
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Improving communication in health care: A preview of Med X | ED
A doctor yells out an order in the ER. A nurse wonders if his colleague would be willing to take over his weekend shift. An assistant asks, “Do we have time to squeeze in one more patient? She’s 15...
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Medicine X | ED founder Larry Chu on the need to rethink health-care education
Saturday morning marks the start of this year's Medicine X | ED, an event that was born from the popular Medicine X conference and that explores the future of health-care education. In anticipation of...
View ArticleA Stanford expert in the science of learning turns his attention to medical...
Dan Schwartz, PhD, found himself unconvinced after a recent visit to his general practitioner. In for a bad wheel, he’d been given a simple diagnosis: runner’s knee. “I had this one symptom that just...
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Countdown to Medicine X: “Speak up,” urges organizational learning expert
Amy Edmondson, PhD, considers herself lucky. In her life, she’s been hospitalized just twice, for relatively straightforward childbirths. But the memories are vivid — and one, in particular, stands...
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At code-a-thon, participants asked to develop solutions to combat the opioid...
This week programmers from across the country will convene in Washington, D.C., to take part in a code-a-thon hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Their challenge: Do what they...
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