Paul Costello

Sep 26, 2024 | scopeblog.stanford.edu | Katia Savchuk |Gordy Slack |Paul Costello

Tyler Tate, MD, Stanford Medicine's newest pediatric bioethicist, has no shortage of stories to tell about his unusual upbringing. Like how he ate a mostly vegan diet until age 10 -- memorably hosting a birthday party where his mother baked a regular cake for his friends and a sweet potato cake for him. Like how he was homeschooled through high school in St. Louis, Missouri, while spending up to six hours a day on extracurricular pursuits.

Feb 7, 2024 | scopeblog.stanford.edu | Anna Marie Yanny |Emily Moskal |Paul Costello

As clinicians like Latha Palaniappan assess their patients' susceptibility to cardiovascular disease, they enter the patients' race into an automated risk calculator. It's how things have been done for more than a decade, with race included as one of the data points used to predict if someone will have an adverse heart event in the next decade.

Nov 19, 2023 | delawareonline.com | Paul Costello

I have an indelible image of Rosalynn Carter in my mind. She is sitting aboard an Air Force jet late at night and everyone on the aircraft – staff, Secret Service, Air Force stewards, journalists – is exhausted and asleep. We had left Andrews Air Force Base before dawn, hitting three or four cities during the rough and tumble 1980 presidential reelection campaign. We were on our way to an overnight stop somewhere in the United States. Aside from the Air Force pilots, Mrs.

Nov 13, 2023 | architecturaldigest.com | Melissa Feldman |Paul Costello

Earlier this month, the Flower Magazine Designer Showhouse 2023 debuted in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, featuring the work of 15 interior designers who hail from the region. Creating spaces that collectively celebrate Southern style, the talents took over a Georgian-inspired manse designed by local architect Andy McDonald with Ivy Concepts, a third-generation design-build team from Baton Rouge.

Oct 6, 2023 | scopeblog.stanford.edu | Laurie Flynn |Paul Costello

Three out of four American adults say prescription drug prices are unaffordable, and nearly a third admit to not taking prescribed medications due to cost, according to a recent poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The foundation's data confirmed that Americans have a higher out-of-pocket cost for drugs than comparable nations. A law signed a year ago, but being held up by legal challenges, is an attempt to lower drug prices.