Lowering hospitals’ Medicare costs proves difficult
A payment system that provides financial incentives for hospitals that reduce health-care costs for Medicare patients did not lower costs as intended, according to a new study led by Washington...
View ArticleAnalysis of prostate tumors reveals clues to cancer’s aggressiveness
Using genetic sequencing, scientists have revealed the complete DNA makeup of more than 100 aggressive prostate tumors, pinpointing important genetic errors these deadly tumors have in common. The...
View ArticleWashington People: Allison King
To a young Allison King, Washington University School of Medicine served as one of the best playgrounds in St. Louis. As a preschooler, she hid underneath benches in the renal lab where her mother...
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Obituary: John O. Holloszy, former director of applied physiology, 85
John Holloszy MD John O. Holloszy, MD, whose research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis led to advances in the understanding of the body’s response to exercise, died July 18,...
View ArticleHead wins 2018 Suffrage Science Award
Denise Head, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, is one of 11 female scientists from around the world awarded...
View ArticleCan testosterone plus exercise improve healing after hip fracture?
https://biomedradio-media.wustl.edu/embargo/Testosteron%20study%20.mp3 Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are leading a national, multicenter study exploring whether...
View ArticleGrant applications sought from junior researchers
The School of Medicine is accepting applications for the American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant to support junior investigators on the Medical and Danforth campuses who have no national...
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Postdoctoral researcher wins Jack Krohmer Junior Investigator Competition
Wu Jian Wu, a postdoctoral research associate who works with Washington University medical physicist Hua Li at Siteman Cancer Center, has won the Jack Krohmer Junior Investigator Competition at the...
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Bygone WashU Quiz
Washington University in St. Louis has been around since 1853. With 165 years of history, the institution has seen many changes to student life. How well do you know WashU’s bygone traditions? 1....
View ArticleMallinckrodt boosts rare-disease research at Washington University
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has joined with Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals in a collaborative research partnership aimed at pursuing new therapies for patients with complex...
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Rubin recognized by Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation
Rubin Joshua B. Rubin, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics and of neuroscience at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the Pioneer Award for Pediatric Neuro-Oncology from...
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Med student receives fellowship to study brain damage
Medical student Jin Vivian Lee (center, in purple) has received a summer fellowship to research brain damage, from the Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical Society. She has been working in the lab...
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Schindler honored by medical imaging society
Schindler Thomas H. Schindler, MD, PhD, associate professor of radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis’ Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, has received the prestigious...
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Brain tumors occur often in kids with common genetic syndrome
The frequency of brain tumors has been underestimated in children with the common genetic syndrome neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), according to a new study. This disorder is characterized by birthmarks...
View ArticleScientists uncover new details in how sense of smell develops
Dogs, known for their extraordinarily keen senses of smell, can be trained to use their sensitive sniffers to find drugs, bombs, bed bugs, missing hikers and even cancer. Among dogs and other animals...
View ArticleInducing labor at 39 weeks reduces likelihood of C-sections
Inducing labor in healthy first-time mothers in the 39th week of pregnancy results in lower rates of cesarean sections compared with waiting for labor to begin naturally at full term, according to a...
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Obituary: Joseph J. Billadello, director of Adult Congenital Heart Disease...
Billadello Joseph J. Billadello, MD, professor of medicine and director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Aug. 8, 2018, in St....
View ArticleNew approach to developing antidepressants
An estimated 13 percent of Americans take antidepressant drugs for depression, anxiety, chronic pain or sleep problems. For the 14 million Americans who have clinical depression, roughly one third...
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Sicard recognized by vascular surgery society
Sicard Gregorio Sicard, MD, professor emeritus of surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for Vascular...
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Depressed patients see quality of life improve with nerve stimulation
People with depression who are treated with nerve stimulation experience significant improvements in quality of life, even when their depression symptoms don’t completely subside, according to results...
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