Real-world health
How social factors make or break us
This issue of Stanford Medicine magazine explores nonmedical factors that impact health and reports on initiatives that address the challenges and opportunities they present.
Social determinants of health
Reckoning with health’s social context
Why zip codes, culture and support networks matter
Keeping breast cancer secret
For South Asian women, stigma stands in the way of asking for support
Gulp
With drinking water out of reach for many kids, a pediatrician partners with schools to get them access
Toward equal footing
A conversation with health equity expert Alyce Adams
Longevity’s secret sauce
A way of life that keeps cells young in one region of Costa Rica
Unsheltered
Inside a clinic for homeless people in Silicon Valley’s birthplace
Plus
Dawn of the ‘surprisosome’
Ribosomes, the gene’s translators, upend the central dogma of genetics
‘And protein chain outgrabe’
The making of a ’70s cult classic that brings protein synthesis to life
Nobel winner Carolyn Bertozzi
There are no failures — only opportunities in unexpected outcomes
Healing gel
In study, gene therapy heals open wounds in patients with blistering skin disease
The kids are all right
No connection found between a child’s phone ownership and well-being
Letter from the Dean
Pioneering ways to build health equity for all
Uncovering the social factors behind the nation’s gaps in well-being and longevity
Upfront
Hopeful monsters
Major mutations can be beneficial for survival
Upfront is a quick look at the latest developments from Stanford Medicine
COVID-fat connection
Ability of virus to infect fat tissue might explain why obesity raises risk of severe disease
Brain tumor heat treatment
Infrared light can destroy brain tumors without damaging surrounding tissue
Eyes on the OR
Monitoring system designed to promote culture of safety
Counteracting Alzheimer’s
Key gene variant found to reduce risk of disorder
Dueling diets
Keto diets don’t measure up in key areas
Retinal implant
New device delivers highest resolution currently available
Better beginnings for opioid babies
Common antinausea drug could reduce neonatal opioid withdrawal symptoms
Explore issues
AI explodes
Taking the pulse of artificial intelligence in medicine
Health on a planet in crisis
Molecules of life
Understanding the world within us
The most mysterious organ
Unlocking the secrets of the brain