Stanford Medicine delivers new treatment to cancer patients
Cell-based therapies are widely used to treat blood cancer, but Stanford Medicine recently became the first in the nation to use the same method to treat solid tumors.
The universe doesn't care about you, but that's okay. In 'Mind Magic,' James Doty explains how your attention can be redirected in a way that can change your brain and help you realize your goals.
Mental health assessments that go beyond ‘How often do you feel blue?’
Stanford Medicine researchers are developing artificial intelligence tools that provide a more accurate picture of a person’s mental health and flag those who need help.
How Karl Deisseroth’s lunches for a group of scientists, physicians, engineers, and students produced a silo-busting program to probe neuropsychiatric disease.
A Stanford Medicine-led effort to map the molecular changes linked to exercise and health offers the broadest picture yet of why, in the health arena, sweat is king.
When the brain has trouble filtering incoming information and predicting what’s likely to happen, psychosis can result, Stanford Medicine-led research shows.
Imagining virtual reality as a tool for treating depression
Some of the 17 million Americans afflicted with major depressive disorder may soon receive a surprising prescription from their clinician: Have fun on a VR device.
By creating recipes for drugs that target antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a new model is teaching scientists about “a chemical space humans just haven’t explored before.”
Study finds the keto diet could improve severe mental illness
A small clinical trial found that a ketogenic diet helped offset the metabolic side effects of antipsychotic drugs used to treat patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Are long COVID sufferers falling through the cracks?
Researchers say the lingering symptoms are often misdiagnosed by doctors and dismissed by employers or loved ones. The results can be devastating for patients and the economy.
Researchers studied hundreds of Bengal cats to uncover the origins of their leopard-print coats and found they're mostly the result of domestic cat genes.
‘Anti-hunger’ molecule tied to diabetes drug and weight loss
A medication commonly prescribed to control blood sugar levels stimulates the appetite-suppressing molecule produced after exercise, new research finds.
Medical students unseal their futures on Match Day
On Match Day, the School of Medicine Class of ’24 opened the envelopes that would tell them where they would complete the final phase of their training.
Despite common lore about major lapses in memory, the effects of healthy aging on cognitive functions are actually quite subtle, says Stanford neurologist Sharon Sha.
New research suggests that public health strategies to increase vaccinations should focus on those over 65 and the immunocompromised, who benefit the most from frequent boosters.
