http://med.stanford.edu/news/ Top news stories from Stanford School of Medicine http://stanfordhospital.org/Templates/images/logo_header_som2.gif http://med.stanford.edu/news/ 200 50 http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/neuronicu-0520.html Protecting the brain health of premature and dangerously ill newborns is the focus of an ambitious new effort at Packard Children's Hospital. All SoM News Mon, 20 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT Erin Digitale http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/neuronicu-0520.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/goodpasture-0520.html Lori Vargas committed herself to lose almost 40 pounds -- climbing stairs "like a madwoman" so that she would be fit enough to give a kidney to her 15-year-old daughter. All SoM News Mon, 20 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT Erin Digitale http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/goodpasture-0520.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/brief-garcia-0520.html To an already impressive list of honors, Gabriel Garcia can now add one more: He is the 2013 recipient of the Dr. Augustus A. White III and Family Faculty Professionalism Award. All SoM News Mon, 20 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT Susan Ipaktchian http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/brief-garcia-0520.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/brief-carseats-0520.html A program at Packard Children's Hospital recently marked its 20,000th car seat fitting to help families drive their newborns and children safely. All SoM News Mon, 20 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT Robert Dicks http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/brief-carseats-0520.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/brief-dance-0520.html At a recent symposium, a group of researchers performed the Symphonic Body/Medicine, a dance of gestures related to the everyday work of physicians and scientists. All SoM News Mon, 20 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT John Sanford http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/brief-dance-0520.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/frogs.html Researchers have provided the first evidence that African clawed frogs in California harbor a deadly fungal infection that is decimating amphibian populations across the globe. All SoM News Wed, 15 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT Ruthann Richter http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/frogs.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/medx.html Registration is now open for the 2013 Stanford Medicine X conference, where attendees will discuss how social media and mobile computing are sparking new ways to deliver health care. All SoM News Wed, 15 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT Lia Steakley http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/medx.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/hhmi-0509.html Tirin Moore and Karl Deisseroth are among 27 scientists newly appointed by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as investigators. The medical school now has 17 faculty supported by HHMI. All SoM News Thu, 09 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT Rina Shaikh-Lesko http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/hhmi-0509.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/brunet-0509.html Blocking the expression of just one protein in the brain delays the onset of paralysis in mice with a form of multiple sclerosis, say researchers at the School of Medicine. All SoM News Thu, 09 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT Krista Conger http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/brunet-0509.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/student-research-0509.html From future stem cell researchers to budding international health experts, Stanford medical students displayed the fruits of their scientific endeavors at an annual symposium. All SoM News Thu, 09 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT Tracie White http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/student-research-0509.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/sellmyer.html Scientists have developed a technique to see how different types of cells interact in a living mouse. The process uses light-emitting proteins that glow when two types of cells come close together. All SoM News Mon, 06 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT Rina Shaikh-Lesko http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/sellmyer.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/diabetes.html Bay Area residents with a family history of type-1 diabetes can now participate in convenient, free screening to help scientists find ways to delay or prevent the disease. All SoM News Mon, 06 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT Erin Digitale http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/diabetes.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/crabtree.html Researchers have identified a group of proteins that are mutated in about one-fifth of all human cancers, suggesting that they work to suppress tumor development in many types of tissues. All SoM News Sun, 05 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT Krista Conger http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/crabtree.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/brief-boxer-0506.html Linda Boxer, MD, PhD, a distinguished clinician, educator and researcher, has been named the school's new vice dean. The appointment is effective Sept. 1. All SoM News Mon, 06 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT Ruthann Richter http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/brief-boxer-0506.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/5q-gaba-0506.html David Gaba discusses the similarities and differences between health care and the nuclear power industry, including technologies and human factors that affect risk and reliability. All SoM News Mon, 06 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT Ruthann Richter http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/5q-gaba-0506.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/brief-cidea-0506.html If extreme poverty is a disease, then smart phones are the cure. That was the message delivered by economist Jeffrey Sachs at the C-IDEA global health symposium. All SoM News Mon, 06 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT Kris Newby http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/brief-cidea-0506.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/brief-med101-0506.html High-school students examine brain tissue samples during the annual Med School 101 event on April 19. All SoM News Mon, 06 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT John Sanford http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/brief-med101-0506.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/brief-nas-0502.html Three School of Medicine faculty members were named as new members of the National Academy of Sciences on April 29. All SoM News Thu, 02 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT Susan Ipaktchian http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/brief-nas-0502.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/shc-groundbreaking-0501.html Scores of community members and leaders gathered for the May 1 groundbreaking that marks the formal start of construction for the new Stanford Hospital & Clinics. All SoM News Wed, 01 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT Ruth Schechter http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/may/shc-groundbreaking-0501.html http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/april/brunger.html Researchers have exposed the possible function, in the healthy brain, of a mysterious molecule that has been strongly implicated in Parkinson's disease. All SoM News Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:00:00 GMT Bruce Goldman http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2013/april/brunger.html