When racial biases reinforce false stereotypes in clinical decision-making algorithms, it leads to patient harm, says Stanford Medicine’s Tina Hernandez-Boussard.
At Stanford Medicine Children’s Health flu clinics, kids break virtual piñatas in a video game designed to ease their fears while getting a shot, and leave with a real prize.
Depression and emotional violence are key factors preventing young, HIV-positive women in Kenya from sticking with life-saving treatment, new research finds.
National guidelines that rely on age and smoking history are failing non-white patients, research found. A risk-based method does a better job of eliminating disparities.
Simple dietary changes like replacing beef with chicken in a burrito or choosing plant-based milk over dairy could reduce the nation’s food-related carbon footprint by more than a third if universally adopted.
A new study shows nurse practitioners perform as well as physicians when prescribing medications for older adults. The finding could be useful as states look to expand access to primary care.
A technique for studying the fluid between the lens and the cornea allows researchers to measure ocular aging, opening avenues for the treatment of eye diseases.
Precision medicine lets doctors individualize treatment for a disease whose symptoms manifest differently across the hundreds of millions of people who have it.
For the first time this fall, babies in the U.S. will have access to shots that protect against RSV. Those over 6 months can also get updated shots that protect against COVID-19 and flu. Here’s what to know.
An immune response in the nasal tract could explain the disease’s typically mild course in young children. Scientists hope to parlay the finding into increased protections for adults.
As the school year gets underway, pediatric sports medicine specialist Arvind Balaji answers common questions about traumatic brain injuries in young athletes.
Normal pregnancy is characterized by progressive changes in sleep and activity. When those don’t happen on a typical trajectory, it can be a warning sign for premature delivery.
By combining two cutting-edge technologies, scientists revealed the impact of a multitude of genes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism, whose effects on brain development were previously unknown.
Stanford Medicine researchers are hopeful that a proof-of-concept treatment in mice – blood stem cell transplants – may reduce signs of the neurodegenerative disease.
“The key is to be willing to adapt your studies to suggestions that community members have, in terms of what might be more equitable for their community.”
The common developmental phase that usually peaks when babies are 10 to 18 months may recur when kids head off to preschool, says Stanford Medicine’s Gianna Frazee.
It’s a chance to check in about everything from developmental milestones and social-emotional well-being to sports, nutrition, and sleep, says Stanford Medicine’s Patty Sabey.
Rania Awaad, who studies mental health in U.S. Muslim communities, says Islamic approaches offer lessons that can be applied in other religious and spiritual communities.
Hypertension and iron-deficiency anemia contribute significantly to racial disparities in childbirth complications, according to a pair of new studies.
Average body temperature is really about 97.9 degrees Fahrenheit, and what’s “normal” varies by age, sex, weight, time of day, and more, a new Stanford Medicine study finds.
About 1 in 5 people carries a version of a gene that appears to reduce the risk of both Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, a massive new study finds.
