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Renovation of top-ranked program
With New "Found Space," Everyone Wins
Aug. 29,
2008 -- A renovation to enhance efficiency, flexibility, ease of movement, and functioning—as befits the top-ranked Program in Physical Therapy at the School of Medicine—is now in its last lap at 4444 Forest Park Parkway. To demonstrate just what the redesigned space will mean to patients, faculty, students, and staff, Susan S. Deusinger, PT, Ph.D., director of the physical therapy program, and her colleagues hosted an open house complete with ribbon-cutting on August 8.
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How weekends wreck diets
Weekends slow weight loss, researchers find
June 30,
2008 -- Saturday can be the worst enemy for our waistlines, according to researchers at the School of Medicine. They found that study subjects on strict diet and exercise programs tend to lose weight more slowly than expected because they eat more on weekends than during the week.
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How weekends wreck diets
Weekends slow weight loss, researchers find
June 30,
2008 -- Saturday can be the worst enemy for our waistlines, according to researchers at the School of Medicine. They found that study subjects on strict diet and exercise programs tend to lose weight more slowly than expected because they eat more on weekends than during the week.
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Dance study
Tango provides fancy footwork for therapy
April 11,
2008 -- Despite a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease years ago, Wilfried Ute regularly dances the Argentine tango with his wife Adelt. Dancing has always been an integral part of their lives, and the couple jumped at the chance to participate in a Washington University study evaluating the therapeutic benefits of the tango for Parkinson's patients.
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HARRT therapy
Hearts of HIV-positive individuals recover from exertion more slowly
March 25,
2008 -- Current treatments allow most HIV-infected individuals to live healthy, productive lives, but they can also increase risk for cardiovascular problems. Now researchers at the School of Medicine have found a possible explanation. They discovered that the heart doesn't slow down as quickly after exercise in patients taking highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for HIV.
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Dancing to better health
Tango improves balance, mobility in patients with Parkinson's disease
Jan. 30,
2008 -- Patients with Parkinson's disease who took part in regular tango dance classes for 20 sessions showed significant improvements in balance and mobility when compared to patients who did conventional exercise, a new study by researchers at the School of Medicine shows.
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Dedicated to her field
Damiano named president of American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
Oct. 22,
2007 -- Diane Damiano has been elected president of the American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. Damiano is research associate professor of neurology and adjunct associate professor of physical therapy at the School of Medicine. The American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine is a multidisciplinary scientific society devoted to the study of cerebral palsy and other childhood onset disabilities.
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Developing careers
Grant establishes interdisciplinary training program for physical, occupational therapists
Sept. 24,
2007 -- The School of Medicine has received a five-year, $4.6 million grant to establish an interdisciplinary career development training program for physical and occupational therapists. The grant is from the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
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Tough break
No Mardi Gras: Physical therapy students choose hard work for spring break
March 27,
2007 -- Most college students did not spend their spring breaks gutting homes damaged by hurricane Katrina. Some, including a group of 20 physical therapy students from the School of Medicine, did. New Orleans native Sara Reardon and a group of classmates donated their spring break time to helping families in need recover from the aftermath of the deadly hurricane.
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Legal battles
Fast-multiplying lawsuits can stymie medical science, authors warn
Jan. 3,
2007 --
Class-action lawsuits can significantly slow or halt science's ability to establish links between neurological illness and environmental factors produced by industry, a team of scientists and lawyers warns in the journal Neurology. The authors caution that litigation's effects could seriously impair efforts to identify compounds that contribute to a wide variety of diseases, including Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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