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The benefits of early screening for kidney disease

The benefits of early screening for kidney disease

Screening everyone 35 and older for chronic kidney disease would save lives  Screening all U.S. residents over 35 for chronic kidney disease would increase life expectancy, reduce the number of people requiring dialysis or transplant, and provide good value in health care spending, Stanford Medicine researchers have found.  Chronic kidney disease affects 37 million people […]

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What happened to students who left public schools during the pandemic?

What happened to students who left public schools during the pandemic?

The number of students enrolled in the U.S. public school system has plummeted since 2020, with roughly 1.2 million K-12 students leaving during the pandemic. Where did they go?  Pundits have speculated that the drop could be attributed to families switching to private schools or homeschooling, and to population changes occurring since the start of

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What to Expect in 2023 in artificial intelligence

What to Expect in 2023 in Artificial Intelligence

This year’s biggest headline might have been generative artificial intelligence , but what should we expect from the field in 2023? Four Stanford HAI faculty members describe what they expect the biggest advances, opportunities, and challenges will be for the coming year.   Better Foundation Models  Foundation models – giant models that can be used

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How menthol cigarette ads target Black people, women and teens?

How menthol cigarette ads target Black people, women and teens?

In April, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced proposed rules to remove menthol cigarette and flavored cigars from the U.S. market.  Though smoking rates in the United States are declining overall, the percentage of smokers who use menthol cigarettes is rising, according to Robert Jackler, MD, the Stanford School of Medicine’s Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall

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SARS-CoV-2 infects fat tissue

SARS-CoV-2 infects fat tissue, creates inflammatory storm cloud

A study by Stanford Medicine investigators shows that SARS-CoV-2 can infect human fat tissue. This phenomenon was seen in laboratory experiments conducted on fat tissue excised from patients undergoing bariatric and cardiac surgeries, and later infected in a laboratory dish with SARS-CoV-2. It was further confirmed in autopsy samples from deceased COVID-19 patients.  Obesity is an established,

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