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New York Times: Hunched Over a Microscope, He Sketched the Secrets of How the Brain Works

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cajal-comp-superJumboSome microscopes today are so powerful that they can create a picture of the gap between brain cells, which is thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair. They can even reveal the tiny sacs carrying even tinier nuggets of information to cross over that gap to form memories. And in colorful snapshots made possible by a giant magnet, we can see the activity of 100 billion brain cells talking…. Full Story>

Palliative Medicine Expert to Discuss What Families Need to Know about End-of-Life Care, at Stanford Health Library, March 2

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Palliative care imageKavita Ramachandran, MD, oncologist and Medical Director of Palliative Medicine at the Stanford Cancer Institute, understands that questions about the end of life and its care issues are difficult to ask and yet they are cause for great worry by many patients and their families. In this talk, Dr. Ramchandran will address this subject from the perspective of her role as a medical oncologist, and Medical Director of Palliative Medicine at the Stanford Cancer Institute.

The event is free.

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Stanford Clinician to discuss aging at home with chronic illness at the Stanford Health Library, February 9

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Seniors at HomeBryant Lin, MD, Internal Medicine, Medical Director, Consultative Medical Clinic, will discuss best practices and new technology to assist aging at home for patients and their caregivers focusing on challenges with mobility, memory loss, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. He will draw from the medical literature and his own experiences at Stanford leading a team of medical students and residents who visit patients at home every month.

The event is free.

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