Fall 2006
Volume 23 Number 3
Gizmos a-go-go
Medical technology: Fixing our bodies, busting the budget
Tech tonics
Everyone wants the most advanced medical care. But as costs continue to rise, many experts wonder whether we can afford to give all patients the high-tech care they desire. Read Story »
Hit list
Ten great Stanford inventions Read Story »
It's the pits
Turning surgery inside out Read Story »
Re-inventing invention
Do-it-yourself medical device course Read Story »
Radio Ethiopia
Health information transmissions go live Read Story »
The paperless chase
Your medical documents — coming soon to a computer screen near you Read Story »
Gurus' gadgets
A pantheon of medical device inventors reveals the best of the past, present and future Read Story »
The next big nano thing
Will tiny tubes pull off medical miracles? Read Story »
Now playing
Real doctors! Real drama! Faux trauma! Read Story »
More Stanford Medicine
Letter from the Dean
Letters to the editor
Upfront: A quick look at the latest developments
at Stanford University Medical Center
Ask the
bioethicist: Mercy or murder — That's the question in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina
Short take: Gutless and glad of it — How one family has broken its curse of stomach cancer
In brief: Shock doc — Going beyond blood transfusions
The backstory: Plop plop fizz fizz — A more palatable route to heartburn relief
