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Stanford Medicine is pioneering treatments, teaching the innovators of tomorrow, and delivering the best possible care for patients of all ages today.​ stanfordmedicine.org/
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Stanford Medicine researchers have developed a way to induce dreams during anesthesia, offering new clues about how psychedelic therapies may help alleviate trauma and PTSD symptoms. stan.md/4yy5W7g

Could anesthesia dreams be a more palatable psychedelic therapy?

Stanford Medicine researchers can now induce dreams during anesthesia. They think it could help crack the mystery of how psychedelics work to alleviate trauma.

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Stanford Medicine pediatrician Anisha Patel studies how to help kids and families make healthier dietary choices. She shares her thoughts about the new federal guidelines. stan.md/3PPswqZ
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Researchers developed a urine test that detects #BladderCancer, predicts which patients will benefit from immunotherapy versus chemotherapy, and can confirm whether treatment worked. brnw.ch/21x6lBn

Urine test may improve bladder cancer diagnosis and guide treatment decisions

Researchers developed a urine test that detects bladder cancer, predicts which patients will benefit from immunotherapy versus chemotherapy, and can confirm whether treatment worked.

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After more than 4,000 patient sessions, Packard Paws Facility Dog Program founders Echo and Donnie are retiring, leaving behind a legacy of comfort, motivation and connection—and six facility dogs ready to follow in their paw prints. healthier.stanfordchildrens.…

Packard Paws Pioneers Echo and Donatella Retire After Years of Service - Stanford Medicine Childr...

After years of supporting patients and families, Echo and Donatella, two founding members of the Packard Paws Facility Dog Program at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, are retiring.

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New guidelines are changing how doctors evaluate recurrent pregnancy loss, with the goal of helping more families find answers sooner. On Recurrent Pregnancy Loss Awareness Day, Stanford Medicine’s Ruth Lathi, MD, explains what patients should know. healthier.stanfordchildrens.…

Finding Answers After Recurrent Pregnancy Loss - Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Blog

The most important message to a patient experiencing a miscarriage is that this is not their fault.

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A recent clinical trial raised questions about the effectiveness of colonoscopies. Stanford Medicine experts explain why colonoscopies remain important for colorectal cancer screening and prevention. med.stanford.edu/news/insigh…

Don’t even think of skipping that colonoscopy, Stanford Medicine expert says

A recent trial suggested colonoscopies may not reduce colon cancer deaths, but experts call the findings questionable: ‘It sends the wrong message … and could take us backward.’

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An experimental medication could offer a new way to treat lymphedema, a chronic condition in which excess lymph fluid accumulates in a patient’s arms or legs. Stanford Medicine-led research found that the medication improved symptoms of the condition. stan.md/4hpgwHZ

Stanford Medicine-led research shows promise for a lymphedema drug

Patients with lower limb lymphedema, which has few effective treatments, saw many of their symptoms improve after a year of taking the experimental medication.

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Obesity treatment and weight management is not one-size-fits-all. Join Stanford Medicine experts Dan Azagury and Michelle Hauser on October 15 at 7PM PT for a FREE online webinar exploring lifestyle interventions, GLP-1 medications and bariatric surgery. stan.md/4zsquhT
Join Stanford Medicine experts Dan Azagury and Michelle Hauser on October 15 at 7PM PT for a FREE online webinar exploring lifestyle interventions, GLP-1 medications and bariatric surgery.

ALT Join Stanford Medicine experts Dan Azagury and Michelle Hauser on October 15 at 7PM PT for a FREE online webinar exploring lifestyle interventions, GLP-1 medications and bariatric surgery.
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A groundbreaking Stanford immunotherapy for #BloodCancers saw its first clinical use after receiving FDA approval. brnw.ch/21x6gU7

Stanford-developed therapy treats first patient after FDA approval

A groundbreaking blood cancer treatment developed at Stanford saw its first clinical use after receiving FDA approval.

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Stanford Medicine Cancer Center - Tri-Valley Breast Cancer Symposium on Wednesday, October 14, from 5:30-8 p.m. Learn about the latest in breast cancer care, meet expert providers, and connect with local organizations supporting patients and caregivers. signup.e2ma.net/signup/21072…
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A Stanford Medicine cardiologist weighs in on why we should care about hypertension, how to get it under control and to what extent wearable technology should be involved in monitoring our blood pressure. stan.md/3JLeEuX
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More than 1,000 former NICU/ICN patients and their families returned to @StanfordChild for the 41st annual reunion, celebrating with the doctors and nurses who cared for them during their earliest days. healthier.stanfordchildrens.…

Sea How They’ve Grown: NICU Families Return - Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Blog

Once among the tiniest fish in the sea, these NICU/ICN grads returned to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford to reunite with the caregivers who saved them.

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Stanford Medicine researchers developed a urine test that detects bladder cancer, predicts which patients will benefit from immunotherapy versus chemotherapy, and can confirm whether treatment worked. stan.md/4rKybxf

Urine test may improve bladder cancer diagnosis and guide treatment decisions

Researchers developed a urine test that detects bladder cancer, predicts which patients will benefit from immunotherapy versus chemotherapy, and can confirm whether treatment worked.

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Oct 5
The most important briefings of the day. Karl Deisseroth, professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, shares the news of his Nobel Prize with his kids.
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Walking into work as a new Nobel laureate.
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“In many ways, we’re just getting going.” Karl Deisseroth, professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, shares the 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine with two other researchers for their work in optogenetics, which makes it possible to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells in a living brain. piped.video/watch?v=LiiKmHpo…

Karl Deisseroth on winning the 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine

The Stanford professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and beha...

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Stanford University community celebrates long-awaited Nobel Prize for Karl Deisseroth

https://stan.md/4hIFQHQ Collaborators and colleagues of Karl Deisseroth came out to raise a glass of champagne to the Nobel Prize laureate Monday on the Stanford University campus. People lined the

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Nobel laureate Karl Deisseroth helped pioneer optogenetics, now used in thousands of labs worldwide to study how nerve-cell activity shapes behavior. But the road he took to get there, and to the prize, was a rocky uphill climb. stan.md/4rXK5Uv @StanfordEng @bioe_stanford @Stanford
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Stanford University professor Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, wins 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. The psychiatry and bioengineering professor was recognized for his work in optogenetics. med.stanford.edu/news/all-ne…

Stanford University professor Karl Deisseroth wins 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine

The psychiatry and bioengineering professor was recognized for his work in optogenetics.

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Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, a Stanford University professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine “for discoveries leading to optogenetics, which makes it possible to switch on, or off, the activity of individual nerve cells in a living brain.” stanford.io/4xY9K0D @StanfordEng @Stanford @bioe_stanford @NobelPrize
2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Karl Deisseroth

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