Listening
The art and science of hearing
This issue of Stanford Medicine focuses on the importance of listening and hearing, and how new discoveries could improve both.
Now hear this
Listening really matters
Are you listening?
Modern medicine challenges the crucial bond between doctors and patients
Sound research
Scientific innovations harness noise and acoustics for healing
A toxic lifesaver, reconstructed
Fixing a widely used antibiotic’s tendency to cause hearing loss
Hear and now
Better, less costly treatments for hearing loss coming soon
Music and the mind
A conversation with Renée Fleming
All ears
A sampler of intelligent listening technologies emerging from Stanford
To hear again
Birds regrow damaged inner ear cells. Why can’t we?
Letter from the Dean
Listening is fundamental
The mystery of sound and how it affects us
Plus
Are you my doctor?
Toward a world where a physician in a wheelchair is no big deal
Say it with sculpture
Building kinetic contraptions to bring data to life
Unsilenced
A young woman finds her voice
A relationship built on trust
One patient says a strong relationship with her doctor was crucial in finding success
Tell me your story
Patients and caregivers heal and help others by recounting their experiences
Worry weight
Stress at the wrong time causes fat cells to flourish
Upfront
Math brain
Having a positive attitude about math is as large a predictor as IQ and other factors in determining whether children will excel at it.
Upfront
Upfront is a quick look at the latest developments from Stanford Medicine
Dancing DNA
A new CRISPR/Cas9 DNA labeling technique finds that DNA flails around during the transcription process, increasing its ability to connect distant regions of the genome.
Before you go
Sharing your bucket list with your doctor could open the way to better conversations about your long-term health care decisions.
Iron block
Researchers explore ways to prevent a fungal infection that’s common in transplant patients who have high iron levels in their tissue.
Military moms
Women who have babies shortly after returning from military deployment are more likely to have preterm babies.
Zapping more tumors in mice
An experimental cancer treatment tested in mice is showing promise in tracking down and killing tumors throughout the body.
Resetting the stroke clock
New brain-imaging software identifies people who might benefit from treatment long after the time it has generally been considered helpful.
Weighing in
Researchers have found that, contrary to previous studies, insulin levels and a specific genotype pattern don’t predict weight-loss success.
Explore issues
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