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  • Benefits of prepping ERs to care for kids

    About 80% of emergency departments aren’t fully prepared to care for kids. Upgrading them would be a highly cost-effective way to save lives, a study found.

  • Poor sleep in kids linked to suicidal thoughts

    Kids with highly disturbed sleep or frequent nightmares at age 9 or 10 were more likely than sound sleepers to have suicidal thoughts and behaviors by age 12, a Stanford Medicine-led study found.

  • Researchers secure ARPA-H contracts

    Biden administration-sponsored investments, hoped to transform critical areas of medicine and health, will fund Stanford Medicine research in cancer, surgery and patient-focused chatbots.

  • Robert Chase dies at 101

    Chase founded a hand surgery division at Stanford Medicine, curated anatomy image collections, oversaw medical examinations and helped restore the limbs of people around the world.

  • Study hints at ways to generate neurons

    The researchers’ finding suggests the possibility of designing pharmaceutical or genetic therapies to turn on new neuron production in old or injured brains.

  • Conversion practices and mental health

    Programs designed to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity are linked to depression, PTSD and suicidality in a Stanford Medicine-led study of more than 4,000 participants.

  • New doctoral students

    More than 130 new graduate students in 16 specialties received a warm welcome — and lab coats — as they began their doctoral studies at Stanford Medicine.

  • A gene can code for multiple bacterial features

    Stanford Medicine scientists and colleagues discover bacterial genes can encode multiple versions of themselves, altering a core understanding of genetics.

  • Neurosurgeon Frances Conley dies at 83

    Conley used her prominent position to advocate for women in medicine.

  • Ashley chair of Department of Medicine

    Cardiology and genetics expert Euan Ashley will become the new chair of Stanford Medicine’s Department of Medicine.