Author: Elizabeth Erman

A program is based on research showing that students who interact with older adults early in their medical training develop better attitudes toward aging. More medical news

The School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital researchers will receive $300,000 annually for five years to study how infections are acquired in health-care settings.

Business & research leaders will convene at the Medical Campus May 30-31 to discuss developing new enterprises in Missouri based on research discoveries.

A national study performed at the medical school showed that corticosteroids are good for treating symptoms of asthma in preschoolers, but not for preventing the disease. More medical news

Older men who have recently fractured a hip or had hip-replacement surgery are needed for a study to see if restoring testosterone to youthful levels and exercise can improve functioning and quality of life.

Photo by Robert BostonFirst-grader Fairah Jeffries closely inspects a dissected cow’s eyeball in the mini-medicine course at Adams School in the Forest Park Southeast neighborhood.School of Medicine students led a pilot program to introduce minority grade-school students to medicine and spark their interest in health-care professions.

Researchers at the School of Medicine are the first to identify a mutated gene that gives insight into kidney failure in human infants. More medical news

A program designed to promote multidisciplinary collaboration in clinical research has named its first group of scholars.

A new national guideline on how hearing aids should be fit for adults will soon be launched thanks to a School of Medicine professor.

Vicki L. Friedman of the School of Medicine’s MedPIC department helps facilitate the “Arts as Healing” art therapy program for Siteman Cancer Center patients and their families.