Congratulations to Stanford Medicine Children’s Health physicians Grace Lee, MD, Crystal Mackall, MD, Kari Nadeau, MD, and Anthony Oro, MD, on being elected to National Academy of Medicine.
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“It’s the first attempt to do something that could prevent this withdrawal syndrome from occurring in at-risk infants.” – Gary Peltz, MD, PhD, professor of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine at Stanford Medicine.
#Opioids #MedTwitter
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Stanford Medicine researchers have described a new metric that can predict poor health and mortality. It's called sleep age.
#Wellness #Sleep
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Stanford Medicine researchers develop a groundbreaking technique of transplanting human-derived “organoid” brain cells into rats to help better understand and treat brain disorders like autism and schizophrenia. stan.md/3COfbWF
Sergiu P. Pasca #Neuroscience #Research

'And it all began with a philosophy major and getting dumped by my vegetarian girlfriend.' – Christopher Gardner, PhD, professor and director of nutrition studies at the Stanford Prevention Research Center.
#Career #Nutrition
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What if a patient's brain tumor could be treated painlessly, without anesthesia, in the comfort of their home? This small wireless device that one day could do just that.
#Cancer #Neuroscience #Technology
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Squishy and the size of a thimble, these little marine creatures are more than just lovable sea blobs. Their nervous systems may harbor clues to some fundamental truths about the evolution of intelligence.
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute #Neurology
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With polio cases increasing abroad, Yvonne Maldonado answers questions about the virus and its impacts.
#Polio #MedTwitter
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Jamila Hassan participated in research about end-of-life care for children after losing her son Omar to cancer in 2012. Her contributions included families’ frontline knowledge of terminal illness care.
#Pediatrics #HealthCare
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#StanDOM 's Nigam Shah says #AI could save health systems time & money while maintaining excellent standards of care. However, he says, 'We have to implement guidelines to ensure we're doing it the right way, with fairness & #equity at the forefront.' stan.md/3rHied5

This new PhD program, hosted by the departments of radiology and radiation oncology, trains students in technologies used for therapy and diagnostics.
#PhD #BiomedicalPhysics #Radiology
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What does endemic really mean, and will we actually get there?
#COVID19 #Endemic
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Stanford researchers modified anti-cancer CAR-T cells so they can be controlled with an oral drug, which are safer and more active against solid tumors in mice.
#Cancer #ScienceTwitter
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“Our job as bioethicists is to encourage scientists to be self-aware and to initiate conversations about important topics.” – Hank Greely, JD, director of Stanford University’s Center for Law and the Biosciences
#Technology #Research
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Native Pacific Islanders, including Hawaiians, have higher breast cancer mortality rates than Asian Americans, though the groups are often lumped together for research purposes.
#AAPI #BreastCancer
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Stanford Medicine researchers created an app to help increase preventative cancer screens for older patients.
#SkinCancer #Dermatology
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Ever been curious about the role of mucus? We’ve got fun facts. Caution: don’t read this while eating.
#MedTwitter #DidYouKnow
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Neuroscientist and podcaster Andrew Huberman, PhD, answered questions about anxiety, sleep, and his path to medicine on a recent Ask Me Anything.
Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. #AMA #Sleep #MentalHealth
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'Broadly speaking, automated detection of disease or evaluation of a set of symptoms could save health care workers time… while maintaining a standard of excellent care.' – Nigam Shah, Stanford Health Care's inaugural chief data scientist
#HealthCare #AI
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