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| Treating sickle cell with stem cells Stem cell transplant for sickle cell disease subject of clinical trial (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/12009.html) July 11, 2008 -- Children with sickle cell disease often face severe pain, organ damage, recurrent strokes and repeated, prolonged hospital stays. Although there are medical interventions that can lessen the symptoms, there is no cure. Researchers at the School of Medicine are leading a nationwide, multicenter clinical trial to determine the effectiveness of transplanting blood stem cells from unrelated donors into children with severe sickle cell disease. |
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| Shriners Hospital for Children Shriners breaks ground on new hospital at the Medical Center (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/12008.html) July 11, 2008 --
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| Bedside monitors detect seizures Seizures in newborns can be detected with small, portable brain activity monitors (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11979.html) July 2, 2008 -- Compact, bedside brain-activity monitors detected most seizures in at-risk infants, researchers at the School of Medicine showed. That means the compact units could assist clinicians in monitoring for electrical seizures until confirmation with conventional EEG (electroencephalography), the researchers assert in an article published in the June issue of Pediatrics. |
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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 |
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| Keith Hruska Professor of nephrology (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/714.html) 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) (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/705.html) 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 (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/332.html)
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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| F. Sessions Cole Park J. White Professor of Pediatrics (http://mednews.wustl.edu/sb/page/normal/191.html)
F. Sessions Cole, M.D., the Park J. White Professor of Pediatrics, is the Director of the Division of Newborn Medicine, and he oversees the 52-bed neonatal intenstive care unit (NICU) at St. Louis Childern's Hospital. His research focuses inherited infant lung diseases, surfactant protein-B deficiency, ... Expertise: newborn medicine, genetic lung disease in infants Media assistance: (314) 286-0119 / leydigk@wustl.edu |
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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. |
| 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." |
| Safety Alert: Crib Bumpers
Parenting Feb. 1, 2008 -- WUSTL pediatrics professor and lead author Bradley Thach comments on an injury data analysis of crib bumpers from the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The study reported that firm pads can suffocate an infant by trapping his head in the space between the bumper and the mattress. |
| Obese Kids Shows Signs Of Heart Trouble
WNBC.com (NY) and 42 others Oct. 19, 2007 -- Obese children show early signs of heart disease, according to WUSTL medical school researchers led by pediatric cardiologist Angela Sharkey. The study was published in the Winter 2007 issue of the Journal of Cardiometabolic Syndrome. |
| Peanut butter project helps starving children
Associated Press State & Local Wire and 16 others Sept. 13, 2007 -- WUSTL pediatrics professor Mark Manary has spent years providing an enriched peanut butter mixture to malnourished children in the sub-Saharan country of Malawi. It's known as a ready-to-use therapeutic food, and it has been a quantum leap in feeding malnourished children in Africa. Manary's team, including WUSTL freshman Zachary Linneman, published a study about feeding children the peanut butter through Malawi's health-care system in Maternal and Child Nutritionthis summer. |
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