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How the pandemic is affecting people struggling with addiction
In an article last month, Stanford Medicine psychiatrist Anna Lembke, MD, told The New York Times that when the shelter in place began in March, "Many patients described a kind of peacefulness without...
View ArticleClassroom learning with safety in mind: A pediatrician’s thoughts
Educators across the country are making tough choices when planning for this school year. Many are extending virtual learning plans launched when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in the spring, while...
View ArticleDying patients want honesty from their doctors, expert says
Though some may find it surprising, terminally ill patients often want and need to have honest conversations with their doctors about their illness, says Stanford palliative care physician Winnie...
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When a child’s quality of life outweighs the next test or procedure
Stanford Medicine social scientist Meghan Halley, PhD, has learned to embrace uncertainty when making medical decisions for her 5-year-old son, Philip, who has an undiagnosed genetic disorder with...
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Biracial Stanford physician: We must look beyond race in medicine
In an August column in STAT News, Megan Mahoney, MD, Stanford Health Care's chief of staff, wrote, "In medical school, I was diligently trained to report to my attending physicians the age, race, and...
View Article‘Humbling and challenging:’ A county public health director describes efforts...
When I spoke to Santa Clara County Public Health Director Sara Cody, MD, last summer for a Stanford Medicine magazine Q&A on the California county's response to the coronavirus pandemic, she was...
View ArticleBest of 2020: Stanford Medicine’s top podcasts
There was little warning that 2020 would usher in a calamitous virus that would drastically alter norms for everyone on the planet for nearly a year and counting. Think about that: All of earth united...
View ArticleFinding redemption through criminal justice reform
When he was a young boy, Shaka Senghor did well in school and dreamed of becoming a doctor. But at 13, he ran away from home to escape abuse and ended up involved in the illegal drug trade. At 19, he...
View ArticleA passion for saving lives, being a voice for health equity
When I first spoke with Italo Brown, a Stanford Medicine emergency medicine physician, I was curious about the origin of his first name. It's West African, he told me, and it means valor. When he was...
View ArticleFinding joy in music and poetry while navigating Alzheimer’s
Renowned international flutist Eugenia Zukerman believes you can find joy among the brambles of Alzheimer's disease. Now, in what she describes as the end of the first stage of the brain disorder, she...
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