Medicine

Stanford Medicine — March 25, 2020

Stanford Medicine leadership offers updates, assurances on COVID-19

Leaders of the Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children’s Health answered questions about COVID-19 and discussed how Stanford Medicine is addressing the outbreak.

Stanford Medicine — March 25, 2020

Blood donations urgently needed; donating blood exempt from shelter-in-place restrictions

The Stanford Blood Center urges those who are healthy, and who haven’t traveled to high-risk countries or been in contact with someone who has COVID-19, to donate blood.

Stanford Medicine — March 25, 2020

Old human cells rejuvenated with stem cell technology

Old human cells can become more youthful by coaxing them to briefly express proteins used to make induced pluripotent cells, Stanford researchers and their colleagues have found.

Stanford Medicine — March 23, 2020

Coronavirus misperceptions widespread in early weeks, according to Stanford study

Stanford Medicine conducted a quick online survey to test the public's current understanding of the coronavirus and to illustrate a useful way to gather data.

Stanford Medicine — March 20, 2020

Stanford-led study shows kids exposed to TB at higher risk of disease than thought

Stanford scientists led the first comprehensive effort since the 1940s to measure how likely children are to develop tuberculosis when a family member has the disease.

March 20, 2020

Stanford virtual conference to focus on COVID‑19 and artificial intelligence

Scholars and researchers from Stanford and beyond will gather virtually for an April 1 conference open to all. The aim of the conference is to make interdisciplinary research on the novel coronavirus and artificial intelligence available to serve the public in a time of crisis.

Stanford Medicine — March 17, 2020

Stanford’s COVID-19 testing provided to Bay Area hospitals

Stanford’s test for COVID-19 is rapidly expanding capacity to serve patients in the Bay Area and beyond. Researchers hope to soon be able to process more than 1,000 tests per day.

Stanford Medicine — March 15, 2020

Drive-through coronavirus testing available by appointment at Stanford Health Care

Drive-through appointments for Stanford Medicine’s COVID-19 test are available for patients who have been referred by their medical providers.

Stanford Medicine — March 12, 2020

Alcoholics Anonymous most effective path to alcohol abstinence

A Stanford researcher and two collaborators conducted an extensive review of Alcoholics Anonymous studies and found that the fellowship helps more people achieve sobriety than therapy does.

Stanford Medicine — March 12, 2020

Potential treatment for Lyme disease kills bacteria that may cause lingering symptoms, study finds

Screening thousands of drugs, Stanford scientists determined that in mice, azlocillin, an antibiotic approved by the Food and Drug Administration, eliminated the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.