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  • ‘Audacious’ ideas

    Experts from academia, industry, the humanities and more gathered on the Stanford Medicine campus to pitch their concepts for the future of medicine.

  • Depression therapy changes brain

    A new study led by Stanford Medicine scientists found that certain changes in neural activity predicted which patients would benefit from a type of cognitive behavioral therapy.

  • New name for biodesign center

    A transformative gift brings a significantly expanded scope and a new name to the university’s biodesign center.

  • Yoga, exercise help incontinence

    Stanford Medicine-led research finds that 12 weeks of low-impact exercise classes reduced daily episodes of urinary incontinence by more than half.

  • Students celebrate start of education

    With bright white coats and shiny stethoscopes, the medical and physician assistant students at Stanford Medicine mark the beginning of their training.

  • Stanford Medicine explores cells

    The new issue of Stanford Medicine magazine covers research on cells, providing insights into basic biology, human health and the power of curiosity.

  • Dikran Horoupian dies at 91

    Dikran Horoupian, the director of neuropathology at Stanford Medicine for nearly two decades, focused on degenerative and neoplastic disease and launched a muscle and nerve biopsy lab.

  • Dialysis may not be best option

    A Stanford Medicine-led study found that frail older patients who waited to start dialysis died only nine days earlier on average — and spent more time at home — than those who began treatment immediately.

  • Hal Holman dies at 99

    Hal Holman staffed Stanford Medicine’s newly opened Palo Alto campus in the 1960s and was an influential rheumatologist whose research unearthed critical knowledge about autoimmunity.

  • Molecular shifts in our 40s, 60s

    Time marches on predictably, but biological aging is anything but constant, according to a new Stanford Medicine study.