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Signs that the ‘baby blues’ may be more

Stanford Medicine’s Teresa Tan on getting help for postpartum depression and anxiety.

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An ingestible device offers a new view of digestion

An ingestible device captures the most nuanced view yet of the microorganisms, viruses, proteins, and bile in the small intestine.

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Molecular virologist William Robinson has died

Robinson’s laboratory made fundamental hepatitis B discoveries, laying the foundation for a vaccine and treatments for the disease.

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How diabetes drugs cause weight loss

The first in a 2-part series looks at the science behind the increasingly popular new diabetes drugs and whether they really are a golden ticket to weight loss.

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The benefits of early screening for kidney disease

Screening everyone over 35 would increase life expectancy and reduce the number of people requiring dialysis or transplant, say Stanford Medicine researchers.

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How magnetic stimulation treats depression

Researchers get their first glimpse of how magnetic stimulation works to dissipate severe depression – by reversing the flow of abnormal brain signals.

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Physician-novelist Abraham Verghese on the power of fiction

Abraham Verghese on how the discipline of medicine has helped him approach the blank page.

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Mediterranean diet’s secrets revealed

The effects of olive oil and nuts on cellular structures, plus a refresher on good and bad fats.

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Binge eating linked to habit circuitry in the brain

Researchers say the same neural circuitry that helps us fasten our seatbelts when we get in the car also underlies binge eating disorders.

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Video distraction helps kids undergo cancer radiotherapy

Most kids undergoing radiation therapy for cancer can stay still without anesthesia if they watch videos during treatment, a Stanford Medicine study found.

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