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Seeking solutions to childhood anemia in China
How can health and nutrition education needs in rural China be addressed? Start by examining infant-feeding practices. Scott Rozelle, PhD, director of the Rural Education Action Program, part of the...
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Stanford internships provide Bay Area students with work experience,...
This summer high school students from around the Bay Area are interning at labs and departments across Stanford. A recent Stanford Report story highlights the type of projects students are working on...
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Seven ways laughter can improve your well-being
Everyone enjoys a good laugh, but who actually makes time for it in their lives? Sure, we like hearing a funny joke, talking to people with a good sense of humor and watching comedies. But few of us...
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Study finds arm circumference is accurate measure of malnutrition in children...
Malnutrition is a leading cause of mortality in children under the age of five, contributing to approximately 3.5 million child deaths worldwide each year. Currently, the World Health Organization and...
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Drought causes spike in HIV infections in Africa
Here in California, the drought is plenty serious. Shortages mean short showers, brown lawns, empty reservoirs and fallow fields. But in sub-Saharan Africa, drought spreads disease, including the...
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Two weeks in Humboldt County, Calif.: Insight into rural medicine
Stanford Medicine Unplugged (formerly SMS Unplugged) is a forum for students to chronicle their experiences in medical school. The student-penned entries appear on Scope once a week during the academic...
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Instead of drugs or fancy devices, a small village in India is using dhollak and dafali — drums traditional to the region — to spread awareness about post-natal care and to battle infant mortality. As...
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Chinese children face obesity risk
With the parents gone away, the children have time to play — and eat, according to new research that examines the health of the millions of Chinese children left with families when their parents move...
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Horse therapy could help people cope with early-onset dementia
As a kid growing up in rural Minnesota, I spent many of my waking hours searching for a reason to be near the five horses that roamed the 40 acres behind our house. Their methodical munching and...
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A quest to cure the world’s blind
I recently had the pleasure of organizing a global-health seminar with a special visitor to campus: Geoff Tabin, MD. A renowned ophthalmologist, world-class climber and humanitarian, Tabin shared his...
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