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Apr 23 2018 | NeuWrite West
In the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) women are underrepresented both in numbers of senior faculty and participation metrics. External factors, such as the content of recommendation letters are strikingly different between female and male postdoctoral trainees. However...
Apr 23 2018 | Stanford Medicine - News Center
Reward centers in the brains of children and teenagers who are obese and depressed show abnormalities that suggest the two conditions are neurologically connected, Stanford researchers have found.
Apr 23 2018 | Stanford Medicine - Scope
Childhood obesity and depression appear to be linked in the brains of children and teens with both conditions, according to new research published today in Hormones and Behavior.
Apr 20 2018 | Stanford Engineering
Age-related macular degeneration, a disease that slowly degrades light-sensitive cells in the retina, is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness among people 65 and older, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Apr 20 2018 | Stanford Medicine - News Center
Millions of people are slowly losing their vision to diseases of the retina, such as age-related macular degeneration. Now, a device more than a decade in the making may help some of them see again.
Apr 20 2018 | Stanford Medicine - Scope
With the dangers of Facebook use making headlines almost daily, I've been considering another dangerous, more personal problem with social media in general, that of the “curated” existence, with failures, weakness and illness filtered out.
Apr 19 2018 | Stanford Medicine - News Center
A robotic assistant helped doctors detect seizures deep in Gracin Hahne’s brain without having to open her skull or even shave her head.
Apr 19 2018 | Stanford Medicine - News Center
Bereaved mother Mycah Clemons raised money for a summer scholarship at Stanford for research on diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. The move sparked a series of experiments that have led to a possible treatment for the tumor.
Apr 18 2018 | Stanford News - The Dish
Andea Goldsmith, the Stephen Harris Professor and professor of electrical engineering, recently received the ACM Athena Lecturer Award.
Apr 18 2018 | Stanford Medicine - News
Nine members of the Stanford faculty have been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious honorary learned societies.
