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WUSM physician encourages diabetic patients to invest in their health
Oct. 5,
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| Photo by David Kilper |
| Tobin examines Koule Bude, who has type 2 diabetes. |
A new suite of offices, education rooms and exam rooms has opened on the 13th floor of the Center for Advanced Medicine. These constitute the Washington University Diabetes Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, a response to the growing epidemic of diabetes, both in the St. Louis region and around the United States. Since 1990, Garry Tobin, director of the center, has been working with diabetic patients, often trying to convince them to manage their condition more carefully.
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Study seeks easier, individualized treatments for breast cancer patients
Oct. 4,
2006 -- Some breast cancer patients may be able to forgo the harsh treatment of chemotherapy without increasing their risk for recurrence. Researchers from the School of Medicine and the National Cancer Institute are recruiting about 10,000 women for a clinical trial with a goal of refining cancer treatments based on specific characteristics of each individual patient's cancer cells.
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Treatment urged for common pregnancy complication
Oct. 3,
2006 -- A preventable injury of pregnancy is ruining the lives of young women in developing countries every year. Read more on this in an article from Medical News Today.
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Nanotechnology gets to the heart of the matter
Oct. 2,
2006 -- A St. Louis based company has developed a nanotechnology process to reduce artery-clogging plaque, which causes heart attacks. Drs. Samuel Wickline and Gregory Lanza made the discovery at the School of Medicine.
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Several lectures, including 'Medicine and Society,' to be simulcast at WUSM
Sept. 29,
2006 -- Three lectures, held in conjunction with the Danforth Campus naming events, will be simulcast for faculty and staff in School of Medicine facilities from various locations on the Danforth Campus. The first presentation, "Medicine & Society," will feature Chancellor Emeritus William Danforth. He will be joined by leading St. Louis medical and health policy experts at 4 p.m. Tuesday, October 3, in Graham Chapel. The event is free and open to the public.
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Children need calcium from the start
Sept. 28,
2006 --
Children can protect their bones against the inevitable bumps that come along with being active by getting enough calcium in their diets. Calcium is essential for the growth and repair of bones and teeth in children. According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 60 percent of boys and 85 percent of girls between the ages 9 to 18 don't get enough calcium, which helps develop strong bones.
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Parents are blind to drug, alcohol use, study says
Sept. 27,
2006 --
Many parents have no idea that their teenage children use drugs or alcohol. In fact, about half of the parents surveyed during a recent School of Medicine study didn't realize that their children were using alcohol, marijuana or tobacco. Even fewer - 28 percent - are aware that their teens have used cocaine or other illicit drugs.
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Study supports theory that sleep is important for learning, memory
Sept. 25,
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| Photo by Noah Devereau, Post-Dispatch |
| Sleeping fruit flies pictured through a microscope |
Much like humans, fruit flies sleep at night and take midday naps. They also respond to stimulants like we do, and their young sleep a lot more than adults. A new study, using fruit flies as test subjects, shows that sleep is important for learning and memory and that the need for sleep is tied to memory genes.
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WUSM doctor works to uncover mysteries behind rare childhood disease
Sept. 22,
2006 --
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| Photo by Robert Boston |
| Hill and Dehner discuss a recent case of PPB. |
Ashley Hill, assistant professor of pathology, has set her sights on solving a genetic mystery afflicting many patients. With the help of several colleagues, she is hunting for the genetic mutations that lie at the heart of a rare childhood lung tumor, pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB). The condition originally was identified in the 1970s and 1980s by Hill's mentor in pathology, Louis P. "Pepper" Dehner, professor of pathology and immunology and of pathology in pediatrics.
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Better diagnosis for prostate cancer
Sept. 21,
2006 -- The School of Medicine is one of several academic medical centers studying a scanning system to better diagnose prostate cancer.
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'Symposium at 77' to honor Frieden
Sept. 14,
2006 --
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| Frieden |
The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics will hold the "Symposium at 77" in honor of its former department head and longtime professor Carl Frieden. The symposium, named for Frieden's age, will be held Sept. 21 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center at the School of Medicine.
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Transplant cures rats' type 2 diabetes without immune suppression drugs
Sept. 13,
2006 -- An approach proven to cure a rat model of type 1 or juvenile-onset diabetes also works in a rat model of type 2 or adult-onset diabetes, according to a new report from researchers at the School of Medicine.
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Child Health Research Center gets funding for five additional years
Sept. 7,
2006 -- Research into a variety of debilitating pediatric diseases will continue at the School of Medicine thanks to a $2 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The grant, awarded to only a few pediatric centers nationwide, will fund the Child Health Research Center for the next five years.
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Crane testifies before House committee about electronic medical records
Sept. 6,
2006 --
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| Crane |
In his testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, WUSM administrator James Crane addressed the challenges and benefits of replacing paper medical records with electronic records.
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New drug helps treat muscle disease
Sept. 5,
2006 -- A new drug has increased survival rates among children with a deadly form of muscular dystrophy called Pompe disease. Now WUSM researchers are testing the drug, Myozyme, in adults with Pompe.
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WUSM doctor battles racial inequities of breast cancer deaths
Sept. 1,
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| Photo by Robert Boston |
| Farria (left) studies patient radiological images with resident Jennifer Demertzis. |
Although breast cancer is more common among white women, African-American women are far more likely to die of the disease. What accounts for this fundamental racial imbalance? Dione Farria, assistant professor of radiology, knows all too well: African-American women are less likely to get mammograms that can detect breast cancer early when it is more easily treated.
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Crippin named president of American Society of Transplantation
Aug. 31,
2006 -- The American Society of Transplantation appointed Jeffrey Crippin, professor of medicine, president of the society for 2006-2007. Crippin serves as medical director of liver transplantation at the School of Medicine.
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Researchers study genetic, environmental factors of cleft lips
Aug. 30,
2006 -- Scientists have identified some of the genes associated with cleft lip, and WUSM researchers continue to study genetic data, looking for a way to prevent the birth defect.
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Reconstructive surgeon takes his skills to Third World countries
Aug. 29,
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| Wall with fistula patients at Evangel Hospital, Jos, Nigeria. |
For L. Lewis Wall, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, understanding the origin and nature of human beings is essential to placing his own life and work in a greater social context. Growing up in Kansas, the son of an obstetrician, Wall knew he didn't want to be a physician. But his experience in Africa changed that.
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Researchers are on a tick-finding mission
Aug. 22,
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| Image courtesy of CDC |
| Lonestar tick |
Washington University researchers are tracking the source of a mysterious new tick-borne disease. They're searching throughout the Midwest for ticks that carry the illness, with the hope of also identifying the animals responsible for spreading the disease. Called Southern tick-associated rash illness, the pathogen causes rashes and flulike symptoms.
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