Medicine

Stanford Medicine — April 27, 2020

Potential autism biomarker found in babies

Cerebrospinal fluid levels of a hormone called vasopressin were lower in babies who went on to develop autism than in those who did not, a study found.

Stanford Medicine — April 27, 2020

With iPad, COVID-19 patients see the caregiver behind the mask

Isolated COVID-19 patients benefit from interaction via iPad in Stanford Health Care’s Marc and Laura Andreessen Emergency Department.

Stanford Medicine — April 24, 2020

Stanford study finds stronger one-way fear signals in brains of anxious kids

Signals from the brain’s fear center make it more difficult for anxious and stressed children to regulate their emotions, a first-of-its-kind brain scanning study from Stanford shows.

Stanford Health Policy — April 24, 2020

Launch of new modeling framework to investigate COVID-19

The Stanford-CIDE Coronavirus Simulation Model, or SC-COSMO, incorporates realistic demography and patterns to investigate resource planning and policy evaluations for diverse populations and geographies in California, Mexico and India.

Stanford Medicine — April 17, 2020

Gastrointestinal symptoms common in COVID-19 patients, Stanford Medicine study reports

In one of the earliest studies of U.S. patients with the coronavirus, researchers found one-third of patients reported symptoms such as loss of appetite, nausea and diarrhea.

April 15, 2020

A COVID-19 calculator that tells hospitals what to brace for

Stanford’s engineering and medical faculties collaborate on a calculator that predicts whether and when a hospital or a community is about to be overwhelmed.

School of Medicine — April 15, 2020

Stanford researchers lead effort to build rapid-response ventilators

An effort to design and build new, simplified ventilators for patients with severe cases of COVID-19 is being led by researchers at Stanford.

April 14, 2020

Meet the Stanford researchers mobilizing to understand, fight COVID-19

Stanford researchers working on COVID-19 projects speak about their professional and personal experiences during this unprecedented time.

Stanford Medicine — April 10, 2020

Test for antibodies against novel coronavirus developed at Stanford Medicine

The new test screens for antibodies to the virus in plasma, the liquid in blood, to provide information about a person’s immune response to an infection.

Stanford Medicine — April 10, 2020

Stanford Medicine launches national daily health survey to predict COVID-19 surges, inform response efforts

Stanford Medicine scientists have launched a national daily health survey to identify the prevalence of COVID-19 symptoms in communities across the United States. The goal is to predict surges and enable more informed response efforts.