COP27: How to reduce emissions and still feed the world
Stanford delegates co-hosted an event at COP27 highlighting the role cutting-edge research and solutions can play in decarbonizing the food and agricultural systems.
Could stable diffusion solve a gap in medical imaging data?
Researchers trained an AI model to create images of human lungs with rare abnormalities, which could alleviate gaps in training data and inspire more research.
Striking inequalities in maternal and infant health
Research by SIEPR’s Petra Persson and Maya Rossin-Slater finds wealthy Black mothers and infants in the U.S. fare worse than the poorest white mothers and infants.
Like many children’s hospitals across the country, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health is experiencing an increased number of pediatric patients hospitalized with respiratory viruses such as influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Age kids get their first phone is not linked to well-being
Stanford Medicine researchers did not find a connection between the age children acquired their first cell phone and their sleep patterns, depression symptoms, or grades.
Health policy PhD candidate explores modern drivers of child slavery
A new article co-authored by health policy PhD candidate Vincent Jappah reveals that the modern drivers of child servitude in Liberia are largely social vulnerability and cultural acceptance of the practice, rather than traditional factors based on race and ethnicity.
Shebani Sethi on the connection between metabolism and mental health
Stanford Medicine’s Shebani Sethi, a specialist in psychiatry and obesity, describes how metabolic disorders affect the brain and how nutrition can help patients with mental illness.
