Health on a planet in crisis
The new issue of Stanford Medicine magazine explores how the environment and health interact — and ways to counter negative impacts.
In this issue
Beyond climate dread
Striving to improve health during the environmental meltdown
Correcting failing sanitation in vulnerable communities
A conversation between environmental health activist Catherine Coleman Flowers and Dean Lloyd Minor
The spice sellers’ secret
A hunt for the sources of lead poisoning in Bangladesh
Greening the OR
Attaining greater sustainability in operating rooms
How to climate-proof schools
Revamping schools to withstand what’s coming
Eco-curriculum
A student channels climate fears into the medical school’s courses
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Special delivery
mRNA moves past COVID-19
Sniff
Making sense of smell
Self-compassion
A night shift doctor explains how he finds mental fortitude
Breathing anxiety away
A few minutes of sighing can relax you quickly and keep you feeling better all day long
Letter from the Dean
Turning to science to counter climate threats
Physicians and scientists have a history of not flinching in a crisis; daunting climate-related health challenges won’t alter that.
Upfront
Chicken-inspired pain solution
Drug developed to mimic genetic variant that prevents the burning sensation of eating spicy foods
Upfront is a quick look at the latest developments from Stanford Medicine
Designer dieting
Biomarkers found that could help individualize weight-loss methods
Mirroring aggression
Watching counterparts brawl fires fighting neurons in mice
A key to long COVID
Scientists find a way to block the mechanism that leads to debilitating breathing problems
Anxious hearts
A racing heart can make mice more anxious in risky situations
Go get it
Researchers turn cancer cells into “informant” cells that train the immune system to fight back
Predicting preemie health
Machine learning approach helps identify which infants are vulnerable to complications
An AI approach to epilepsy drugs
Method speeds up testing of new therapies for hard-to-treat cases
Explore issues
AI explodes
Taking the pulse of artificial intelligence in medicine
Real-world health
How social factors make or break us
Molecules of life
Understanding the world within us
The most mysterious organ
Unlocking the secrets of the brain