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02/11/2026

Artificial intelligence chatbots designed to act like friends should not be used by children and teens, Stanford Medicine psychiatrist Nina Vasan says.

02/11/2026

A study led by researchers at Stanford Medicine shows that differences in blood sugar responses to certain carbohydrates depend on details of an individual’s metabolic health status.

The differences in blood sugar response patterns among individuals were associated with specific metabolic conditions such as insulin resistance or beta cell dysfunction, both of which can lead to diabetes. The study findings suggest that this variability in blood sugar response could lead to personalized prevention and treatment strategies for prediabetes and diabetes.

Stanford Medicine-led research identifies blood glucose response patterns to different carbohydrates that correspond to insulin resistance, beta cell dysfunction and hypertension.

02/10/2026

Even when they get the right answer, kids with a math learning disability use their brains differently than their peers, according to a Stanford Medicine study.

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02/10/2026

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02/10/2026

Stanford Medicine researchers created an AI model, aimed at killing resistant strains of one of the leading pathogens responsible for antibacterial resistance-related deaths.

Stanford Medicine researchers devise a new artificial intelligence model, SyntheMol, which creates recipes for chemists to synthesize the drugs in the lab.

02/09/2026

“This is a fundamental breakthrough in our understanding of how the immune system is turned off and on in cancer,” said Edgar Engleman, MD, PhD, a professor of pathology and of medicine. “I could not be more excited about this discovery, and I hope treatments that target the mechanism we uncovered will quickly move forward to human trials.”

“Cold” tumors are resistant to common immunotherapies. Stanford Medicine researchers have uncovered a master regulator that can be manipulated to prevent tumor growth in mice.

02/07/2026

Stanford Medicine research reveals the positive impact of a 'Food as Medicine' program that integrates fresh produce delivery with health education, helping patients improve chronic disease outcomes and overall well-being.

Stanford Medicine researchers' study of a 'Food as Medicine' model providing fresh produce and health education finds positive results for both food insecurity and chronic disease.

02/06/2026

An artificial intelligence-based tool can predict the medical trajectories of individual premature newborns from blood samples collected soon after they are born, a Stanford Medicine-led study has shown.

An artificial intelligence algorithm used newborn blood samples to shed light on the biological complexity of what can go wrong after preterm birth, a Stanford Medicine-led study found.

02/06/2026

Stanford Medicine researchers on the hunt for an elusive cardiac fibrosis drug were surprised when a malaria drug with ancient origins emerged as their top candidate.

02/06/2026

Jonathan Chen, MD, PhD, director of AI in medical education at Stanford Medicine, has a few tricks up his sleeve when it comes to explaining how AI is reshaping medicine and patient care. Cutting through the smoke and mirrors, Chen separates anxiety from optimism around the hype.

Jonathan Chen, MD, PhD, director of AI in medical education at Stanford Medicine, has a few tricks up his sleeve when it comes to explaining how AI is reshap...

02/05/2026

Stanford Medicine researchers explore the gut-brain connection and its impact on conditions ranging from anxiety and long COVID to Parkinson's disease.

Stanford Medicine researchers describe the gut-brain relationship and how it affects conditions from anxiety to long COVID to Parkinson's.

02/05/2026

While fewer U.S. physicians are experiencing burnout compared to the height of the pandemic, nearly half still report symptoms, according to a Stanford Medicine–led study. These findings are crucial not only for understanding trends in physician well-being but also for assessing the broader impact on healthcare.

Doctors felt less occupational distress in 2023-2024 than they did during the COVID-19 pandemic, but nearly half said they experienced at least one symptom of burnout.