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| New approach to treating endometrial cancer Breakthrough shows promise for treating endometrial cancer (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/12270.html) Sept. 2, 2008 -- Researchers have found a potential new approach to treating endometrial cancer — a drug that was shown to be effective even against human endometrial cancer cell lines that tend to be treatment resistant. Scientists at the School of Medicine and the Translational Genomics Research Institute discovered that introducing a particular inhibitor drug can turn off cell receptors that are responsible for tumor growth. |
| Heavy Metal Project Heavy Metal Project aims to prevent lead poisoning in kids (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11932.html) June 17, 2008 -- Childhood lead poisoning has been a sizable problem in the city of St. Louis for many years due to deteriorating lead paint in older homes and rental units. In 2000, 31 percent of children tested in the city of St. Louis were poisoned, according to Daniel Berg, M.D., assistant professor of medicine. |
| Birth spacing Proper timing of pregnancies can help decrease the risk of premature delivery (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11826.html) May 29, 2008 -- The proper timing of pregnancies, Washington University researchers say, can decrease a woman's risk of having a baby born prematurely with a host of health problems. |
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| Diane Merritt Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/734.html) 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 |
| Yoel Sadovsky Director of the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine and Ultrasound (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/715.html) 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 |
| Perry Grigsby Professor of Radiation Oncology (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/231.html) Grigsby is an expert in the detection, diagnosis and treatment of gynecological and thyroid cancers. Expertise: Radiation oncology, gynecologic oncology, cervical cancer, thyroid cancer, gynecologic brachytherapy Media assistance: (314) 286-0141 / ericsong@wustl.edu |
| Randall Odem Division Chief, Reproductive Endocrinology (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/170.html) Odem treats infertility and its underlying causes. He also has been involved in the study of the causes of recurrent miscarriage. Expertise: infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, gynecology surgery, IVF, laparoscopic, preimplantation, in vitro fertilization, … Media assistance: (314) 286-0110 / jdryden@wustl.edu |
| Janet Rader professor of obstetrics and gynecology (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/230.html) A gynecological surgeon and oncologist, Rader also conducts research on genetic and other factors that increase the risk of developing gynecological cancers. She also investigates therapies for treatment of gynecological cancer. Expertise: gynecologic cancer, genetics, cervix, ovarian, biomarkers Media assistance: (314) 286-0141 / ericsong@wustl.edu |
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| Study backs natural birth after C-section
USA Today June 30, 2006 -- An Ohio State study out today could lead to an increase in the number of pregnant women who try for a vaginal birth after a cesarean section, a type of delivery called a VBAC. WUSTL ob-gyn department chairman George Macones comments on the Ohio State study and on a study he led last year that found only a small increased rupture risk in such women. |
| Oh Baby! Infertility treatment's high price tag prompts doctors to deliver new financing options
MSNBC.com and 1 others Nov. 28, 2005 -- Multiple pregnancies can occur when two or more embryos are implanted during a single IVF cycle. They pose a greater health risk to both the mother and children than single pregnancies do. The cost of delivering triplets is about $250,000, according to Brian McManus, assistant professor at WUSTL, who studied the economics of infertility treatments with fellow Olin School of Business educator, Professor Bart Hamilton. Multiple-birth children are often born pre-maturely and need expensive neonatal intensive care. |
| Surgeons Launch Drive to Cure Incontinence Caused by Difficult Pregnancies
Reuters via AllAfrica.com and 2 others Feb. 24, 2005 -- "Fistula Fortnight", a UN campaign to end the painful and embarrassing childbirth injury that leaves women incontinent, has kicked off in northern Nigeria this week. WUSTL ob/gyn professor Leonard Wall comments. Although fistula was wiped out 100 years ago in Europe and the United States, the World Health Organisation estimates that more than two million people are living with the condition in developing countries. Fistula is a condition often associated with child brides, whose birth canal is not yet fully developed to cope with the pregnancies that usually follow soon after marriage. |
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