The first settlers of Hawaii were the most capable sailors of their time, crossing 7,000 kilometers of open ocean to reach ...

Stanford Medicine researchers built an AI-enabled model of immune system changes in pregnancy, allowing them to test medications to avert premature birth.

The Stanford Cancer Institute has released its 2026 Annual Report, celebrating the collective efforts of Stanford faculty, ...

“AI” and “Labubu” aren’t often uttered in the same breath. But on the first day of Stanford Health AI week, Laurah Turner, PhD, keynote speaker at the AI in Medical Education symposium, showed a slide ...

Maybe your doctor has mentioned them, a friend or family member is taking one — or a growing list of related drugs. The dramatic before-and-after stories of weight loss are everywhere, but so are the ...

In the realm of medical advancements, a universal vaccine that can protect against any pathogen has long been a Holy Grail — and about as elusive as a mythological vessel. But Stanford Medicine ...

When Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhD, began studying narcolepsy four decades ago, sleep and its disorders were not considered serious subjects of scientific inquiry. His long, curly hair and the fact that he ...

Since receiving an experimental depression treatment at Stanford, Tommy Van Brocklin has been walking Scout for "the sheer joy of it." Nellie Van Brocklin A new type of magnetic brain stimulation ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that Stanford Medicine is now providing daraxonrasib via expanded access in advance of FDA approval. It’s not often that a new pancreatic cancer ...

Your driver’s license states the hard truth of chronological age: Even if you still feel like you did in your 40s, you were born 52 years ago. Then again, your wearable fitness tracker says your ...

An immune-cell therapy shrank children's brain tumors, restored neurologic function and — for one participant in a Stanford Medicine clinical trial — erased all detectable traces of a brain cancer ...

While researching dietary fiber for this article, I decided to eat a whole kiwi skin. I looked it up and the skin adds about 1.5 grams of fiber to a serving of kiwi, about 6% of my total recommended ...