Medical team rebuilds faces ravaged by injury and disease
Gravenhorst’s new ear is repositioned during an office visit to the maxillofacial prosthetics lab.Like any 17-year-old, Emily Gravenhorst follows a routine to get ready for a day of high school. She showers, styles her hair, puts on her make-up and eats breakfast. And just before she leaves the house, she puts on her right ear. That ear was created in the maxillofacial prosthetics laboratory at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where one dental specialist and one technician help patients fit back into society after disfigurement due to accident or disease.
Omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil studied for impact on Alzheimer’s disease progression
Researchers seek to find whether omega-3 fatty acids found in the oil of certain fish may lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
Big Read program shows impressive final returns
With the conclusion of The Big Read community reading program, the National Endowment for the Arts offers an online evaluation process.
Peipert named Terry Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Jeffrey F. Peipert, M.D., has been named the Robert J. Terry Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
A proactive approach to bone care
Photo by Robert BostonKathryn M. Diemer helps prevent musculo-skeletal injuries, osteoporosis
Sun protection taught to area middle schoolers
School of Medicine students are reaching out to area middle schoolers to teach sun protection.
WUSTL expertise helps bring ‘Ferrill Five’ into world
Photo by Tim ParkerPete and Jenny Ferrill of Danville, Ill., hold Kieran, one of their quintuplets born Dec. 21 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and talk with Michael Paul, M.D., the physician who delivered the quints.The “Ferrill Five” quintuplets born in December were the first quints to be delivered through the Washington University Center for Multiple Births.
Washington University student and recent alumnus named Rhodes Scholars
WenLeana S. Wen, 23, a current student at Washington University School of Medicine, and Aaron F. Mertz, 22, a recent alumnus from Washington University, have been named Rhodes Scholars, according to an announcement Nov. 18 by The Rhodes Trust. They are among 32 U.S. students chosen from 896 nominees for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England.
Polonsky elected to Institute of Medicine
Election to the academy is among the highest honors U.S. medical scientists can receive.
Hudspeth receives fellowship to research HIV/AIDS
Third-year medical student James Hudspeth will spend a year in South Africa researching HIV/AIDS and shadowing physicians caring for patients.
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