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Maternal / Fetal Health & Pediatrics
Few topics are as timeless as maternal/fetal health. As long as there mothers and babies, the issue of health among life givers and beginners will be critically important. Washington University Obstetrics and Gynecology Department focuses on both research and clinical care. Thirty-one faculty and 89 physicians practice in the department, and all are dedicated to excellence in teaching and patient care.
Washington University Pediatrics Department and the Child Health Research Center continue to conduct outstanding studies and clinical care for children of all ages. WUSTL is a proud affiliate of BJC HealthCare and St. Louis Children's Hospital.
Find more information on maternal/fetal health and pediatrics in the stories and expert pages listed below.
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Diane Merritt
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Diane F. Merritt, M.D., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology specializes in pediatric and adolescent gynecology. She treats gynecologic disorders of infants, children, and teens. She has an interest in congenital abnormalities of the reproductive tract, genital injuries, and pelvic endometriosis, ...
Expertise: pediatric and adolescent gynecology, hormone therapy, pubertal disorders, menopause
Media assistance: (314) 286-0111 / williamsdia@wustl.edu
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Yoel Sadovsky
Director of the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Ultrasound
Sadovsky, also professor of obstetrics and gynecology, studies reproductive development and function, specifically the mechanisms that determine placental differentiation during human pregnancy.
Expertise: development, differentiation, functional genomics, reproduction, placenta
Media assistance: (314) 286-0111 / williamsdia@wustl.edu
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Keith Hruska
Professor of nephrology
Hruska is a leader in studies of the links between the kidney and the skeleton, which can cause devastating side effects for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Kidneys and bones produce factors that support each other's development and maintenance, and when CKD damages the kidney and reduces ...
Expertise: kidney, chronic kidney disease, bone, bone weakening, adynamic bone disorder, secondary hyparathyroidism, bone morphogenetic protein
Media assistance: (314) 286-0122 / purdym@wustl.edu
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John Constantino
Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Child Psychiatry)
Constantino is an expert on genetic and environmental factors that influence early social development. In particular, he studies the genetic influences that contribute to autism. In other research he also is working with very young children and their parents, hoping to better understand the earliest ...
Expertise: autism, early social development, genetic influences on autistic social impairment, psychiatric disorders in children
Media assistance: (314) 286-0110 / jdryden@wustl.edu
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Michael DeBaun
Professor of Pediatrics, Biostatistics and Neurology
Dr. DeBaun is a professor of pediatrics, biostatistics and neurology and directs the Sickle Cell Medical Treatment and Education Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital. He is board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric hematology/oncology. He received a MPH in epidemiology from The Johns Hopkins University ...
Expertise: overgrowth cancer predisposition syndromes, public health issues, sickle cell disease
Media assistance: (314) 286-0120 / westerhousej@wustl.edu
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Attacking the source
Drug prevents abnormalities that lead to seizures, mouse study shows
April 3,
2008 -- Current medications for seizures are comparable to over-the-counter cold and flu remedies: They block symptoms, but don't significantly affect the underlying illnesses that cause them. Now scientists at the School of Medicine have taken the first step toward developing another option. They've used a drug to prevent the brain abnormalities that lead to seizures in mice with an inherited form of epilepsy.
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Genetic patch
Deadly genetic disease prevented before birth in zebrafish
March 20,
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By injecting a customized "genetic patch" into early stage fish embryos, researchers at the School of Medicine were able to correct a genetic mutation so the embryos developed normally. The research could lead to the prevention of up to one-fifth of birth defects in humans caused by genetic mutations, according to the authors.
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Center of connection
Brain network linked to contemplation in adults is less complex in children
March 6,
2008 --
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A brain network linked to introspective tasks — such as forming the self-image or understanding the motivations of others — is less intricate and well-connected in children, scientists at the School of Medicine have learned. They also showed that the network establishes firmer connections between various brain regions as an individual matures.
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Which Genetic Tests are Really Worth Getting?
The Wall Street Journal
May 1,
2008 -- With Congress poised to eliminate a big barrier to genetic testing for risk of certain diseases, consumers still face challenges in figuring out which ones offer useful information.
Despite heavy marketing by some genetic-test makers, the wide use of genetic tests has been held back by a variety of factors, including questions about the tests' usefulness and concerns that results could be used by employers and insurers to discriminate against people. Critics argue that many tests can't accurately identify which people are at risk for various illnesses.
WUSTL medical researcher Brian Gage comments.
Includes Web links to learn more about genetic testing.
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Cutting Phosphate May Protect Kidney Patients From Heart Trouble
The Washington Post
and 11 others
April 24,
2008 -- Readily available phosphate-binding drugs could help prevent heart disease in people with chronic kidney disease, a new study in the the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology finds.
WUSTL researchers led by pediatric nephrology specialist Keith Hruska and pediatrics instructor Suresh Mathew comment.
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May We Scan Your Genome?
Newsweek
April 22,
2008 -- As personal genetic testing takes off, some worry that marketing is getting ahead of science.
With each new marketing push comes new criticism. Some say DNA testing doesn't belong in virtual clinics: One key issue is regulation.
WUSTL pediatrics and genetics specialist Thomas Morgan worries that the business is getting ahead of the science. "I might scare myself or reassure myself falsely based on the very limited knowledge that we have."
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Gut Check: Why Doctors Say Not All Fat Is Created Equal
The Wall Street Journal
and 2 others
April 15,
2008 -- The recent report that having a pot belly in your 40s roughly triples your risk of dementia in later life is just the tip of an ominous iceberg. WUSTL research on liposuction in which found no change in the women's cholesterol levels, triglycerides, insulin sensitivity or other health risks. "If they had lost that much fat by dieting, they would have substantially improved their metabolic profile, but they didn't," says Samuel Klein, director of WUSM's Center for Human Nutrition and the study's principal investigator.
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Autism Cases on the Rise; Reason for Increase a Mystery
WebMD.com
April 3,
2008 -- The number of children diagnosed with autism or related disorders has grown at what many call an alarming rate. Some of the increase in reported cases is because of "diagnostic substitution," says WUSTL social work professor Paul Shattuck, an autism researcher.
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