The link between a person’s diet and his or her mental health is becoming more and more relevant. According to The Mental Health Foundation, evidence suggests that a healthy diet is instrumental in the treatment and prevention of mental health disorders such as depression, schizophrenia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Studies have shown that treatments utilizing nutrients such as zinc, vitamins B1, B2 and C, see greater relief of symptoms in people with depression and bi-polar disorder by as much as 50 percent.

Could your car be a self-contained isolation compartment when you seek medical attention during a pandemic? And, is a drive-through approach an effective method to triage and screen a large number of patients? These possibilities will be tested in an exercise to compare actual times and outcomes of a drive-though method to the standard walk-in approach that was used at Stanford Hospital and throughout the country during the recent H1N1 event.

The risks to an individual struggling with obesity are well-known: heart and endocrine issues, joint problems, psychological well-being, and more. A new study from Advanced Plan for Health shows that obesity is also risky to an employer’s bottom line, costing more than double to provide employee health insurance to those considered obese.

Tumors need a healthy supply of blood to grow and spread. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a molecule that regulates blood vessel growth that is often found at less-than-normal levels in human tumors. Blocking the expression of the molecule, called PHD2, allows human cancer cells to grow more quickly when implanted into mice and increases the number of blood vessels feeding the tumor.

An overwhelming number of Americans believe young adults and children should not have access to tanning salons without parental oversight because of the danger of skin cancer, suggests an online poll by dermanetwork.org.

“Breakthrough pain” (BTP) is a common, debilitating feature of chronic pain that frequently afflicts cancer patients. While persistent, or continuous, pain can usually be controlled through a patient’s normal oral pain medication regimen, breakthrough pain literally “breaks through” regular doses of pain medication.

A new study, published in the journal Menopause, found postmenopausal women with vasomotor symptoms—which include hot flashes and night sweats—had lower bone mineral density in the spine and hip.