Medicine

News articles classified as Medicine

Stanford Medicine magazine —

Gulp

A chat with thirsty middle schoolers inspired Anisha Patel’s decade-long quest to get kids easy access to clean water at school.

Stanford Medicine magazine —

Longevity’s secret sauce

A way of life that keeps cells young in one region of Costa Rica.

Stanford Medicine —

The danger behind alcohol flushing

A genetic variant common among people of East Asian descent inhibits alcohol metabolism and increases risk for heart disease; a diabetes drug may help.

Stanford Medicine magazine —

Toward equal footing

Stanford health policy expert Alyce Adams discusses the factors that drive health disparities and her vision for forging meaningful health equity advances at Stanford Medicine and beyond.

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People with disabilities take to the sky

A Stanford occupational therapist and a computer science student harness their experiences to help adapt spacecraft for use by all people.