Ketamine is “a very weird drug” – and providers should be cautious in their excitement to prescribe it for a wide variety of conditions, the authors of a new Stanford Medicine study say.
California has the lowest rate of preventable maternal deaths in the U.S., but it’s still unacceptably high, says Stanford Medicine’s Amanda Williams. “And way too many of these women look like me.”
A plant-based psychoactive compound safely led to improvements in depression, anxiety, and functioning among military veterans with traumatic brain injuries.
Engineered human heart tissue shows mechanics of tachycardia
Stanford Medicine researchers engineered stem cell-derived heart tissues to study how tachycardia affects the heart and to uncover the inner workings of our body’s engine.
New research from Stanford and the Arc Institute could lead to a new and more effective immunotherapy and help clinicians better predict patient response to existing medicines.
Smartwatches detect abnormal heart rhythms in kids
Apple Watches have some advantages over traditional cardiac diagnostic devices for detecting arrhythmias in children, who may go months between episodes.
Smartwatches help diagnose cardiac arrhythmias in kids
Apple Watches have some advantages over traditional cardiac diagnostic devices for detecting arrhythmias in children, who may go months between episodes.
