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Beta blocking
Many African-Americans have a gene that prolongs life after heart failure
April 20,
2008 -- About 40 percent of African-Americans have a genetic variant that can protect them after heart failure and prolong their lives, according to research conducted at the School of Medicine and collaborating institutions. The genetic variant has an effect that resembles that of beta blockers, drugs widely prescribed for heart failure. The new study offers a reason why beta blockers don't appear to benefit some African-Americans.
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Quiet killer
WUSM clinic devoted to treating deadly, silent heart condition
April 9,
2008 -- Every so often we read a news report in which a young athlete collapses and dies during a competition — it's rare, but it happens. And when it does, often the cause is a silent heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic at the School of Medicine is devoted to diagnosis and treatment of HCM.
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New honor
Reiss named Fox professor
April 3,
2008 --
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Craig Reiss has been named the Sam and Marilyn Fox Distinguished Professor in Medicine at the School of Medicine. Reiss, a cardiologist, directs the Washington University Cardiology Consultants and the Heart Care Institute at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital.
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Bradley P. Stoner
Associate Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology in Arts and Sciences
Dr. Stoner, who joined the Infectious Disease division in 1995, holds a joint appointment as Associate Professor of Anthropology in Arts & Sciences. He studied anthropology at Harvard University and McGill University, and received the M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Indiana University. He completed residency ...
Expertise: anthropology, public health, medicine, sexually transmitted diseases, biomedicine, medical anthropology, anthropology of public health, …
Direct contact: (314) 935-5673
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bstoner@wustl.edu
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James G. Miller
Albert Gordon Hill Professor of Physics in Arts & Sciences
Professor Miller's research focuses on the physics of anisotropic, inherently inhomogeneous media. These systematic studies of the anisotropic properties of the heart have led to fundamentally new insights. In 1998 the National Institutes of Health grant supporting this research was awarded MERIT status, ...
Expertise: physics of anisotropic, inherently inhomogeneous media, anisotropic properties of the heart, diagnostic images of hearts, echocardiographic imagers
Direct contact: (314) 935-6229
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james.g.miller@wustl.edu
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Bradley Evanoff
Chief of the Division of General Medical Sciences
Evanoff also heads the Section of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and holds the Richard A. and Elizabeth Henby Sutter Chair in Occupational, Industrial, and Environmental Medicine. Dr. Evanoff's scholarly activities involve three main areas in occupational health: the epidemiology and prevention ...
Expertise: work-related musculoskeletal disorders, work-related health problems in health-care workers, evaluation of occupational medicine education
Media assistance: (314) 286-0111 / williamsdia@wustl.edu
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Brian Gage
Associate professor of medicine
Gage is an internist and health service researcher. He specializes in two related fields: antithrombotic therapy and stroke prevention. He has developed a formula that can help predict the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. These patients have a fivefold increased risk of stroke. ...
Expertise: antithrombotic therapy, stroke, atrial fibrillation
Media assistance: (314) 286-0111 / williamsdia@wustl.edu
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Seth Eisen
Professor of Medicine
Eisen, who also is a physician at the St. Louis Veteran's Administration Hospital, led a large study that compared the health of veterans deployed in the first Gulf War to that of veterans deployed elsewhere. Ten years after the end of the first Gulf War, that study found most Gulf War veterans were ...
Expertise: Epidemiology, veteran’s health, Gulf War, Vietnam, veterans, military
Media assistance: (314) 286-0122 / purdym@wustl.edu
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Reverse Your Risk
Good Housekeeping
April 1,
2008 -- WUSTL researcher Kathryn Diemer, clinical director of WUSTL's Bone Health Program, talks about bone-mineral density and other fracture risks in aging women.
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FDA notes role genetic testing can play in safer use of blood thinner
Associated Press
and 65 others
Aug. 17,
2007 -- Federal health officials are stopping short of recommending genetic tests for patients on the blood-thinner warfarin, even though they have said such screenings could prevent thousands of complications each year.
Warfarin became the first widely used drug to include genetic testing information on its label. The information can help doctors determine how best to prescribe the drug.
The FDA said this means personalized medicine is no longer an abstract concept but has moved into the mainstream.
"What we need to do is find out whether genetic testing improves outcomes," said WUSTL medical researcher Brian Gage.
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In milestone, FDA pushes genetic tests tied to drug
The Wall Street Journal
Aug. 16,
2007 -- A case featuring a St. Louis woman and the powerful blood thinner called warfarin shows the advances in personalized medicine, where treatment is tailored to an individual's genetic makeup. But, in a possible harbinger of battles to come, the warfarin tests have also led to a clash between the FDA and some doctors. WUSTL medical researcher Brian Gage comments.
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Docs suffer stress, sleep problems after mistakes, survey says
Associated Press State & Local Wire
and 38 others
July 19,
2007 -- Patients aren't the only ones harmed by medical errors, according to a survey released Wednesday that found many doctors who make mistakes and even those who come close suffer stress, sleep problems and loss of confidence.
Job stress related to medical errors potentially could make some doctors prone to depression, quitting or even making additional mistakes, underscoring the need for helping them cope, said WUSTL psychologist Amy Waterman, the study's lead author.
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Study Urges Caution on Anemia Drug Use
Associated Press Online
and 55 others
April 18,
2007 -- A flawed Medicare payment plan encourages aggressive use of a risky and costly anti-anemia drug on many kidney dialysis patients, say researchers who warn the system should be changed.
In an accompanying editorial in JAMA, WUSTL renal expert Daniel Coyne said kidney doctors who work with dialysis centers may not know they are "making dubious dosing decisions" because they sign multipage standing orders and turn over anemia management to chain employees.
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