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August 23, 2018
New medical students craft class oath, receive white coats
Incoming class of 2018 welcomed to school and medical profession.
Medical Campus & Community
August 23, 2018
Alzheimer’s one day may be predicted during eye exam
Noninvasive test may screen for disease before symptoms appear.
News Release
August 23, 2018
Natural sugar defends against metabolic syndrome, in mice
Trehalose blocks glucose from liver.
News Release
August 22, 2018
Improving health insurance literacy aids Missourians’ ACA enrollment
Education, community outreach effective in encouraging people to enroll.
News Release
August 22, 2018
Lasers help fight deadly brain tumors
Therapy increases survival in grim diagnosis.
News Release
August 21, 2018
Pediatric resident physician starts free summer lunch program
More than 1,100 meals served at St. Louis Children's.
Medical Campus & Community
August 21, 2018
Depressed patients see quality of life improve with nerve stimulation
Study focuses on people not treated effectively with antidepressants.
News Release
August 16, 2018
Many Faces of Neurofibromatosis
Art installation at School of Medicine depicts humanity of NF patients.
Medical Campus & Community
August 16, 2018
New approach to developing antidepressants
CRISPR technology helps target mood-boosting receptors in brain.
News Release
August 14, 2018
Before It Begins
Family, researchers team up to cure — or even prevent — Alzheimer’s disease.
Outlook Magazine
August 14, 2018
Obituary: Joseph J. Billadello, director of Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, 65
Cardiologist had passion for treating adults living with congenital heart disease.
Obituaries
August 10, 2018
Jennings named chief of musculoskeletal radiology
Noted for innovation in field of musculoskeletal interventions.
News Release
August 9, 2018
Scientists uncover new details in how sense of smell develops
Findings could help determine how dogs evolved such good noses.
News Release
August 8, 2018
Inducing labor at 39 weeks reduces likelihood of C-sections
No increased risks to newborns, study shows.
News Release
August 8, 2018
Brain tumors occur often in kids with common genetic syndrome
Analysis of MRI scans identifies some unexplained bright objects as tumors.
News Release
August 6, 2018
Mallinckrodt boosts rare-disease research at Washington University
Pharmaceutical company to fund up to $10 million to pursue new therapeutics.
News Release
August 3, 2018
Siteman Cancer Center expands to Illinois
Patients to be seen at Swansea clinic until new facility opens at Memorial Hospital East.
News Release
August 2, 2018
Cicero receives Pioneer Award
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse honors research.
National Leaders
August 2, 2018
New, mixed-income housing completed in Forest Park Southeast
Revitalization led by Washington University Medical Center Redevelopment Corp..
Medical Campus & Community
August 1, 2018
Can testosterone plus exercise improve healing after hip fracture?
Women recovering from hip fractures sought for multicenter study.
News Release
July 31, 2018
Critical Connections
New integrated center changes care model for women and babies.
Outlook Magazine
July 31, 2018
Noelker receives teaching award in emergency medicine
Honor recognizes outstanding educators who have advanced the specialty.
National Leaders
July 31, 2018
Siteman Cancer Center breaks ground in north St. Louis County
$26.3 million outpatient facility will be on Christian Hospital’s Northwest HealthCare campus.
News Release
July 31, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY: Siteman Cancer Center to break ground July 31 on north St. Louis County facility
Community, health-care leaders to speak at 9 a.m. at Christian Hospital’s Northwest HealthCare campus in Florissant.