http://med.stanford.eduNews from Stanford University School of MedicineTue, 18 Nov 2008 08:21:01 PSTTue, 18 Nov 2008 08:21:01 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/news_releases/2008/november/glioblastoma.htmlResearchers have devised a way to obtain repeated "snapshots" of the location and survival of cells that have been modified in order to track down diseased cells in a living human patient.1227025061500Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/news_releases/2008/november/cipro.htmlA new study reveals in greater detail than ever before the full extent of the bacterial community inhabiting the human bowel - 10 times more diverse than previous research had suggested. 1227024858385Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/diabetes-1029.htmlThe annual cost of prescription diabetes drugs nearly doubled to $12.5 billion between 2001 and 2007, according to a study by researchers at the School of Medicine and the University of Chicago.1225238470217Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/news_releases/2008/november/intersex.htmlIs the baby a boy or girl? Few things are harder for new parents than hearing their doctor say, "I don't know."1226507142305Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/intersex-1112.htmlIs the baby a boy or girl? Few things are harder for new parents than hearing their doctor say, "I don't know."1226449874427Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/wnt-1112.htmlClusters of mouse embryonic stem cells called embryoid bodies more closely approximate true embryos in organization and structure than previously thought, new research from the medical school shows.1226449740289Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/spirit-1112.htmlThree staff members from the School of Medicine received 2008 Spirit Awards, and more than 200 other employees were honored for their years of service during the school's annual recognition dinner.1226449698942Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/harps-1112.html"Soothing" is the word most people use to describe the music played by Verlene Schermer and Barbary Grant, two of the harpists whose performances help heal the souls and spirits of Stanford Hospital patients.1226449637853Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/brief-film-1112.html1226449598704Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/brief-simulate-1112.html1226449563633Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/letters-1112.html1226449514452Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/mmonitor-1112.html1226449477584Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/mcp-1112.html1226449444617Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/news_releases/2008/november/opiates.htmlStanford researchers are seeking twins to participate in a study of how responses to opiates may vary among patients. 1226351975390Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/medcast/2008/bioinformatics.htmlBuried beneath today’s ever-growing mountain of genomic, proteomic and clinical data are hidden clues into the genetic and molecular origins of disease, says Atul Butte, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics. Butte discusses how the field of bioinformatics is helping to aggregate and sift through this data to help scientists and clinicians gain a better understanding of complex conditions and pinpoint connections between diseases once considered distinct.1226009981942Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/news_releases/2008/november/cancer-survivors.htmlThe Stanford Cancer Center will co-sponsor the second annual Cancer Survivorship Conference, titled, "Now what? The new normal of cancer survivorship after treatment."1225923773561Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/special_topics/2008/10_30_08.html In her keynote address at this year's forum, Lisa Pratt, MD, MPH, chief physician at San Quentin State Prison, discussed her early efforts in community medicine and current work at San Quentin.1225918122355Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/121/2008/spiegel.html David Spiegel, MD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, discusses the psychological effects of the world economic crisis and the mental health problems caused by financial turmoil. Spiegel is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford and the director of the Stanford Center on Stress and Health1225917730944Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/news_releases/2008/november/nusse.htmlClusters of mouse embryonic stem cells called embryoid bodies more closely approximate true embryos in organization and structure than previously thought.1225904581293Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/community-1105.htmlThe Stanford University Medical Center is widely recognized for pioneering life-saving treatments and providing state-of-the-art health care, but less noticed is its role in sustaining the well-being of its surrounding communities.1225853377971Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/fathman-1105.htmlInvestigators combing the genome in the hope of finding genetic variants responsible for triggering early-onset diabetes may be looking in the wrong place, new research suggests.1225852360496Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/opiads-1105.htmlStanford researchers are seeking twins to participate in a study of how responses to opiates may vary among patients.1225852316121Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/5q-spiegel-1105.htmlDavid Spiegel discusses how the 24-hour news cycle and globalism affect the stress people feel about the economic meltdown.1225852264903Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/moyamoya-1105.htmlFive years after undergoing surgery for the rare brain disease Moyamoya, Tara MacInnes is not your typical twenty-something: She can swim the icy waters of San Francisco Bay the length of the Golden Gate Bridge.1225852186566Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/obit-kohler-1105.htmlSabine Kohler, MD, whose expertise in skin biopsies benefited hundreds of patients while also leading to new approaches for these critical diagnostic tests, has died at 47.1225852134803Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/brief-gates-1105.htmlThree medical school researchers - Mark Davis, Andrew Fire and Christina Smolke - were among the first-round recipients of grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's new Grand Challenges Explorations initiative. 1225852090954Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/brief-cancer-1105.html1225851992080Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/brief-run-1105.html1225851959436Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/mcr/2008/mcp-1105.html1225851921576Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:00:00 PSThttp://med.stanford.edu/news_releases/2008/october/fathman.htmlInvestigators combing the genome in the hope of finding genetic variants responsible for triggering early-onset diabetes may be looking in the wrong place.1225404999074Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:00:00 PST