Category: Affiliate News 2012

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5/3/2012 - Study shows short, daily jogs boost longevity

by on May 7, 2012 9:11 am
“Ever since I heard Stanford researcher BJ Fogg, PhD, speak at last year’s Medicine 2.0 conference about how creating tiny habits can result in lasting lifestyle changes, I’ve been working on incorporating small goals into my daily life. So I was interested to read an Atlantic article about a study showing that jogging at a… Read more 5/3/2012 - Study shows short, daily jogs boost longevity
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4/24/2012 - Ask Stanford Med: Answers to your questions on health-care innovation

by on April 25, 2012 1:09 pm
Center on Longevity faculty affiliate Stefanos Zenios answers questions on healthcare innovation. Read more at Scope
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4/17/2012 - Should We Eat Less Meat? None at All?

by on April 25, 2012 1:05 pm
“The Myth of Sustainable Meat,” by James E. McWilliams (Op-Ed, April 13), dismisses sustainable farming by saying it shares many of the problems of the industrial food chain. Then Mr. McWilliams offers a fallacious choice: either eat conventional meat with its environmental, health and ethical downsides, or give up meat entirely. Read the full article… Read more 4/17/2012 - Should We Eat Less Meat? None at All?
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4/9/2012 - Program for managing chronic illness expands nationwide

by on April 10, 2012 9:03 am
Now available in virtually every state, the six-week, 15-hour  Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, developed by Center on Longevity faculty affiliate Kate Lorig, is generally offered at little to no cost by a growing number of government agencies, nonprofits, hospitals and insurers. The workshops combine group discussions and activities with short lectures on topics including eating healthy, managing… Read more 4/9/2012 - Program for managing chronic illness expands nationwide
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4/9/2012 - Stefanos Zenios taking questions on health-care innovation and entrepreneurship

by on April 9, 2012 10:10 am
An expert on innovation, Zenios is the founding director of the business school’s new Program in Healthcare Innovation. He is the lead author of Biodesign: The Process of Innovating Medical Technologies, a widely praised textbook on the entrepreneurial process for medical devices, and a co-founder of Konnectology.com, a suite of interactive guides for patients considering… Read more 4/9/2012 - Stefanos Zenios taking questions on health-care innovation and entrepreneurship
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4/9/2012 - Same Room, Different Ailments

by on April 9, 2012 10:07 am
A program in which patients with varied problems help each other expands nationwide. The Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, an initiative that started in the early 1990s at Stanford University, has gone national, thanks to recent grants to various sponsors of the program from private foundations and $37 million in federal funds over the past three… Read more 4/9/2012 - Same Room, Different Ailments
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3/29/2012 - Dean Larry Kramer to leave Stanford Law School to lead Hewlett Foundation

by on March 30, 2012 8:35 am
Larry Kramer, the dean of the Stanford Law School since 2004, and Center on Longevity faculty affiliate has announced that he will depart the university to assume the presidency of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation on Sept. 1, 2012. During Kramer’s tenure, the law school has spearheaded new opportunities for legal education and a… Read more 3/29/2012 - Dean Larry Kramer to leave Stanford Law School to lead Hewlett Foundation
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3/29/2012 - Stanford's Dr. Jay Bhattacharya explains what's at stake in debate over health care

by on March 30, 2012 8:31 am
With legal arguments at the Supreme Court over, the fate of the Obama administration’s health care law is in the hands of the justices. Stanford’s Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine, health economist and Center on Longevity faculty affiliate explains how consumers could be affected. Read the full article at Stanford News.
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3/20/2012 - Think medical education takes too long? So does Victor Fuchs

by on March 21, 2012 1:23 pm
Stanford’s Victor Fuchs, PhD, is all for eliminating waste and driving down costs associated with health care – and he believes this type of economization can start at the beginning, with medical education. In a Viewpoint piece he co-authored with Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD, and published today in The Journal of the American Medical… Read more 3/20/2012 - Think medical education takes too long? So does Victor Fuchs