Reclaiming health
Solving the chronic disease puzzle
This issue of Stanford Medicine magazine highlights new paths for chronic disease prevention, management and care.
In This Issue
Breaking the cycle
Innovations to alleviate the chronic disease crisis
Did you know?
How research is improving the lives of people with chronic disease
Gut feelings
Untangling the complex connections between the gut, brain and microbiome to heal chronic GI conditions
A taste of health
Uncovering the role of diet in preventing and treating disease
Farewell to the couch
Making it easier to reap the molecular benefits of exercise
Infection connections
How past microbial incursions can lead to neurodegenerative diseases
Laugh, cry, repeat
How therapy, humor and community can ease the psychological toll of chronic illness
A school is born
Alice Walton and Lloyd Minor on launching a new medical school and the benefits of collaboration
Too small to fail
Arianna Huffington on the power of tiny behavior changes to boost health
Letter from the Dean
Improving the lives of people with chronic conditions
Unraveling the complexities of chronic disease diagnostics and care
Plus
A second chance
Mysteries of life and cancer treatments
Paging Dr. Algorithm
At Stanford Medicine, AI is becoming part of the curriculum, clinical training and the future of care
A killer in the fields
A mysterious kidney disease affecting those who labor under a hot sun
What’s so special about ginger cats?
Scientists track down the surprising mutation that makes domestic felines orange
Guiding our way to better health
In the Health Compass podcast, host Maya Adam navigates us through big questions in health care and medicine
Upfront
Cyber-diagnostic
New AI can spot diseases by reading the immune system’s ‘memory’
Upfront is a quick look at the latest developments from Stanford Medicine
Jostling for distinction
Cell tumbling’ may help cells differentiate into tissue types
Jolt of progress
Neurologist’s research advances new treatment for Parkinson’s disease
Ozempic alternative?
Molecule promises a more targeted approach to weight reduction
Lower risk prostate cancer treatment
73-year-old man free of prostate cancer after MRI-guided ultrasound treatments
Sugar coating for brain health
Carbohydrate-rich meshwork that covers cells could be key to understanding dementia
Incredibly shrinking tumors
Cell therapy beats back lethal childhood brain cancer in clinical trial
Explore Issues
The power of research
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