News

November 6, 2018

$11.5 million supports innovation in leukemia research

NIH extends support for School of Medicine’s leukemia program.

News Release

November 5, 2018

First-of-its-kind surgery allows child with polio-like illness AFM to walk again

Source: CBS News

November 2, 2018

$3 million to help expand Wolfram syndrome research

Grant to renew annual clinic, advance understanding of rare disorder.

News Release

October 18, 2018

It’s safe to use skin creams before radiation therapy

Skin creams do not increase radiation doses for cancer patients.

News Release

October 15, 2018

New child maltreatment research center launched with $6.5 million NIH grant

Multidisciplinary center includes Constantino's research on newborns.

News Release

October 9, 2018

When giving birth for the first time, push away

Source: NPR

October 8, 2018

Both sides of the brain are active during one-sided arm movement

Source: The Scientist

September 28, 2018

Fighting the vaccine wars on the side of science

Kinch writes about one of humankind’s greatest inventions.

Medical Campus & Community

September 26, 2018

Roundtable on opioids brings HHS leaders to Medical Campus

Officials tour research lab focused on fighting opioid addiction.

Medical Campus & Community

September 26, 2018

Growing up transgender

The Washington University Transgender Center helps families navigate the complex world of gender identity.

Outlook Magazine, Video

September 24, 2018

Washington University joins network for solving rare medical mysteries

Undiagnosed diseases network seeks to explain medical conditions with no known cause.

News Release

September 11, 2018

Cordell Institute to work at intersection of science, medicine, ethics and law

Eberlein and Staudt co-found institute to tackle issues of ethics, policy in data-driven health care.

News Release

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 21, 2018

Depressed patients see quality of life improve with nerve stimulation

Study focuses on people not treated effectively with antidepressants.

News Release

August 14, 2018

Before It Begins

Family, researchers team up to cure — or even prevent — Alzheimer’s disease.

Outlook Magazine

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

July 31, 2018

Critical Connections

New integrated center changes care model for women and babies.

Outlook Magazine

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 11, 2018

Big Data

Putting information-based tools in doctors’ hands.

Outlook Magazine

June 19, 2018

Decades of dedication lead to drug trial for rare, fatal illness

Old cancer drug may treat devastating blood vessel disease.

Medical Campus & Community, Video

June 13, 2018

Radiation beam to the heart

Doctors halt deadly rhythm with noninvasive therapy.

Outlook Magazine

June 13, 2018

Youths prescribed antipsychotics gain body fat, have increased diabetes risk

Such drugs used in treating behavior disorders.

News Release

June 6, 2018

A promising cancer treatment made patients worse, not better

Source: New York Times

June 4, 2018

Are fast-pitch softball pitchers overdoing it?

Many experience shoulder fatigue, pain, weakness linked to overuse.

News Release

May 4, 2018

Vedantham-led team honored for clinical research

Work showed most clots don’t need to be treated with clot-busting drugs.

Medical Campus & Community

April 22, 2018

Neurosurgeon Eric Leuthardt: ‘An interface between mind and machine will happen’

Source: The Guardian

April 19, 2018

Defect in debilitating neurodegenerative disease reversed in mouse nerves

Drug compound may help against Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.

News Release

April 17, 2018

New clues point to relief for chronic itching

Targeting an opioid receptor calms itch.

News Release

April 3, 2018

For women with kidney cancer, belly fat matters

Abdominal fat linked to shorter survival.

News Release

April 2, 2018

Review on toxic alcohols provides guidelines on how to treat poisonings

Aim is to help emergency physicians identify, treat patients suspected of ingesting such poisons.

Medical Campus & Community

March 27, 2018

Drug compound shows promise against rheumatoid arthritis

May dial down inflammation in multiple disorders, studies show in mice, rats.

News Release

March 20, 2018

Washington People: Mary Politi

Health psychologist refines care to better serve patients.

Medical Campus & Community

March 19, 2018

Infectious diseases docs may be lifesaving for patients with antibiotic-resistant infections

Seeing such specialists linked to significantly lower mortality rates.

News Release

March 16, 2018

The one doctor you need to see if you get an antibiotic-resistant infection

Source: Consumer Reports

March 8, 2018

New way to fight sepsis: Rev up patients’ immune systems

Clinical trial demonstrates significant, lasting increase in key immune cells.

News Release, Video