Mar 7, 2014 | Brain & Behavior, Technology
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed two inexpensive adapters that enable a smartphone to capture high-quality images of the front and back of the eye. The adapters make it easy for anyone with minimal training to take a picture of...
Dec 12, 2013 | Brain & Behavior, Health
Access to mental health care has become a prominent issue in Congress following mass shootings around the country. But a new study in JAMA Psychiatry, led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College, suggests that unless those in need of help have deep pockets,...
Dec 2, 2013 | Health, Life & Non-humans
Get ready: The “new genetics” promises to change faulty genes of future generations by introducing new, functioning genes using “designer sperm.” A new research report appearing online in The FASEB Journal, shows that introducing new genetic...
Nov 25, 2013 | Earth, Energy & Environment, Health, Life & Non-humans
Several UW researchers are working on disease prediction and control by looking at the interrelationships of people, other living creatures and their habitats. “Human-animal medicine explores the unprecedented convergence of human, animal, and environmental health in...
Nov 4, 2013 | Health, Technology
UC San Francisco soon will be the first U.S. medical school at which medical students can earn academic credit for editing medical content on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is one of the most widely used medical references in the world and the most consulted source for many...
Oct 22, 2013 | Health, Physics & Mathematics
Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes progressive paralysis by destroying nerve cells and the spinal cord. It interrupts vision, balance and even thinking. On a suggestion from a colleague, Jeri-Anne Lyons decided to test how the disease responded to a radical therapy –...
Sep 5, 2013 | Brain & Behavior, Health, Technology
In comparing amounts of things — be it the grains of sand on a beach, or the size of a sea gull flock inhabiting it — humans use a part of the brain that is organized topographically, researchers have finally shown. In other words, the neurons that work to...
Aug 19, 2013 | Brain & Behavior
Medical organizations are participating in a campaign to help clinicians and patients avoid wasteful and sometimes harmful medical interventions. Recently, experts in pediatric and adult health from diverse geographic locations of the United States and from a mix of...
