Ask Stanford Med: Stanford health psychologist Kelly McGonigal taking...
Past data suggests that four out of five people who adopt New Year’s resolution’s will eventually break them, and that a third will throw in the towel before the end of January. The good news is that,...
View ArticleAsk Stanford Med: Answers to your questions about willpower and tools to...
Almost a month into the New Year, some of you may feel like your willpower to stick to your 2013 resolutions and meet certain goals is running low. Don’t fret. While willpower may not be an unlimited...
View ArticleAsk Stanford Med: Stanford interventional cardiologist taking questions on...
Cardiovascular disease is the reigning cause of mortality in the United States, with heart disease and stroke accounting for 2,200 deaths per day. As a result, many of us know someone who has had...
View ArticleComputer-generated phone calls shown to help inactive adults get – and keep –...
“Hello, Mrs. Jones. Your goal last time we talked was to do 30 minutes per day of brisk walking five days per week. Were you able to reach this goal?” In 2007, Stanford researchers showed in a study of...
View ArticleAsk Stanford Med: Answers to your questions about heart health and...
As the leading cause of death among both men and women worldwide, cardiovascular disease is a health concern that’s near and dear to all our hearts. Earlier this month, we asked interventional...
View ArticleSugar intake, diabetes and kids: Q&A with a pediatric obesity expert
As I wrote about yesterday, new research in PLOS ONE suggests that sugar may play a stronger role in the origins of diabetes than anyone realized. Countries with more sugar in their food supplies have...
View ArticleAsk Stanford Med: Director of Stanford Headache Clinic taking questions on...
Headaches are the most common form of pain. The condition affects an estimated 60 million Americans and accounts for $30 billion in lost worker productivity. Migraines, which cause pulsating or...
View ArticleAsk Stanford Med: Pediatric immunologist taking questions on children’s food...
Food allergies among children are a growing public health concern. An estimated six million children in the United States suffer from food allergies, and nearly 40 percent have experienced a severe...
View ArticleDirector of Stanford Headache Clinic answers your questions on migraines and...
Migraines and other forms of headache disorders can cause debilitating pain, disrupt lives and lead to large economic and societal costs. At the Stanford Headache Clinic, director Robert Cowan, MD, who...
View ArticleAsk Stanford Med: Pediatric immunologist answers your questions about food...
Food allergies affect millions of children, who find it difficult to enjoy ordinary activities like birthday parties and restaurant meals because of worries that something they eat could send them into...
View ArticleAsk Stanford Med: Surgeon taking questions on breast cancer diagnostics and...
This month, a new California law went into effect requiring doctors statewide to notify women if their breast tissue is dense. Dense breast tissue has been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer...
View ArticleAtul Butte discusses why big data is a big deal in biomedicine
Society is increasingly becoming more data-driven. Noting the power of vast reservoirs of public information, the federal government launched the Big Data Research and Development Initiative — a $200...
View ArticleLast day to submit breast cancer questions to Stanford expert
As a reminder, today is the final day of our Ask Stanford Med installment focused on breast cancer. Questions related to breast cancer screening, dense breast notification legislation and advances in...
View ArticleAsk Stanford Med: Director of Stanford Autism Center taking questions on...
Among school-aged children in the United States an estimated one in 50 has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, according to a recent survey (.pdf) from the Centers for Disease Control and...
View ArticleDirector of Stanford Autism Center responds to your questions on research and...
On Saturday, the Stanford Autism Center at Packard Children’s Hospital will host its sixth annual Autism Spectrum Disorders Update. During the day-long symposium, parents and caregivers will have an...
View ArticleShining the spotlight on women’s sexual health
I was excited when I got the call that Stanford’s Leah Millheiser, MD, was starting her own blog on women’s sexual health. I’ve worked with Millheiser, a clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and...
View ArticleAsk Stanford Med: Neurologist taking questions on drug-resistant epilepsy
Epilepsy affects about one in 100 people across the globe. The brain is, in essence, a complicated electrochemical calculating machine, containing a huge number of circuits that process information and...
View ArticleAsk Stanford Med: Neurologist answers your questions on drug-resistant epilepsy
An estimated 3 million adults and children in the United States suffer from epilepsy or seizures, and approximately 200,000 new cases occur annually, according to statistics from the Epilepsy...
View ArticleSix questions about prostate cancer screening
Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among men, and it’s something of an enigma. Unlike cancer in most other sites, tumors aren’t surgically extracted from the prostate. Instead,...
View ArticleAsk Stanford Med: Radiologist responds to your questions about breast cancer...
Many of us know someone who has been affected by breast cancer, which is the second-leading cause of cancer-related death in women. In a recent installment of Ask Stanford Med, we invited a Stanford...
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