Zika may persist in eyes and play a role in spreading virus, study finds
The Washington Post
September 6, 2016
WUSM, Dr. Rajendra Apte, Dr. Jonathan Miner, Dr. Michael Diamond
Other outlets: Reuters, Health Day, People Magazine, NBC (mentioned within the story), Nature World News, Voice of America, Shape Magazine, The Sun, Daily (Malaysia), Bankok Post (mentioned within story), Express (Uttar Pradesh, India), Financial Express, Virgin Island Daily News (subscription required), The Hindu, Muscatine Journal (Iowa – Health Day story), Glens Falls Post-Star (New York – Health Day story), Outbreak News Today, Daily Mail (UK) and Mirror (UK)
Obesity is linked to at least 13 types of cancer
The New York Times
August 24, 2016
Dr. Graham Colditz
Other outlets: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Manila Bulletin (Phillippines), Sakshipost (India), FOX News Health, Washington’s Top News, The Huffington Post (Canada), The Economic Times (India) The Daily Mail (UK) and MINNPOST
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Perceptions of pregnancy during medical training are changing
Reuters (UK)
September 5, 2016
Dr. Marissa Tenenbaum, WUSM
Other outlet: FOX NEWS Health
Tiny ‘fitbits’ to keep tabs on the body from within
Reuters
September 6, 2016
Dr. Eric Leuthardt
Other outlet: Fortune
AstraZeneca seeks edge over rivals in severe asthma treatment
Reuters (UK)
September 5, 2016
Dr. Mario Castro, WUSM
What a bad decision looks like in the brain
The Atlantic
August 29, 2016
Dr. Camillo Padoa-Schioppa
Other outlet: Quanta Magazine
How much should we tell our kids about their own health?
Reuters
August 25, 2016
Dr. Bryan Sisk/SLCH
Senior driving: read this before making car-key decisions
U.S. News & World Report
August 31, 2016
Peggy Barco, WUSM
Doctors continue to use some treatments despite evidence that they don’t help
The Washington Post
August 29, 2016
Dr. David Brown, WUSM
Drug development is lagging for the world’s leading killer
Forbes
August 30, 2016
Dr. Douglas Mann, WUSM/BJH
Other outlet: Medpage Today
Dinner-party diagnosis: the occupational hazard of being a doctor
The Washington Post
August 29, 2016
Dr. Mary Kiehl
New study pokes hole in the idea of ‘healthy obesity’
The Huffington Post (Canada)
August 23, 2016
Dr. Samuel Klein, WUSM
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As brain maps proliferate, scientists aim to sync them up
STAT
August 26, 2016
Dr. Matthew Glasser
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SNAP won’t become Alzheimer’s
MedPage Today
August 23, 2016
Dr. Brian Gordon
Centering pregnancy: preventing diabetes?
Ivanhoe Newswire/KSAT-TV (ABC 12 San Antonio, TX)
August 23, 2016
Dr. Ebony Carter, WUSM
Heart risk and menopause
KTVI-TV/FOX2
August 23, 2016
Dr. Kathryn Lindley, BJH
Gut reaction: the surprising power of microbes
The Guardian (UK)
August 25, 2016
WUSM, Dr. Jeffrey Gordon
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Why cholera is more deadly for people with type O blood
The Times of India
August 30, 2016
Dr. James Fleckenstein, WUSM
Other outlet: The Kashmir Monitor
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To curb antibiotic use, researchers study an unlikely prescriber: dentists
KWMU (St. Louis Public Radio)
August 31, 2016
Dr. Mike Durkin
Washington University study exploring how traits of autism pass through generations
Life Science Daily
August 30, 2016
Dr. Natasha Marrus, WUSM
Other outlet: KMOX (CBS radio St. Louis)
St. Louis walk to end Alzheimer’s
KTVI-TV/FOX2
August 26, 2016
Dr. Eric McDade, WUSM
Washington University gets $3.7 million diabetes research grant
St. Louis Business Journal
August 31, 2016
Debra Haire-Joshu
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Ciguatera: poison on your plate?
Ivanhoe Newswire/KCRG ABC News
September 1, 2016
Dr. Evan Schwarz
New therapy for childhood cancer
WTAJ-TV (central PA)
September 1, 2016
Dr. Stephanie Perkins, WUSM
St. Louis doctors urging African-American men to get screened for prostate cancer
KMOV-TV
September 2, 2016
Dr. Arnold Bullock
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Rapid rise in newborns dependent on opioids
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 29, 2016
Dr. Shayna Conner/BJH
Health risks of skipping breakfast
KTVI-TV/FOX2
August 30, 2016
Esti Asher, MS, RDN, LD
MomDocs: The reality of bullies
KSDK-TV NewsChannel5
August 23, 2016
Dr. Dehra Harris/SLCH
Why a 3 year old Eastvale girl is closer to her dream of dancing
The Press Enterprise
August 26, 2016
Dr. T.S. Park/SLCH
Other outlets: Lichfield Mercury, The Barry GEM, The Courier, Ormond Beach Observer
Boy shot in the head thanks doctors, nurses
KSDK-TV NewsChannel5
August 29, 2016
Dr. Jose Pineda (SLCH Neurocritical Care Program)
Jeff Atwood, RN (SLCH Scene Response Program)
St. Louis Children’s Hospital patients name support dogs
KSDK-TV NewsChannel5, KTVI-TV/FOX2
August 30, 2016
StLMoms: Children and sick days
KTVI-TV/FOX2
August 31, 2016
Dr. Kelly Ross
IBEW Local 1 electrical workers donate toys to patients at St. Louis Children’s Hospital
KMOV-TV News4
September 2, 2016
St. Louis Children’s Hospital Foundation
StLMoms: Keeping kids hydrated on the field
KTVI-TV/FOX2 (link not available)
September 2, 2016
Dr. Terra Blatnik
A variety of therapies can help when binge eating becomes a disorder
Duluth News Tribune (MN)
September 6, 2016
Dr. Denise Wilfley, WUSM
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