Canter named Tuttle and Hauck Professor
Charles E. Canter, MD, has been named the first Lois B. Tuttle and Jeanne B. Hauck Chair in Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
School of Medicine’s Dean’s Update held Nov. 7, 9
Larry J. Shapiro, MD, executive vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the School of Medicine, will host the annual Dean’s Update for all employees Nov. 7 and 9.
Clue to Alzheimer’s cause found in brain samples
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found a key difference in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease and those who are cognitively normal but still have the brain plaques that characterize this type of dementia.
Washington People: Suresh Vedantham
They said it couldn’t be done. Suresh Vedantham, MD, professor of radiology and surgery, was planning a nationwide trial comparing treatments for deep vein thromboses — dangerous blood clots in the legs’ major veins. Prior attempts had failed to meet recruitment goals, but Vedantham was eager to test a new approach. Four years later, recruitment for ATTRACT (Acute Venous Thrombosis: Thrombus Removal with Adjunctive Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis), his NIH-sponsored trial, has crossed the halfway mark.
More career-changers opting for pre-med program in University College
More students are enrolling in University College’s post-baccalaureate pre-med program because of the economy and a newfound desire to help people.
Stroke patients benefit from carmaker’s efficiency
A process developed to increase efficiency and
productivity in Japanese car factories has helped improve stroke
treatment at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, report researchers at Washington
University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Seminar focuses on rapidly progressing dementias
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis will host a half-day seminar on forms of dementia that strike suddenly and can kill an individual in a few weeks or months.
Bloodstream infections in ICUs cut by 44 percent
A major study in hospital intensive care units (ICUs) shows that bathing patients daily with an antimicrobial soap and applying antibiotic ointment to the nose reduced by 44 percent the bloodstream infections caused by dangerous pathogens, including the drug-resistant bacteria MRSA.
HIV may leave gut vulnerable to infections
New research by Herbert W. “Skip” Virgin, MD, PhD, and colleagues may explain why advanced AIDS patients often develop gastrointestinal disease.
Obituary: Helen E. Nash, pioneering pediatrician, 91
Helen E. Nash, MD, professor emerita (clinical) in pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Oct. 4, 2012, at Clermont Manor in Creve Coeur. She was 91.
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