Spotlight on kids


Inner child
The heart of pediatrics

A healing environment
New Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford includes family and nature in care

At a glance
Highlights of the new Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

Ultrasound solution
A gentler way to shrink kids’ tumors

No place to call home
Housing insecurity puts children’s care, treatment at risk

Saving children
A conversation with Helle Thorning-Schmidt

Hide and seek
Pioneering immunotherapy to find and kill elusive cancer cells in children

Virtual calming
Easing anxiety in young patients using immersive technology
Letter from the dean
Special care for the smallest patients
Children are not just little adults and their care needs to reflect that
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Going natural
Using heart patients' own tissue to repair damaged valves

Curing our climate
Why we should shout about environmental changes that are making us sick

The ultimate smoothie
Baby marsupials nurse on hopped-up milk

Baobab? Who knew?
From hunter-gatherers, clues to dwindling gut-bug diversity

Perfect timing
The key to pregnancy clockwork
Upfront
Upfront is a quick look at the latest developments from Stanford Medicine
Explore issues

Reimagining cancer
Innovation-driven exploration and care

The majestic cell
How the smallest units of life determine our health

Psychiatry’s new frontiers
Hope amid crisis

AI explodes
Taking the pulse of artificial intelligence in medicine