Author: Diane Duke Williams

School of Medicine researchers have received a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to better understand the link between fetal heart decreases during labor and brain damage to newborns. The scientists will compare fetal heart rate patterns to neonatal outcomes in 7,000 term deliveries.

George Macones, MD, the Mitchell and Elaine Yanow Professor and head of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Washington University School of Medicine, conducted one of two large observational studies of women who try to give birth vaginally after a prior cesarean section. The study showed the rates of the previous uterine incision breaking open were less than 1 percent.

Frederick Sweet, PhD, professor of reproductive biology in obstetrics and gynecology, has been awarded a Fulbright grant to conduct research in Bosnia-Herzegovina during 2010-2011.

Each year, more than a million Americans visit the doctor for ankle pain from arthritis. Some of these patients now have another option for their aging joints — ankle replacement.  

Medical and occupational therapy students in the Geriatrics Outreach Group organized a Senior Prom April 17 at the South Campus on Clayton Road to help School of Medicine students get to know area older adults.

Parents, schools and communities need to be involved in combating the epidemic of childhood obesity, Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD, says.

The National Cancer Institute has awarded Siteman Cancer Center and Washington University School of Medicine a prestigious Specialized Program of Research Excellence grant in endometrial cancer. 

The Prevention Research Center in St. Louis is launching a multinational research project focused on preventing the leading causes of death in Hispanics.

There is still time to make your pledge to the University’s 2009 United Way campaign.

The Department of Medicine’s Division of Hospitalist Medicine is celebrating its 10th year this fall.