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itemprop="headline"><span class="screen-reader-text">Category: </span>Patient Care</h1> </header> <article id="post-237511" class="post-237511 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-autoimmune-conditions category-blood-disorders-hematology category-cancer category-data-sciences category-digitally-driven category-innovation-technology category-medical-research category-neurology-neurosurgery category-pathology category-patient-care category-stanford-health-care category-stanford-medicine category-stanford-school-of-medicine category-uniquely-stanford category-vf tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/salmasi-blood-clotting-520x260.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" 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disease a new lease on life. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>Giselle Salmasi’s collaboration with a colleague at the Mayo Clinic gives a patient with a recently identified blood clotting disease a new lease on life.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/jennifer-welsh/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Jennifer Welsh</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-22T10:43:03-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">November 22, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-22T10:45:34-08:00">November 22, 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itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> What actually causes hearing loss? Are there new treatments that can restore hearing? Can it be reversed? How does air travel affect hearing loss? </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>What actually causes hearing loss? Are there new treatments that can restore hearing? Can it be reversed? How does air travel affect hearing loss?</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/harmitag/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Hanae Armitage</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-21T12:50:32-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">November 21, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-21T17:20:34-08:00">November 21, 2024</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-237473" class="post-237473 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-diabetes category-digitally-driven category-health-equity category-health-policy category-maternal-health category-medical-research category-mens-health category-nutrition category-patient-care category-physiology category-precision-health category-stanford-health-care category-stanford-medicine category-stanford-school-of-medicine category-uniquely-stanford category-vf category-wellness category-womens-health tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WTDW-BMI-520x260.png" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WTDW-BMI-520x260.png 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WTDW-BMI-600x301.png 600w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WTDW-BMI-1024x514.png 1024w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WTDW-BMI-768x385.png 768w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/WTDW-BMI.png 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2024/11/14/bmi-body-mass-index-alternatives-science/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">What’s the deal with BMI, aka body mass index?</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> Some researchers and clinicians are questioning the value of the body mass index, which estimates a person’s body composition. 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Williams</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-14T18:47:44-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">November 14, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-21T10:55:41-08:00">November 21, 2024</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-237455" class="post-237455 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-aging-geriatrics category-artificial-intelligence category-autoimmune-conditions category-cancer category-depression category-epidemiology-population-health category-global-health category-immunology category-innovation-technology category-medical-education category-medical-research category-patient-care category-pediatrics category-precision-health category-primary-care category-psychiatry-mental-health category-stanford-health-care category-stanford-medicine category-stanford-medicine-childrens-health category-stanford-school-of-medicine category-wellness category-womens-health tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image001-1-520x260.png" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image001-1-520x260.png 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image001-1-1152x578.png 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2024/11/13/stanford-medicine-launches-new-podcast-health-compass/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">Stanford Medicine launches new podcast, Health Compass</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> New Stanford Medicine podcast, Health Compass, focuses on the crucial research and important researchers moving health topics forward. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>New Stanford Medicine podcast, Health Compass, focuses on the crucial research and important researchers moving health topics forward.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/harmitag/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Hanae Armitage</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-13T16:59:33-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">November 13, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-13T17:21:37-08:00">November 13, 2024</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-237456" class="post-237456 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-digitally-driven category-diversity-equity-inclusion category-ethics category-health-equity category-health-policy category-innovation-technology category-patient-care category-stanford-health-care category-stanford-medicine category-uniquely-stanford category-vf tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hospital-520x260.png" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hospital-520x260.png 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/hospital-1152x578.png 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2024/11/13/hospital-support-family-caregivers-resource-center/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">How supporting family, along with patients, became part of hospital’s mission</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> When the new Stanford Hospital opened five years ago, a carefully designed third-floor resource center gave for those caring for loved ones an important safe haven. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>When the new Stanford Hospital opened five years ago, a carefully designed third-floor resource center gave for those caring for loved ones an important safe haven.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/richter1/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Ruthann Richter</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-11-13T12:03:34-08:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">November 13, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-11-13T12:27:47-08:00">November 13, 2024</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-237324" class="post-237324 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-digitally-driven category-diversity-equity-inclusion category-ethics category-health-policy category-innovation-technology category-maternal-health category-medical-research category-ophthalmology category-patient-care category-pediatrics category-stanford-medicine category-stanford-medicine-childrens-health category-stanford-school-of-medicine category-uniquely-stanford category-vf tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/retinopathy-of-prematurity-scope-stock-520x260.jpeg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/retinopathy-of-prematurity-scope-stock-520x260.jpeg 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/retinopathy-of-prematurity-scope-stock-1152x578.jpeg 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2024/10/03/premature-birth-vision-complications-california/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">California excels at screening babies for main cause of childhood blindness</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> Vision damage from a complication of premature birth can be halted if it’s caught soon enough — and a California Perinatal Quality Care (CPQCC) and Stanford Medicine-led study shows the state’s screening process is helping close racial gaps. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>Vision damage from a complication of premature birth can be halted if it’s caught soon enough — and a California Perinatal Quality Care (CPQCC) and Stanford Medicine-led study shows the state’s screening process is helping close racial gaps.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/digitale/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Erin Digitale</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-10-03T10:01:39-07:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">October 3, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-10-03T10:01:41-07:00">October 3, 2024</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-237301" class="post-237301 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-cancer category-ethics category-health-equity category-health-policy category-medical-education category-medical-research category-palliative-care category-patient-care category-pediatrics category-psychiatry-mental-health category-stanford-medicine-childrens-health category-stanford-school-of-medicine category-uniquely-stanford category-vf tag-news-home tag-unconventional-paths h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/UPs-Tyler-Tate-banner-520x260.png" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/UPs-Tyler-Tate-banner-520x260.png 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/UPs-Tyler-Tate-banner-600x301.png 600w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/UPs-Tyler-Tate-banner-1024x514.png 1024w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/UPs-Tyler-Tate-banner-768x385.png 768w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/UPs-Tyler-Tate-banner.png 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2024/09/26/ballet-medicine-storytelling-bioethicist-philosophy/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">From ballet to medicine, a love of stories has driven this bioethicist</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> Stanford Medicine bioethicist Tyler Tate found high levels of success in ballet, miming, acting, fencing and collegiate tennis. But his love of storytelling ultimately led him to medicine. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>Stanford Medicine bioethicist Tyler Tate found high levels of success in ballet, miming, acting, fencing and collegiate tennis. But his love of storytelling ultimately led him to medicine.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/katia-savchuk/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Katia Savchuk</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-09-26T16:56:16-07:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">September 26, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-09-26T17:37:00-07:00">September 26, 2024</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-237250" class="post-237250 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-allergies category-digitally-driven category-environment-sustainability category-ethics category-global-health category-health-policy category-innovation-technology category-lung-health category-medical-research category-patient-care category-stanford-health-care category-stanford-medicine category-stanford-school-of-medicine category-uniquely-stanford category-vf tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/shutterstock_256803961-520x260.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/shutterstock_256803961-520x260.jpg 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/shutterstock_256803961-1152x578.jpg 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2024/09/10/inhalers-greenhouse-gas-emissions-environment/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">Is your asthma inhaler bad for the environment?</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> A team of physician-scientists calculated how much greenhouse gas is being emitted by inhalers prescribed for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>A team of physician-scientists calculated how much greenhouse gas is being emitted by inhalers prescribed for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/sarahcpwilliams/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Sarah C. P. Williams</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-09-10T11:05:53-07:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">September 10, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-09-10T11:05:54-07:00">September 10, 2024</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-237191" class="post-237191 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-blood-disorders-hematology category-digitally-driven category-diversity-equity-inclusion category-global-health category-health-equity category-health-policy category-medical-education category-medical-research category-patient-care category-stanford-medicine category-stanford-school-of-medicine category-uniquely-stanford category-vf tag-news-home tag-unconventional-paths h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Untitled_Artwork-6-520x260.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Untitled_Artwork-6-520x260.jpg 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Untitled_Artwork-6-600x301.jpg 600w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Untitled_Artwork-6-1024x514.jpg 1024w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Untitled_Artwork-6-768x385.jpg 768w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Untitled_Artwork-6.jpg 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2024/08/21/music-medicine-tamara-dunn-stanford/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">How mixing music and medicine keeps this doctor grounded</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> The Unconventional Path of Stanford Medicine hematologist Tamara Dunn had her eyeing a career on Broadway. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>The Unconventional Path of Stanford Medicine hematologist Tamara Dunn had her eyeing a career on Broadway.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/rachel-tompa/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Rachel Tompa</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-08-21T10:29:32-07:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">August 21, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-08-28T13:06:12-07:00">August 28, 2024</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-237137" class="post-237137 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-addiction category-aging-geriatrics category-emergency-medicine category-nutrition category-osteoporosis category-patient-care category-physiology category-preventive-medicine category-sports-medicine category-stanford-health-care category-stanford-medicine category-stanford-school-of-medicine category-uniquely-stanford category-vf tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Untitled_Artwork-9-520x260.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Untitled_Artwork-9-520x260.jpg 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Untitled_Artwork-9-600x301.jpg 600w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Untitled_Artwork-9-1024x514.jpg 1024w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Untitled_Artwork-9-768x385.jpg 768w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Untitled_Artwork-9.jpg 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2024/08/20/pickleball-injuries-achilles-calf-how-to-avoid/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">Fear, loathing and pickleball? How to avoid serious injuries</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> Pickleball is the country's fastest growing sport. How to avoid one of its most devastating injuries, an Achilles tendon rupture. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>Pickleball is the country's fastest growing sport. How to avoid one of its most devastating injuries, an Achilles tendon rupture.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/mark-conley/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Mark Conley</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-08-20T12:08:54-07:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">August 20, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-09-11T19:18:18-07:00">September 11, 2024</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-237129" class="post-237129 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-autoimmune-conditions category-digitally-driven category-genetics category-inflammatory-bowel-disease category-medical-research category-osteoarthritis category-patient-care category-pediatrics category-precision-health category-psoriasis-psoriatic-arthritis category-rheumatoid-arthritis category-stanford-medicine category-stanford-medicine-childrens-health category-stanford-school-of-medicine category-type-1-diabetes category-uniquely-stanford category-vf tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/frankovich-arthritis-520x260.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/frankovich-arthritis-520x260.jpg 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/frankovich-arthritis-1152x578.jpg 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2024/08/14/kids-pans-inflammation-arthritis/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">The inflammation connection: Kids with PANS at high risk for arthritis</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> ‘We’re like inflammation detectives!’ says Stanford Medicine’s Jennifer Frankovich. Parsing out pain and inflammation is just part of discovering why kids face debilitating psychiatric effects of a distressing disease. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>‘We’re like inflammation detectives!’ says Stanford Medicine’s Jennifer Frankovich. Parsing out pain and inflammation is just part of discovering why kids face debilitating psychiatric effects of a distressing disease.</p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/digitale/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Erin Digitale</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-08-14T10:46:49-07:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">August 14, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-08-14T10:46:50-07:00">August 14, 2024</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-237087" class="post-237087 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-aging-geriatrics category-cardiology-heart-disease category-diabetes category-diversity-equity-inclusion category-epidemiology-population-health category-ethics category-global-health category-health-equity category-health-policy category-internal-medicine category-medical-education category-patient-care category-stanford-medicine category-stanford-school-of-medicine category-uniquely-stanford category-vf tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="520" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SSOM_Graduation_2024_0160-520x260.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SSOM_Graduation_2024_0160-520x260.jpg 520w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SSOM_Graduation_2024_0160-1152x578.jpg 1152w" sizes="(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2024/07/30/oprah-winfrey-program-bongeka-zuma-south-africa/" rel="bookmark" itemprop="url">Paying back her people: New doctor has plans to return to her African village</a> </h2> <div class="entry-summary-top" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> Bongeka Zuma, graduate of Oprah Winfrey’s academy and Stanford School of Medicine, discusses her plans to advance medical care in her hometown. </div> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="entry-summary" itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"> <p>Bongeka Zuma, graduate of Oprah Winfrey’s academy and Stanford School of Medicine, discusses her plans to advance medical care in her hometown. </p> </div> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <span class="byline"><span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><span class="screen-reader-text">Author </span><a class="url fn n" href="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/author/merickso/" rel="author" itemprop="url name">Mandy Erickson</a></span></span><span class="posted-on"><span class="screen-reader-text">Published on </span><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-07-30T11:20:07-07:00" itemprop="dateModified datePublished">July 30, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-07-30T18:58:52-07:00">July 30, 2024</time></span> </footer> </article> <article id="post-236979" class="post-236979 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-community-programs category-depression category-diversity-equity-inclusion category-health-equity category-health-policy category-innovation-technology category-medical-education category-medical-research category-patient-care category-psychiatry-mental-health category-shc-tri-valley category-sm-partners category-stanford-health-care category-stanford-medicine category-stanford-medicine-childrens-health category-stanford-school-of-medicine category-uniquely-stanford category-vf category-wellness tag-news-home h-entry hentry h-as-article" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"> <header class="entry-header"> <img width="390" height="260" src="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/A7R08459.jpg" class="attachment-article-landscape size-article-landscape wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" aria-hidden="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/A7R08459.jpg 9504w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/A7R08459-600x400.jpg 600w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/A7R08459-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/A7R08459-768x512.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px" /> <h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> <a 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