Category: Affiliate News 2013
5/31/2013 - When Will Mental Illness Be Diagnosed With a Lab Test?
by admin on May 31, 2013 4:26 pm
At work, Robin Jones had a hard time finding the right words and making persuasive arguments to his colleagues. He’d come home and tell his wife, Anne, “Something’s different.” “He would say his brain didn’t feel like it was working the same way it used to,” she recalls. “We said, ‘Well, why not talk to… Read more 5/31/2013 - When Will Mental Illness Be Diagnosed With a Lab Test?
5/20/2013 - At risk for chronic hepatitis B?
by admin on May 20, 2013 4:34 pm
According to the World Health Organization, chronic hepatitis B affects approximately 240 million people worldwide and 1.2 million in the U.S. The good news is that there is a quick, one-time blood test to determine whether you have the disease and have the antibody that protects against getting it, and there is also a safe… Read more 5/20/2013 - At risk for chronic hepatitis B?
5/15/2013 - Stanford engineers monitor heart health using paper-thin flexible 'skin'
by admin on May 14, 2013 5:35 pm
Engineers combine layers of flexible materials into pressure sensors to create a wearable heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill. The skin-like device could one day provide doctors with a safer way to check the condition of a patient’s heart. Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford, and Center on Longevity faculty affiliate,… Read more 5/15/2013 - Stanford engineers monitor heart health using paper-thin flexible 'skin'
5/9/2013 - Brain, heal thyself? Stanford research describes delayed onset of multiple sclerosis in mice
by admin on May 10, 2013 4:01 pm
What if it were possible, when faced with a devastating neurological disease like multiple sclerosis, to coax the brain to heal itself? Unfortunately, we’re probably still years away from any kind of quick fix for these conditions (if, in fact, one exists at all). But recent research by Stanford geneticist Anne Brunet, PhD, describes an… Read more 5/9/2013 - Brain, heal thyself? Stanford research describes delayed onset of multiple sclerosis in mice
4/24/2013 - Giving Good Praise to Girls: What Messages Stick
by admin on April 25, 2013 7:34 pm
How to praise kids: It’s a hot topic for many parents and educators. A lot of the conversation around it has stemmed from studies by Carol Dweck, professor of psychology at Stanford and a Stanford Center on Longevity faculty affiliate who has been researching this specific topic for many years. Read the full article at… Read more 4/24/2013 - Giving Good Praise to Girls: What Messages Stick
4/23/2103 - Therapy Can Still Help
by admin on April 23, 2013 5:47 pm
Older adults appear increasingly willing to seek psychological help, even at advanced ages. Therapy no longer carries the same stigma it once did, even among the so-called Greatest Generation, and therapists now discount the idea that people in their 70s and 80s can’t change their thinking. “Usually, they’ve tried other resources like their church, or… Read more 4/23/2103 - Therapy Can Still Help
4/22/2013 - Researchers: Standing at your desk could have health benefits
by admin on April 22, 2013 10:31 pm
Preliminary research by Stanford Center on Longevity faculty affiliate Cathy Heaney shows standing at your desk at work could lower cholesterol levels and make you less sedentary. See the video at KCRA News.
4/22/2013 - How Therapy Can Help in the Golden Years
by admin on April 22, 2013 3:52 pm
“We’ve been seeing more people in their 80s and older over the past five years, many who have never done therapy before,” said Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, a professor of research in the department of psychiatry at Stanford and a Stanford Center on Longevity faculty affiliate. “Usually, they’ve tried other resources like their church, or talked to… Read more 4/22/2013 - How Therapy Can Help in the Golden Years
4/21/2013 - Change diet, exercise habits at same time for best results, study says
by admin on April 21, 2013 3:58 pm
Researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine, including Center on Longevity faculty affiliate Abby King, have discovered that focusing on changing exercise and diet at the same time gives a bigger boost than tackling them sequentially. They also found that focusing on changing diet first — an approach that many weight-loss programs advocate — may… Read more 4/21/2013 - Change diet, exercise habits at same time for best results, study says
3/20/2013 - Biodiversity does not reduce transmission of disease from animals to humans, Stanford researchers find
by admin on March 20, 2013 7:00 pm
New findings by Associate Professor and Center on Longevity faculty affiliate James Holland Jones pokes holes in a widely accepted theory that connects biodiversity abundance with a reduced disease risk for humans. Read the full article at Stanford News.
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