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| Dealing with bioethical dilemmas Leon Kass explores the human implications of medical breakthroughs (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/10873.html) Jan. 22, 2008 -- Leon Kass has been at the forefront of bioethics since before Louise Brown, the first test tube baby, was born in 1978. His talk for the Assembly Series, "Brave New Biology: The Challenge for Bioethics" will be presented at 4 p.m. Wednesday, February 6 in Graham Chapel on Washington University's Danforth Campus. The program is free and open to the public |
| Next Assembly Series program: Is mixing faith, medicine and science good for your health? Is religion good for you? (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/10080.html) Sept. 18, 2007 -- Richard P. Sloan, professor of behavorial medicine in psychiatry at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University School of Medicine, will answer the question, "Is Religion Good for your Health?" for the Assembly Series at 11 a.m., Wednesday, September 26, in Graham Chapel on Washington University's Danforth Campus. |
| Assembly Series begins Sept. 6 with Maya Lin Assembly Series announces changes; opens fall 2007 schedule (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/9892.html) Aug. 23, 2007 -- The Fall 2007 Assembly Series parts with some of the traditions of the 54-year-old lecture series, while maintaining its mission of presenting to the Washington University community some of the most distinctive and vibrant voices of the day. |
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| Doggie 'Doctors' Diagnose Their Owners' Ills
MSNBC.com and 2 others Aug. 28, 2008 -- WUSTL anatomy and neurobiology professor Timothy Holy comments on pets whose keen senses of smell and intuitions helped alert their owners to medical problems that they were unaware of. |
| Study: When kids become teens, they get sluggish
Associated Press Online and 79 others July 16, 2008 -- One of the largest studies of its kind shows just how sluggish American children become once they hit the teen years: While 90 percent of 9-year-olds get a couple of hours of exercise most days, fewer than 3 percent of 15-year-olds do. WUSTL nutrition expert Samuel Klein, director of WUSTL medical school's Human Nutritioin Center, said the research provides a more powerful snapshot than previous studies. |
| Edit your DNA: 'Gene wiki' to debut on Wikipedia
The Associated Press State & Local Wire and 29 others July 9, 2008 -- Researchers on Tuesday launched an effort to create a library of human genetics using the online encyclopedia Wikipedia in hopes it could spur widespread discussion about thousands of individual genes. Authors of the "gene wiki" group outlined its lofty aims in a paper published on the Public Library of Science's online journal, PLoS Biology. The eight authors are from the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation in San Diego, San Diego State University and Washington University in St. Louis. |
| Unhealthy Meals Dull Older Diabetics' Memory
U.S. News & World Report and 5 others June 27, 2008 -- Older adults with type 2 diabetes are apt to have memory problems after eating a meal loaded with fat, but a new study has found the damage can be undone if they take antioxidant vitamins along with the unhealthy food. More study is definitely needed, said Connie Diekman, director of university nutrition at WUSTL. |
| Metabolic Syndrome May Be in the Genes
Washington Post and 9 others June 20, 2008 -- People with metabolic syndrome run four times the risk of heart disease and seven times the risk of diabetes as those without the condition. According to the June issue of Human Molecular Genetics, WUSTL nutrition researchers found the variations on the CD36 gene, located in a part of chromosome 7 previously associated with metabolic syndrome in other studies. |
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