California public universities to provide abortion pills under recent Senate proposal Nicole Chen and Angele Yang August 8, 2017 0 Comments A legislative proposal that passed through the state Senate Health Committee in April requires all public universities in California to provide abortion counseling and abortion by medication to... Read More »
Stanford Hospital workers picket amidst rising hospital-acquired infections and hospital negotiation attempts Matthew Lee and Jessica Zhang August 4, 2017 0 Comments Union supporters and hospital workers protest Stanford Health Care's employee treatment in the midst of growing hospital-acquired infection rates. Meanwhile, Stanford Health Care tries to reach a... Read More »
Stanford Medicine releases inaugural Health Trends Report Angele Yang July 28, 2017 0 Comments Stanford Medicine recently published its inaugural Health Trends Report which outlined the effect of major trends facing the healthcare sector. Its comprehensive review revealed that the role of... Read More »
Evolution has favored a gene causing decreased height and increased arthritis risk Emma Cockerell July 26, 2017 0 Comments 60,000 years ago, when humans were migrating northward from Africa into colder climates, a single-letter DNA switch--from a G to an A--proved to help humans brave more frigid temperatures. Stanford... Read More »
Activity inequality raises obesity rates, Stanford researchers find Renee Hoh July 26, 2017 0 Comments Stanford researchers found Americans are widely distributed in terms of physical activity, a trend that correlates with high obesity levels. The study reveals the desired, lower activity inequality... Read More »
Too cool for school and, apparently, air conditioners Karen Ma July 20, 2017 0 Comments This past June, California experienced its worst heat wave in over a decade. Fans, open windows and — of course — fountain-hopping are some tactics for handling the heat, but why don't Stanford... Read More »
Documentary screening promotes action to improve global health care Claudia Heymach May 22, 2017 0 Comments "Bending the Arc" follows nonprofit Partners in Health as they seek to revolutionize how health care is provided for underserved communities in Haiti, Peru and other countries. Read More »
New website crowdsources data on autism diagnoses Aparna Verma May 16, 2017 0 Comments Researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine recently developed a crowdsourcing tool to map locations across the globe where autism is prevalent. The tool, GapMap, aims to pinpoint which communities... Read More »
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