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• Symposium, Patient Reunion Will Help Mark 40 Years of Pioneering Work in Heart Transplantation at Stanford

  - 2008-10-15

  STANFORD, Calif. -- The afternoon Elizabeth Craze was born 26 years ago, her parents held their breath. "She is perfect," the doctor told them. But within four months, Elizabeth, like the four siblings before her, would be diagnosed with heart failure. Three had already died in infancy. The...

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• Satellite Healthcare, Providers of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Disease Services, Honors Founder With Endowed Chair at Stanford University School of Medicine

  - 2008-10-06

  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Satellite Healthcare, one of the nation's first and largest providers of kidney dialysis services and kidney disease therapies, has honored its founder, Norman S. Coplon, MD, with an endowed chair at Stanford University School of Medicine. The Norman S. Coplon/Satellite Healthcare Professorship in Medicine was...

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• Asian-White Couples Face Distinct Pregnancy Risks, Stanford/Packard Study Finds

  - 2008-10-01

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Pregnant women who are part of an Asian-white couple face an increased risk of gestational diabetes as compared with couples in which both partners are white, according to a new study from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the Stanford University School of Medicine. The researchers also...

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• Creative Thinking Nets Stanford Researchers Two NIH Pioneer Awards, Three New Innovator Awards

  - 2008-09-22

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Two scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine who've sussed out ways to see what's usually hidden are winners of this year's NIH Director's Pioneer Awards--the National Institutes of Health's most prestigious award for creative thinkers. Secrets held within a living being's brain and a...

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• Stanford University and Veterans Affairs Researchers Demonstrate Significant Glucose Reduction in Study of CVAC Process for Insulin Resistance and Diabetes

  - 2008-08-07

  The Stanford University Center on Longevity and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System VAPAHCS today announced positive data from their 10-week study of the Cyclic Variations in Altitude ConditioningTM (CVACTM) process, CVAC Systems Inc.'s new modality being researched for insulin resistance and diabetes. The...

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• Stanford Pain Center Receives Center of Excellence Recognition

  - 2008-04-10

  STANFORD, Calif. -- The Stanford Pain Management Center is being honored as one of six centers of excellence nationwide this year by the American Pain Society for its successful multidisciplinary approach to relieving the suffering of patients with chronic pain disorders. The society announced the recipients of its second...

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• Stanford Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital to Announce Architects, Plans on Renewal Project

  - 2007-12-18

  Experts Tapped to Design New Hospitals That Will Achieve Seismic Safety Standards, Improve Quality of Care and Increase Capacity for Palo Alto STANFORD, Calif. -- Stanford Medical Center staff will introduce the design development process that will realize the transformation of the Stanford Medical Center at a meeting of...

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• Volunteers Sought for Stanford Studies of Bipolar Disorder

  - 2007-11-07

  STANFORD, Calif. -- Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine are seeking volunteers for several research studies on bipolar disorder, which affects more than 10 million American adults. The illness typically requires lifelong treatment, and researchers have been studying which medications are the most effective. "We're aiming to...

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• Young Stanford Doc's Second Medical Thriller Hits Bookshelves

  - 2007-09-04

  STANFORD, Calif. -- If some people like to predict he's a Michael Crichton in the making, Josh Spanogle has no problem with that. Like medical-suspense author Crichton, he juggles a dual identity. Spanogle, MD, had his first critically acclaimed medical thriller, Isolation Ward, neatly tucked under his lab...

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• Study Provides Hope That Some Transplant Patients Could Live Free of Anti-Rejection Drugs, Packard/Stanford Researchers Say

  - 2007-08-20

  STANFORD, Calif. -- People with organ transplants, resigned to a lifetime of anti-rejection drugs, may now have reason to hope for a respite, say researchers at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and the Stanford University School of Medicine. Using a simple blood sample, the scientists have identified for the first time...

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