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SPECIAL REPORT

B!g data
What it means for our health and the future of medical research

Statistically significant
Biostatistics is blooming

King of the mountain
Digging data for a healthier world

A singularity sensation
Author Vernor Vinge talks sci-fi health care

On the records
Tapping into Stanford's mother lode of clinical information

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Game on
Stanford develops a new tool for teaching doctors to treat sepsis

Cancer roundhouse
Evidence mounts that a single antibody could knock out many cancers

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IN BRIEF

Count on it
A new immune-system sensor could speed up disease detection

Blond roots
Pacific Islanders' golden-locks mystery is solved

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DEPARTMENTS

Letter from the Dean
Safeguarding patient data

Upfront
A quick look at the latest developments at Stanford University Medical Center

The backstory
Comfy mice

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Mysteries of the heart
Yielding to research

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FALL 2013 / VOLUME 30/ NO 3

Life begins
The perilous journey

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Environmental impact
The health effect

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SPRING 2013 / VOLUME 30/ NO 1

Blood at work
What do we know about it?

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FALL 2012 / VOLUME 29/ NO 3

Money crunch
Scrambling for dollars

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Data deluge
Mastering medicine's tidal wave

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Inside the head
The future of psychiatry

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FALL 2011 / VOLUME 28 / NO 3

Cancer's next stage
Let's not blow it

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SUMMER 2011 / VOLUME 28 / NO 2

Surviving survival
The journey continues

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SPRING 2011 / VOLUME 28 / NO 1

Bioethics
No easy answers

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FALL 2010 / VOLUME 27 / NO 3

The 'me' in medicine
Personalizing treatments

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SUMMER 2010 / VOLUME 27 / NO 2

The teaching hospital
Leading medicine’s metamorphosis

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SPRING 2010 / VOLUME 27 / NO 1

Taking kids seriously
Innovating to improve children’s health

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FALL 2009 / VOLUME 26 / NO 3

Medical mysteries
Where’s Holmes when we need him?

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SUMMER 2009 / VOLUME 26 / NO 2

Pure science
Has the test tube lost its appeal?

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SPRING 2009 / VOLUME 26 / NO 1

Hot shots
Vaccines under the gun

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FALL 2008 / VOLUME 25 / NO 3

Election '08
Politics and healthcare

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SUMMER 2008 / VOLUME 25 / NO 2

Trials on trial
Clinical studies under the microscope

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SPRING 2008 / VOLUME 25 / NO 1

The long of it
The globe turns gray

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FALL 2007 / VOLUME 24 / NO 3

Willpower won’t
Why don’t we do what’s good for us?

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SUMMER 2007 / VOLUME 24 / NO 2

War wounds
Bullets, bandages and breakthroughs

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SPRING 2007 / VOLUME 24 / NO 1

Code green
A cry from a sick planet

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FALL 2006 / VOLUME 23 / NO 3

Gizmos a-go-go
Medical technology: Fixing our bodies, busting the budget

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The evolutionary war
Darwin lives

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SPRING 2006 / VOLUME 23 / NO 1

Generation grasp
The hidden crisis in children's health

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FALL 2005 / VOLUME 22 / NO 3

Brave new brain
The science and ethics of exploring the mind

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SUMMER 2005 / VOLUME 22 / NO 2

American the pharmaceutical
Medication nation: Pills a'poppin'

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WINTER 2005 / VOLUME 22 / NO 1

The nation's health-care system
A ticking time bomb?

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FALL 2004 / VOLUME 21 / NO 2

The great stem cell divide
The science and politics of stem cell research

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