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Stress caused by today’s crises can actually damage your health. A doctor has some suggestions
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Tipsters, tech-savvy kids, pharmacy hopping: How Americans are landing coronavirus vaccines
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Serbia gets Chinese-made Sinopharm jabs
Serbia became one of the first European countries to receive a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday when one million doses of a jab produced...
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Pfizer, BioNTech to limit delays of vaccine shipments to one week
Pfizer and BioNTech said Saturday they will limit the delays of their vaccine deliveries to just one week, after fears in Europe that shipments of...
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Argentina detects first case of British virus variant
Argentina has detected its first case of a British-identified coronavirus variant that appears to be more infectious, authorities said Saturday.
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UW–Madison tool aids in equitable vaccine distribution
The demand for COVID-19 vaccines continues to outpace supply, forcing public health officials to decide who should be first in line for a shot,...
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Scientists discover new treatment target for osteoarthritis-like knee cartilage degeneration
There is currently no cure for osteoarthritis, but a group of scientists believe they've discovered a method through which a simple knee injection...
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Newly-identified nutrient helps the gut recall prior infections and kill invading bacteria
Scientists studying the body's natural defenses against bacterial infection have identified a nutrient--taurine--that helps the gut recall prior...
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New nasal spray delivers antipsychotic medication directly to the brain
A team of neuroscientists and engineers at McMaster University has created a nasal spray to deliver antipsychotic medication directly to the brain...
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Novel biodegradable magnesium-alloy tracheal stents for children with airway obstruction
Pediatric laryngotracheal stenosis (LTS), a narrowing of the airway in children, is a complex medical condition. While it can be something a child...
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2018-08-06 MDB Reflection Victoria Boggiano
2018-08-06 MDB Reflection Victoria Boggiano
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Google Glass helps kids with autism read facial expressions
Wearing a device that identifies other people’s facial expressions can help children with autism develop better social skills, a Stanford pilot...
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Rosenkranz Prize winner hopes to develop malaria vaccine for pregnant women
Prasanna Jagannathan said the $100,000 prize will allow his lab team to ramp up their research in Uganda.
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Technologies started at Stanford Biodesign have reached more than 1.5 million patients
Stanford Biodesign trainees have developed new medical devices and diagnostics that have been used to help care for more than 1.5 million patients...
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5 Questions: Robert Fisher on deep-brain stimulation for drug-resistant epilepsy
The FDA has approved the use of an implanted device that releases periodic electrical discharges in the brain to counteract seizures in people with...
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Study links depression to low blood levels of acetyl-L-carnitine
Investigators at Stanford and elsewhere have shown, for the first time in humans, that low blood levels of acetyl-L-carnitine track with the...
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Study finds end-of-life conversations with nonclinical worker bring patient satisfaction, lower costs
The findings suggest that patients with a serious illness are more at ease with decisions about their care when they discuss their care preferences...
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Gut bacteria byproduct protects against Salmonella
A molecule called propionate inhibits the growth of Salmonella in mice and may be a promising new treatment for people sickened by the pathogen,...
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Osteoporosis, fracture risk predicted with genetic screen
A new genetic screen may be able to predict low bone-mineral density, osteoporosis and fracture risk prior to clinical symptoms, according to a...
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Diabetic-level glucose spikes seen in healthy people
A study out of Stanford in which blood sugar levels were continuously monitored reveals that even people who think they’re “healthy” should pay...
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Researchers team up to fight common viral infection in kidney transplant recipients
Stanford researchers have joined forces to learn how immune cells in some kidney transplant patients fight a common virus. The work could lead to a...
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Med school communications office wins four national awards
The awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education recognized the writing, photography and videography produced by the office in...
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Magnetized wire could be used to detect cancer in people
Scientists at Stanford used the wire to capture free-floating tumor cells in the blood, a technique that soon could be used in humans to yield an...
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Key social reward circuit in the brain impaired in kids with autism
Deficits in the brain’s reward circuit are linked to social deficits in children with autism and may point the way toward better treatments,...
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CVS and Walgreens Under Fire for Slow Pace of Vaccination in Nursing Homes
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