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An aspirin a day should not keep doctor away
News / September 15, 2015
An aspirin a day may keep heart attacks and cancer away, according to new recommendations by a medical panel. But that doesn’t mean everyone should run to the drugstore without talking to his or her doctor first.
Stanford students investigate India's pharmaceutical networks
News / September 9, 2015
Four Stanford students spent seven weeks this summer investigating India’s complicated health-care system on a fellowship with the Stanford India Health Policy Initiative.
Charming Prince Lee Sanders helps East Palo Alto patient's dream come true
News / September 8, 2015
Many little girls imagine being a Disney princess, but few have the chance to live their dream. Josselin is one of the lucky few. She suffers from retinoblastoma and is blind, and what she wanted most for her 14th birthday was a princess party. The Make-A-Wish Foundation made her dream a reality with help from Dr. Lee Sanders, a member of her Stanford medical team and a CHP/PCOR core faculty member.
Adding cardiac resynchronization therapy could increase quality of life
News / August 25, 2015
A new study by Stanford researchers indicates adding cardiac resynchronization therapy to an implanted cardio defibrillator (CRT-D) for patients with mild heart failure may increase the quality of life and do so cost-effectively.
Learning to Deliver Consistent Healthcare
News / August 21, 2015
In a Queen's School of Business (QSB) article, David Chan, an assistant professor of Medicine and CHP/PCOR core faculty member, discusses his new study on the cost of variation in medical practices. The article shows that large variation in medical testing caused by "weak best practices" leads to greater healthcare spending. According to Chan, there is sign
A career in Economics: It's much more than you think
News / August 19, 2015
Marcella Alsan, an assistant professor of Medicine and CHP/PCOR core faculty member, shows how economics is a broader field than most people realize in this video produced by the American Economic Association (AEA). Along with other top economists, she discusses the interdisciplinary nature of economics, specifically as it relates to global health. Alsan states that "without understanding economic principals and economic forces, [there is] a real gaping hole in actually practicing medicine." Understanding economics
Travel with India Health Policy Initiative fellows
Blogs / August 12, 2015
Follow the 2015 Stanford India Health Policy Initiave fellows as they investigate informal pharmaceutical networks around urban Mumbai. We'll be updating this blog and tweeting at #StanfordHealthIndia over the next few weeks.
Dental coverage for patients with Medicaid may not prevent tooth-related ER visits
News / August 3, 2015
More than 2 percent of all emergency department visits are now related to nontraumatic dental conditions, according to a study by researchers at Stanford University, the University of California-San Francisco, Truven Health Analytics and the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
California vaccination law could serve as a national model despite challenges
News / July 23, 2015
Despite potential legal and enforcement challenges, California’s new vaccination law may set a precedent for other states, according to Stanford scholars.
The law, SB 277, ends exceptions to vaccination mandates based on religious and philosophical beliefs, leaving only medical exemptions as a path to avoid the vaccinations children are required to have before entering school.
Foreign aid should be realigned to target malaria & TB
News / July 13, 2015
Reallocating foreign aid to step up the fight against malaria and TB could lead to greater overall health improvements in developing nations. And it could be done without spending more money, CHP/PCOR researchers have found.
Copayments appear tied to antimicrobial resistance
News / July 9, 2015
The increasing resistance to antimicrobial drugs is a growing public health concern, particularly in low- and middle-income countries that require high out-of-pocket payments for prescription drugs.
Finding the sweet spot to regulate sugary drinks
News / July 7, 2015
Two Stanford public health law experts say one of biggest culprits of the obesity epidemic – on top of fast foods and our sedentary lifestyle – are sugary drinks.
Rosenkranz Prize winners devoted to innovative health care in developing countries
News / June 19, 2015
This year's Rosenkranz Prize winners embody the spirit of innovation into health care research in the developing world. Jason Andrews is looking at cheap, effective diagnostic tools for infectious diseases, while Marcella Alsan is researching how older girls in poorer countries are impacted by the health of their younger siblings.
Maria Polyakova wins Ernst-Meyer Prize
News / June 16, 2015
Maria Polyakova, an assistant professor of health research and policy at the Stanford School of Medicine, is this year’s recipient of the Ernst-Meyer Prize, which recognizes original research about risk and health insurance economics.
The impact of war and conflict on child health
News / June 15, 2015
In this video, Paul Wise, the Richard E. Behrman Professor of Child Health and Society at the Stanford School of Medicine and a core faculty member at CHP/PCOR, talks about the impact of war and conflict on the health of children.
Stanford-India healthcare partnership grows
News / June 5, 2015
Stanford School of Medicine Dean Lloyd Minor told a distinguished group of visiting physicians, engineers, economists and businessmen from India that it was the perfect time to be collaborating with the world’s largest democracy.
NIH director highlights David Chan's work on electronic medical records
News / May 28, 2015
Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, highlights in a NIH blog post the research of CHP/PCOR's David Chan, who is exploring the impact of electronic health record reminders on the quality of primary care.
Better datasets and tech will benefit patients
News / May 21, 2015
The explosion of big data is transforming the way those in health care are diagnosing, treating and preventing disease, panelists at the Big Data inBiomedicine said on its opening day.
Wise: The evaporation of child health policy
News / May 12, 2015
CHP/PCOR's Paul Wise addresses the ChildX conference on the evaporation of child health policy in this podcast.
Director Jason Wang discusses the future of child health at CPOP
Q&As / March 25, 2015
As the new director of the Center for Policy, Outcomes and Prevention (CPOP), C. Jason Wang’s goal is to improve child health by bringing people together. Since Paul Wise founded the center 10 years ago, CPOP has shaped child health policy by trying to make effective healthcare not only available but easily accessible to everyone.
Paul Kalanithi, writer and neurosurgeon, dies at 37
News / March 11, 2015
Paul Kalanithi wrote essays for The New York Times and Stanford Medicine reflecting on being a physician and a patient, the human experience of facing death, and the joy he found despite terminal illness.
Marijuana edible products need stronger regulation, Stanford experts say
News / March 11, 2015
States that have legalized marijuana need to put strong restrictions on the drug's edible products, according to two Stanford law professors.
U.S. Push for Abstinence in Africa Is Seen as Failure Against H.I.V.
News / February 26, 2015
Eran Bendavid and Nathan Lo's research finds that abstinence and fidelity programs did not significantly change sexual behavior in Africa and thus did not help to prevent AIDS.
Tsetse fly: can castration end one of Africa’s oldest development problems?
News / February 19, 2015
Tsetse fly castration may reduce sickness in animals and help increase animal-based farming in Africa. The Guardian interviews Dr. Marcella Alsan regarding her research on the tsetse fly's relationship to African agriculture.
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