Media Coverage
Mar 5 2018 | Stanford Medicine - Scope
Like many neurodegenerative diseases, the inner workings of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) are largely cryptic. But new findings from a study out of Nature Genetics have drawn back the curtain on some of the molecular underpinnings of the disease.
Mar 5 2018 | Stanford Medicine - Scope
There's no known cure for multiple sclerosis. But Stanford neuroimmunologist Larry Steinman, MD, has been working on it for decades.
Mar 4 2018 | Palo Alto Online
At Apple store protest, student group aims to raise awareness of device addiction
Mar 4 2018 | Financial Times
Precision psychiatry studies genes to see which treatments work best for individuals
Mar 2 2018 | Stanford Medicine - Scope
Stanford psychiatrist David Spiegel, MD, began his talk, "Replacing opioids with hypnosis for pain treatment," at last month's World Economic Forum by addressing the elephant in the room. “There’s a prejudice in modern medicine that the only real interventions are the physical ones,” Spiegel said....
Feb 28 2018 | Stanford Medicine - Scope
Reports on the opioid epidemic are a fixture these days in national and local news.
Feb 28 2018 | The Mercury News
Feeling stressed out at work? Can’t find a house you can afford unless you sell off your kidneys? Wishing you had bought some Bitcoin or even that you knew what it was?
Feb 27 2018 | Stanford Medicine - Scope
Breaking an addiction often involves some form of abstinence, yet for people addicted to food, abstinence isn’t an option.
Feb 26 2018 | Stanford Medicine - Scope
The magazine’s issue delves into research that pushes boundaries in medicine, but it also looks at the implications of that research on humanity.
Feb 26 2018 | Stanford Medicine - Scope
There's a wide debate surrounding the use of antidepressants. Do they really work? If so, how well? And how do you know which one to select?
