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Diarrhea seems sometimes like a forbidden topic, something to be whispered about or referred to with euphemisms. For most people, it’s a passing inconvenience, but it can be a life-threatening situation for others. Diarrheal disease — which stems from poor…
When Will Goodyer, MD, PhD, was looking for a research project, his colleagues asked him to tackle a seemingly impossible task: Find a way for heart surgeons to see an invisible network of cells so they can avoid damaging it during…
There’s a bouncer in everyone: The blood-brain barrier, a layer of cells between blood vessels and the rest of the brain, kicks out toxins, pathogens and other undesirables that can sabotage the brain’s precious gray matter. When the bouncer is…
With an estimated 75 million active users each month, Tinder is the most popular dating app in the world. But a new study by Stanford Medicine researchers and collaborators has found, surprisingly – though perhaps not to users of the…
Imagine a man who spends a year in a Brazilian prison while awaiting trial. While there, he’s unknowingly exposed to tuberculosis, a deadly, slow-developing airborne bacterial disease. Acquitted, he returns home to his wife and young child, only to develop…
By the time multiple sclerosis is normally diagnosed — when brain lesions appear on magnetic resonance imaging scans — the patient can have irreversible damage and treatment options can be limited. But in a Stanford Medicine-led study, researchers found a molecular…
In July of 2021, Kaitlyn McCaffery was found unconscious from a head injury on the side of a road in Bali, Indonesia, where she had been touring the country for leisure. Before Bali, she had visited 62 countries mostly as…
MIDLIFE CRISIS FOR MIDDLE AGES 2023 Jamil is 52 years old. Lately, his mood is becoming a bit irritable. The only son is abroad. A few days ago, lost his father. It takes himself alone in his body. Occasionally thinks,…
10 JUNE 2023 We know that air pollution has a detrimental effect on the health of our lungs, but what about our brains? Air pollution is responsible for about 6.7 million deaths every year across the world and has been linked to numerous…
Like eating fruit and vegetables or going for a walk, sleep is a vital component for good health and wellbeing, as it provides numerous health benefits from repairing and maintaining processes to creating memories, improving mood and keeping your heart…
