Revisiting a 2014 study that suggested states with medical marijuana saw fewer opioid deaths, Stanford researchers in fact found no connection between marijuana availability and fatal opioid overdoses.

A policy change in Sweden that introduced more flexibility into the parental leave system resulted in some benefits for mothers’ health, including reductions in childbirth-related complications and postpartum anxiety.

The study is collecting demographic and health information from participants who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, as well as suggestions for the health topics to be studied.

Yoga, which has been shown to help tone and strengthen the pelvic floor, is being offered Mondays and Thursdays from 12:15-12:50 p.m. in Pavilion D of the Stanford Medicine Outpatient Center.

Mark Berry and Aaron Gitler have been appointed to endowed professorships.

A recent town hall event detailed the School of Medicine’s endowment income, gifts and other income, and included a financial update and forecast.

Ordinarily, surgery to remove part of a patient’s thyroid leaves a scar on the neck. But Stanford surgeon Dana Lin performed the procedure by going through the mouth.

The Stanford Department of Emergency Medicine is working with nine local fire departments to ensure that crews learn the latest protocols for treating community members during health emergencies.

The California Medical Association and Stanford Medicine have launched a multimillion dollar project to reduce physician burnout by providing support to doctors statewide.

Physicians and patients are excited about ketamine, the latest drug to treat depression, but Stanford psychiatrist Alan Schatzberg says we need to tread carefully.