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Antibiotics typically prescribed for sinus infections do not reduce symptoms any better than an inactive placebo, says Jay F. Piccirillo, MD, and his co-investigators at the School of Medicine. Instead, researchers suggest treating symptoms, such as pain, cough and congestion, along with watchful waiting to see whether further treatment is necessary.
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A proposal by two WUSTL students to introduce turf reduction, large bio-swales, more cisterns and even sheep “lawnmowers” to campus as part of a plan to make landscaping more sustainable at the university won the $5,000 first prize in the annual Olin Sustainability Case Competition.
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Hundreds braved an arctic chill the evening of Feb. 10 to experience the warmth inside Graham Chapel generated by Parker Palmer, best-selling author and educator, and singer/songwriter Carrie Newcomer, who delivered a unique message of practicing democracy with an open heart. The event was the opening of the spring 2011 Assembly Series.
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It’s no secret battlefield trauma can leave veterans with deep emotional scars. But new research suggests that military service, even without combat, has a subtle lingering effect on one’s personality, making it potentially more difficult for veterans to get along with friends, family and co-workers.
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A three-day international conference is devoted to the lifework and 18-year papacy of “The Enlightenment Pope,” Benedict XIV. He believed in the alliance between faith and “new science,” even urging church parishioners to donate bodies of the deceased for medical dissection. The conference will take place April 30-May 2.
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